The Flash MX Project [With CDROM]

By Cheryl Brumbaugh-Duncan

A collection of hands-on seminars each focusing on teaching a specific aspect of Flash X. Featured is a fictional children's activity site. If the reader chooses to work through the book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735712832
• ISBN13: 9780735712836
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 599 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Best buy for your time

If you have any desire of learning Flash MX, this si the bookfor you. I'm a college student with little time and even a smaller checkbook. This book definitely taught me everything I needed and wanted to know about Flash -- from making a movie to the complexity of Action Scripting -- in little time. Plus, it was easier on my pocketbook than almost any other comprehensive book available.

Great Learning Tool

Don't let the project site developed in this book mislead you. Though its style and design are aimed to a very young audience, learning by developing the site touches on every feature of Flash MX, even the up-town, whiz-bang, o-so-cool features used in the most sophisticated Flash sites, so, rather than ooohing and wowing over dazzling effects, you actually delve into the foundational concepts and techniques of creating a Flash site.The explanations are clear, and the instructions concise. For those who have never created a Flash file or site, but who have a million ideas to impliment, this book is invaluable.

The Flash MX Project

Do you learn best by reading the theory and mechanics, and then doing it? This one's for YOU! The writing is concise and broken into manageable clumps that suit those who mull new ideas as well as those who read only headings and captions, then slam into gear on their own.Build a website using FlashMX with no pain or strain. But don't be fooled by the simplicity of this book's website project style and subject matter. The site construction takes you painlessly through every up-town feature FlashMX has to offer. In a classroom/lab situation or alone in your own quiet corner of the web universe, this book will boost you up to speed with FlashMX in a flash.

Great book for learning Flash MX

I disagree with the previous reviewer. I found the Flash MX Project to be a very informative and well written book. I really enjoyed the progression of the book from chapter to chapter and topic to topic. I did not find any of the files faulty and they all worked great. Though there were some typo's in this book, I have to say it is rare to find a book that does not have typo's. I really enjoyed the book and feel that I have a new understanding and skill level with Flash MX! I would highly recommend this book to others that are interested in learning Flash MX from the basic level of beginning and even recommend it for others that are more intermediate in their skill level with Flash.

Entertaining and informative book

I am new to Flash MX and found this book to be exactly what I needed to learn the fundamentals of Flash MX and how to apply the product to Web development. I particularly enjoyed the project of a children's site that I built throughout the book. The Flash MX skills were presented in a very easy to understand manner with many analogies to other areas of Web development. The book begins with an overview of Flash MX and its use in Web development. It then quickly progresses to other topics starting with how to initially create a new movie and Stage content. I now understand how to use symbols and instances more effectively in a movie's development and how to use animation for my Stage content. Actionscripting was presented starting with basic actions and quickly progressed to more powerful scripting. I am comfortable with this complex and powerful language after working through the book and building the project. I think this book is a must for anyone who develops Web sites! I highly recommend it for others who are starting out with Flash and for others who are more comfortable with the application. Way to go New Riders and Cheryl, I appreciate your efforts!