The Web Wizard's Guide to Flash

by Michael R. Kay
Published by Addison-Wesley, June 2002
196 pages, 78 full color illustrations, ISBN 0-201-76434-2
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Flash is a fun program to use, and it shouldn't be painful to learn. There are many Flash books available today, but this may be the only one that that teaches it in a way that real people can understand. Several books longer than 500 pages are useful references to consult when you want the details of a very specific feature, but they aren't so good at teaching you how to use the program. The approach and size of this book is very digestible and will give you what you need to use Flash to create compelling web sites.

The tutorials I wrote for Webmonkey have been successful in guiding readers through a few key tasks in Flash, and this book has given me the opportunity to develop a complete learning experience. These lessons are ample whether you’re new to Flash or need to round out your skills: this book can get you on track to creating rich animation and powerful interactivity.

This book covers both Flash 5 and Flash MX. The first chapters introduce the basics, followed by lessons which build to more advanced techniques. ActionScript is now an integral part of Flash and one chapter in this book can get you started writing scripts right away even if you know nothing about programming. There’s plenty here to get a complete foundation and to begin creating professional work. By the end of the book, you should be able to call yourself a Flash wizard.

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