Teach Yourself Visually TM Flash TM 5

by Sherry Willard Kinkoph Gunter

Book Overview

Macromedia Flash 5 is designed for Web authoring. This title shows how to use Flash 5 with step-by-step instructions created visually for the reader with screenshots that show how to tackle scores of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764535404
• ISBN13: 9780764535406
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Visual
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book for beginners

This is a book for someone who knows absolutely nothing about Flash 5, like me at one time. It has a lot of cool and colorful images that show you the step by step processes of creating an animation. This book was a life saver in a class where I could not understand the professor who was teaching me Flash. However, by using this book I was able to get a better understanding and knowledge of the program. I was able to complete several class assignments with the help of this book. But be clear this is a book for beginners only. If you want to go more in depth on the capabilities of Flash 5, you must get a more advanced book.

Great for first time users

I love this book because it sets you up with all the terminology and where everything is located and how to use it. It makes flash animation seem easy and non complicated. I was able to make my first flash animation after I was done reading. Visual books give you a quick start to begin. You won't be sorry you bought this book.

Excellent reading to hit the ground running!!!!

First of all, I am a Certified Web Designer, Certified Technical Trainer, and I do Web Design for a living as a consultant. if you really want to have an all in one book, wait till April 10th, 2001 and buy Flash 5 H.O.T. by Garo Green. He cowrote Dreamweaver 3 H.O.T. with Lynda Weinman. They know how to teach you quickly, clearly and in a very fun, enjoyable way! The kind of training books you can't put down! YOU WILL NOT REGRET BUYING THAT BOOK! I was allowed an advanced copy from a trade show. It will be the best book out for all levels - beginners and experts. If you can't wait, get this book and play with Flash 5 until it does come out! I also highly recommend checking out the training materials available at Lynda.com. You cannot go wrong with them. OK.....This book is strictly for those who know nothing about Flash or have read and been confused or got lost in other more complicated books!!! This is not for the intermediate or expert. Duh! It is obvious, but there is always one idiot that complains a book does not have enough for advanced users! This book, like all Teach Yourself Visually books gets you into the program, learning and using it in no time. It is a quick, colorful read. You do not need to be in front of the computer to learn either, though it is better to be hands on! This book will give you a great start while preventing you from getting frustrated and losing your enthusiasm! If you need to learn this for work or for career, you will need to get another, more advanced book later to build your skills. You can blow through this book in a day or two tops, then go back and use it again to reinforce what you learned or go over what you forgot, all within minutes!!! Best of luck

really nice

that's a perfect book for beginners. Easy language and nice colored pictures. But if you're looking for something advanced such as actionscript this isn't the book for you.

Don't Assume Anything!

I think of myself as a motion graphics designer grounded in Photoshop and After Effects work with minimal knowledge of Flash but a burning desire to master the program. I own Flash Web Design by Hillman Curtis, Foundation Flash 5, New Masters of Flash and this book. I've flipped through every Flash book published as of December, 2000 and purchased only those that struck a chord in me. I read this book after completing the Hillman Curtis book and this visual explanation put everything together in my mind. Its a fantastic building block to follow... and you can understand everything without being in front of your computer because the color illustrations are perfectly detailed.Don't expect much ActionScript info, but you will be introduced to its possibilities. I read this book in a day and set it down feeling secure that I finally "get" Flash and, in fact, created my first Flash web site with this as the only source reference (no user's manual). I enthusiastically endorse this book for what it taught me and its great price value. I used to look at these visually oriented books as over-patronizing coloring books-for-idiots. I am certainly an idiot.