Illustrating With Macromedia Flash™ MX 2004

By Robert Firebaugh

Macromedia Flash has evolved into the perfect tool to create innovative vector graphics and animation for the Web, due mainly to its simple-to-use features, high-quality output, and relatively low... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584503157
• ISBN13: 9781584503156
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK TO HAVE

GREAT for the beginners - easy to follow directions, great graphics and drawings. For those wanting to improve their skills - it is great! MUST HAVE!

Well done!

I found this how-to book to be very easy to read with many clearly written tutorials. It starts off with a good foundational explanation of illustrating with vector graphics, then a comparative explanation of the other comparable illustration programs, it then gives an explanation of MX 2004's newest features. The many tutorials take the reader through various illustration basics as they apply to this latest version of Flash MX. The step-by-step tutorials, along with the suggested illustration techniques, are the highlight of this book. The included tutorial CD complements the contents of the book and allows the reader to "test-drive" their newly learned illustration skills with a trial copy of the software. Overall, an excellent resource for those who want to develop or expand their illustration skills using Macromedia's Flash MX 2004!

very useful book!

This book has a lot of great tutorials for illustrating with Flash! I was able to go through them and then apply what I learned to my own projects. It's good to have a book that talks not only about the program, but also about art fundamentals that other books leave out.

The only one of it's kind!

This book is highly informative,very easy to follow and privides many helpful graphics that help in the instruction of the book. I have noticed a vast improvement in my illustrating skills. This book is for anyone who wants to improve their illustrating skills in flash and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book. I have not found a book that even compares to this one and it is definitely worth every cent!

It's about time!!

There have been dozens of Flash books on programming, application development, and usability. Finally there is a book here to help us learn about creating illustrations for Flash.The author really gets into detail discussing several different illustration techniques and tricks. I was immediately able to take this information and use it to create my own visuals. I also found the chapters on animation techniques and game design techniques really helpful, and fun to read :)Needless to say, I cannot recommend this book highly enough!