Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Ellen Finkelstein (Author), Gurdy Leete (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0764596918 | ISBN-13: 978-0764596919 | Edition: 1

Make the Web interactive with your own animations

Liven up your Web site with graphics that move, buttons that light up, and more

Flash is fun - and this book makes it easy whether you're using a Mac(r) or Windows(r). Fill letters with images, create buttons that glow or change color when you pass your mouse over them, play video and sound files, morph objects into different ones, and do dozens of other things to make your site flashier.

Discover how to
* Create animated text
* Find sample Flash files
* Explore links to additional information
* Add sound and video
* Build great user interfaces
* Publish your Flash files

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Make the Web interactive with your own animations

Liven up your Web site with graphics that move, buttons that light up, and more

Flash is fun — and this book makes it easy whether you're using a Mac® or Windows®. Fill letters with images, create buttons that glow or change color when you pass your mouse over them, play video and sound files, morph objects into different ones, and do dozens of other things to make your site flashier.

Discover how to

• Create animated text
• Find sample Flash files
• Explore links to additional information
• Add sound and video
• Build great user interfaces
• Publish your Flash files

About the Author

Ellen Finkelstein has written numerous bestselling computer books on AutoCAD, PowerPoint, and Flash. She also writes articles on these programs for Web sites, e-zines, and magazines. The five editions of her AutoCad Bible have sold more than 80,000 copies in the United States and abroad. As an Adjunct Instructor of Management, she teaches eBusiness and Human Resource Management courses. Her latest book is Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies. She writes at home so that she can take the bread out of the oven on time.

Gurdy Leete has been working as a computer animator, computer animation software engineer, and teacher of computer animation since 1981. He has been teaching Flash and other computer animation programs for 14 years at Maharishi University of Management, where he is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media. You can see his art on the Web at www.infinityeverywhere.net.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (November 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764596918
• ISBN-13: 978-0764596919
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #960,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellen Finkelstein specializes in training professionals to present effectively. She writes about PowerPoint and presenting. Two of her books are How to Do Everything with PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint for Teachers. You can find free tips and sign up for her newsletter on her website, http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com.

Ellen also writes on AutoCAD; her AutoCAD Bible & AutoCAD LT Bible has been a bestseller for years and has been translated into 14 languages.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, August 14, 2009

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M. Al-Muntasir (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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I am sure there are those out there that are much more capable to analyze and write reviews for books. But coming from a guy who had absolutely NO IDEA about Flash 8, this did it. It went over what I needed to learn in pretty good detail. The only way I can think of improving this book would book be to add a supplemental CD with files to help aid and practice the concepts in the book.

This is not really a graphic intensive book. Apart from the occasional comic strip and awesome bullet points, it gives you tons of information. If you are not a reader, grab another version that has screenshots and supplemental CDs. If you just want to learn it straight and get through it as quick as possible, this is the book for you.

Good luck!

3.0 out of 5 stars Flash 8, July 4, 2009

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Tommy B. Roberts "vegetguy" (Norco, Ca) - See all my reviews
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It doesn't tell you that you need Photoshop CS3 or better to get it to work for you in the animation phases.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, May 29, 2008

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T. Stanley "Great Program" (Shonan Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

This book never got down to the meat of the whole issue! We want to make flash movies. The very first chapter should be...let`s get down to business! Let`s make our first movie. You have to wait until Chapter 9 to finally get to really do anything. The first chapter was a tease to make you read until chapter 9. Not very nice. And still...chapter nine is missing so much. I am going to make my own Flash journal for my students. I am going to show them how to make a simple animation, how to add to it, make changes, tweak, add key frames and plain frames and show them the differences! Perhaps I should try to publish. Purchasing this book made me look like a dummy. Sorry to pan it so much but it is useless. This is the first book I bought from Amazon that I got on the case of. Sorry. There have to be better books on this out there for people that want to get into it and not procrastinate on it.Any recommendations?