Customer Reviews

Learning Flash 4 [VHS]

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The learning flash 4 tape lasts around 7 hours, the beginning of the tapes describe whats in the manuals, tweening, symbols, etc. If you learn faster by watching then it will probably help. The aspect of the tape that bothers me is that Lynda will describe a technique, say motion tweening, then David will explain how thats changed in V 4.0 and then show you how to do it faster. Why not just show us the 4.0 way and stop wasting time with 3.0 methods. Nice coverage of tell target, bandwidth profiler, and a good example of preloading methods. IMHO the tape would be better if it explained in detail the newest features, and left the intro stuff to the manual and the other Flash books out there. It would have been nice to include an index so you can fast forward to the topics you want to see, also the audio quality on the tapes is horrible. Too bad Freehand 9.0 wasn't out when the tape was made since coverage of that would have added another star to the review.

I'm a visual learner in every sense. Unfortunaley for me I've purchased 4 Flash 4 books only to have them sit on my shelf and collect dust. After going through the lessons on the first tape, I experienced an overwhelming since of completeness!! A load of questions I had about the program were answered in the first 15 minutes!!

I'd never really did much of anything with the program except open it and look at it with a blank stare until now! I felt as though Lynda and David were my personal tutors! The video and audio quality are excellent! The lessons flowed well enough to keep even me interested. If you are a Flash 4 "Beginner" I highly recommend these tapes. I was so sold on the beginners series I went ahead and got the Advanced Flash 4 tapes as well!

Anyone wanna buy some hardly used Flash 4 Books?? :-)

This video series is full of very helpful information. The set focuses on design concepts as well as tips and techniques.

This video series walks you through the essential features of the authoring tool, including Drawing Tools, Importing Bitmaps and Vectors, Creating Animation, Creating and Working with Symbols, Creating Interactive Buttons, Rollover Button Techniques, Streaming Sound and MP3, Editable Text Fields and Forms, Setting Variables, Preloading and Bandwidth Profiles, Web Integration, and much, much, more.

For those who want to get the absolute most out of Flash 4.0, and see how it works rather that read how it works, I recommend this video series.