Flash 5! Creative Web Animation [With CDROM]

by Derek Franklin and Brooks Patton

This text first provides a foundation and basic knowledge of Flash and its features and tools and then uses interactive tutorials and sample demos to expand this knowledge. It contains chapters on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020171969X
• ISBN13: 9780201719697
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Macromedia Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great for begginers to advanced

I would just like to set the record straight. All of the people who rated this book 1 star must have been hoping a magician would have popped out of the book, tapped them on the head with a magic wand, and wallah.... they are now flash jedi masters. This book is well written and easy to understand. The cd-rom is unbelievalble. It uses quicktime videos that walk you through the lessons. Almost as good as having the author sitting right there in front of you explaining the lesson. The book starts with the basics and works through advanced action scripting. As far as I'm concerned, it is the desk reference for people wanting to learn flash. Pick up a copy and open up a world of endless possiblities in interactive website design.

If you only buy one more book THEN buy this one!!!!

I have read Flash 5 Creative Web Animation book and it is excellent. I am in my 3rd year at University and now begrudge paying money (stopped buying books after my second year). I had spent in my first and second year, about GBP 250 on books in releation to my course work. But 9.8/10 are [bad], in my opinion, and the info is available on the Internet any way. This book has restored my faith in the book industry. Although there is a lot of Flash stuff out there nothing compares to this book..What makes it is the CD-ROM it is brilliant.I look forward to the next.If you want to get ahead in Flash get this book.

If you dont know Flash... You will

I read the first edition, fell in love and got my first contract. This book is another grand slam! I recommend it to all my students. It is not for advanced Flashers. It is the best choice for beginners and is a great reference book. The CD-ROM only is worth every stars. I challenge every beginners to pick up this title and tell me they couldn't create and troubleshoot a Flash site! This book will leave you thirsty for more. You will then be frustrated to realize that there isn't yet a great advanced Flash5 book out there that will match and follow up the quality of this book. If you dont know Flash... buy this one!

Excellent "hands on" step by step guide

This book would be very appropriate as a text for a class teaching Flash 5. It is VERY complete in its coverage and very easy to read. It is unusual for me to be able to read a technical book without stopping several times but this book was the exception. It was hard to put down.

VERY complete!

This book is even better than the previous version, and I loved the previous version. I am amazed at the advancement I've made when using Flash 5 since getting this book. ActionScript coverage is easy to understand a very thorough. The video tutorials on the CD are excellent. I HIGHLY recommend this book.