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May 10, 2010 0470568151 978-0470568156 1
Learn to use the new Flash Catalyst to create rich Internet applications

Adobe Flash Catalyst enables you to take designs from Photoshop and Illustrator and convert them into rich Flash-based applications—without writing or even understanding one line of code. It may sound too good to be true, but this helpful reference shows you how to leverage the Flash skills you already have in order to convert your ideas into functioning applications. You’ll explore everything from the basics of the Flex framework to using Flash Builder to complete conversion of an application.

  • Shows you how to use the eagerly anticipated Flash Catalyst to convert assets from Illustrator and Photoshop directly into Flex components without ever needing to write code
  • Reviews the basics of the Flex framework and rich Internet applications
  • Demonstrates how to import comps and assets into Flash Builder in order to create an application

Convert your ideas from design into functioning applications—and avoid writing complex code—with this authoritative resource.

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  • Paperback: 600 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 10, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470568151
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470568156
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #990,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I decided to get this book because I wanted to decide whether or not to use it as part of my design process for my Flex projects. I am an intermediate Flex developer. I have always designed project on paper and then taken them straight to Flex Builder (now Flash Builder). I wanted to see if incorporating Adobe Illustrator and Flash catalyst into my design process was worth my time.

The book starts out nice. The author does a good job building your enthusiasm and teaching some basics about working in Illustrator and Flash Builder. Throughout the first half of the book the author takes you through some helpful examples to get you use to the process flow of working in Illustrator (or Photoshop), Flash catalyst, and Flash Builder. Unfortunately, this is where the book hits a major stumbling block.

The goal of the second half of the book is to walk through building a project from designing it in Illustrator to importing the project into Flash catalyst, to finally exporting the project to Flash Builder. At this point all is well. The problem starts when you have to use files that are supposedly available on the publisher's website. The compressed zip files for the project only contain a single Illustrator file that shows you what the project should look like at the end of the chapter. It became very frustrating when I had to go into the end-of-chapter file extract the images needed for the lesson, export them to Photoshop, optimize them, and then finally save them so I could use them in the lessons. There are several Illustrator files you need to import and they are nowhere to be found.

Unfortunately it seems the author was using a pre-release version of the Adobe CS5 tools because there are steps he tells you to follow and they do not exist in the software. One example of this is that he refers to some brush strokes that are not standard in Adobe Illustrator. I imagine he imported them from a third party site.

I have contacted the publisher (4/12/2011) regarding the missing files and they said they would look into it and get back to me. I will update this review with their response.

For the moment I can't recommend this book because it is incomplete. I only hope that the publisher and author can get together and make the necessary files available.
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