Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible [Paperback]

Robert Reinhardt (Author), Snow Dowd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 2007 | Series: Bible (Book 413)

Two of the savviest Flash experts in the industry show you how to add impact to your Web content. Robert Reinhardt and Snow Dowd know all the techniques and tricks, and they take you under the hood in this one-stop total reference guide to Flash CS3 Professional. Follow their tutorials, learn from cool examples, and discover insider secrets you won't find in any other book. Don't miss the special 16-page color insert loaded with spectacular examples. Also includes a CD-ROM.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Deliver winning Flash content with this one-stop guide

Two of the savviest Flash experts in the industry show you how to add impact to your Web content. Robert Reinhardt and Snow Dowd know all the techniques and tricks — and they take you under the hood in this one-stop total reference guide to Flash CS3 Professional. Follow their tutorials, learn from cool examples, and discover insider secrets you won't find in any other book. Don't miss the special 16-page color insert loaded with spectacular examples.

• Learn Flash CS3's vector-based drawing program

• Use filters, effects, masks, and layers to add impact

• Unravel the nuts and bolts of ActionScript 3.0 code

• Integrate sound, video, and graphics

• Apply HTML and Text Field formatting

• Create a game in Flash and win

• Add interactivity and publish your Flash movies

What's on the CD-ROM?

The CD includes the original Flash project files with ActionScript code for the examples in the book, along with custom components for image loading and effects.

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

Robert Reinhardt is Vice President of the Multimedia Platforms group for Schematic and a highly respected authority on Flash and Flash Video. He created the screen graphics for Sean Penn's film The Pledge, a Flash Web site for the film Training Day, and other projects.

Snow Dowd is a coprincipal at [theMAKERS] and has worked with Robert Reinhardt on various high-profile multimedia projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1248 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (October 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470119373
• ISBN-13: 978-0470119372
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.8 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #872,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lead author, Flash Bible series @ FlashSupport.com
http://www.flashsupport.com

VP, Multimedia Platforms Group @ Schematic
http://www.schematic.com

Co-principal and instructor @ [theMAKERS]
http://www.theMAKERS.com

Instructor @ Portland State University
http://www.pdc.pdx.edu/mmedia

Writing partner @ Community MX
http://www.communitymx.com
http://www.flashsupport.com/cmx

Recent interviews
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/flash_anniversary/index_08.html

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Buy This Book, December 21, 2007

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Erin Bolton (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible (Paperback)

Do not buy this book if you intend to use ActionScript 3.0. Most of the code and examples in the book use AS 2.0. Entire chapters have this note at the beginning: "NOTE: This chapter discusses ActionScript 2.0 implementations of ..."

I bought this book as a reference for learning Flash as a beginner. There is no reason for me to waste time learning AS 2.0.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, again, November 13, 2007

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Urbano Delgado "journeyman instructional desi... (chandler, az usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible (Paperback)

I've been buying The Flash Bible since Flash 4 was the current version. I continue to believe that it is the best Flash book out there. I teach Flash at a community college and recommend it as a desktop reference for my students. I especially like two things about the book. First, I like the updates covering user-interface changes from Flash 8. This is very important to my students, since we continue to use the previous version of Flash in the class. It helps them transition to CS3 more easily. I also like the new chapter on scripted animation; it has helped me understand the copy motion as actionscript 3.0 command. I'm developing a workshop from the book that I'll be doing for companies whose creative staff are making the jump to CS3. They're going to love using Reinhardt's book.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Are you kidding me?, May 5, 2008

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C.J. Allouez (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible (Paperback)

I went to the bookstore earlier today to look for a good Flash CS3/Actionscript 3.0 reference, because boy did they change a lot of things in ActionScript this time around. As I paged through this I noticed that all, or almost all, their ActionScript examples are ActionScript 2.0! What?? If you want to do anything really interesting in Flash CS3 you have to learn ActionScript 3.0. Learning AS2 is not the same at all; they're practically two different languages. I'd go so far as to say learning AS2 is counterproductive to learning AS3, because it instills you with bad habits, like putting actions directly on objects, instead of on their own layer.

I don't know how this book was printed. Why teach Flash CS3 with AS2? It doesn't make sense at all. The only thing I can imagine is they thought they could boost sales by updating a Flash 8 manual they had, but hadn't even looked at Flash CS3.

Do not buy this. Trust me. Make sure your Flash manual teaches the ActionScript appropriate to its iteration of Flash. I thought this would be a no-brainer.