Product Description

How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript is the simplest and most visual way to learn to create compelling Web animation. More than 100 two-page full-color spreads illustrate and clearly explain each Flash task step by step, from entry-level, beginning concepts to advanced techniques for experienced designers. The book includes expanded coverage of ActionScript so that readers can make greater use of Flash's capabilities. Flash can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript, with its visual, step-by-step approach, makes it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Flash.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117794 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From the Back Cover

How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript is the simplest and most visual way to learn to create compelling Web animation. More than 100 two-page full-color spreads illustrate and clearly explain each Flash task step by step, from entry-level, beginning concepts to advanced techniques for experienced designers. The book includes expanded coverage of ActionScript so that readers can make greater use of Flash's capabilities. Flash can be a somewhat intimidating program for the beginning user, but How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript, with its visual, step-by-step approach, makes it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Flash.

About the Author

Denise Tyler is no stranger to graphics, animation, and multimedia-related software. She combines her passion for multimedia with an equal passion for teaching others how to create it. During many years of working as a freelance graphics artist and animator, she attained wide and varied experience with many graphic, animation, and Web-related software programs, including Flash. She has written, co-authored, or revised more than a dozen books since 1994. She is the best-selling author of Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Microsoft FrontPage, and co-authored, with Laura Lemay, both editions of Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 21 Days. She also co-wrote How To Use Flash 5 with Gary Rebholz.

Customer Reviews

The way others should follow
Upon starting my degree I had never used any of the Macromedia programs. Two years later this still has to be one of the best books I have brought, in terms of text and product quality (high quality colour throughout). Although intially aimed at the novice user it is so clear and easy to understand it is hard to see why so many books are still not aimed at their target audience. Built up of text and colour screen shots (at every stage of each process), it teaches you the fundamentals of creating files within Flash.

Although this book is titled "How to use Flash MX and Actionscripting," the actionscripting side of the text is not very complex, simply teaching about the basics of assigning functions to buttons and editing movie controls. However at this early stage, this is all that is required.

In conclusion this book is aimed at the novice user. However unlike other books of a similar nature, this book executes its function at the highest level and should be the only book you will require to understand the first steps of the Flash learning process.