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~ Sham Bhangal (Author)

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This book focuses on the new and enhanced features of the new Macromedia Flash MX release. It tells you what's new, what's changed, why these things are important, and how you can use them effectively.

To get quickly up to speed with the new release, you can't afford to waste time trawling through heavy manuals, extracting just the juicy upgrade information. This book will do the filtering work for you. Sham Bhangal through Flash MX with a fine-toothed comb and focus entirely on the new stuff. Flash MX Upgrade Essentials examines the changes, improvements, shortcuts and complexities, and presents them clearly in rich context, chapter by chapter.

Concentrating on new and upgraded features, this book assumes you are comfortable and competent with Flash 5. By the end of this book, you will be fully familiar with all the fundamentals of Flash MX, and ready to start exploring the new technical and creative avenues it has opened up. Flash MX Upgrade Essentials offers the most efficient way of getting up to speed with the latest version of Flash.

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If you've been using Flash 5 and you're making the step up to Macromedia Flash MX, then this is the book for you: it's designed to help you get the maximum benefit from Flash MX in the minimum time. It focuses on what's new and what's important, describing the new and enhanced features, demonstrating how to use them effectively, and discussing what they really mean in the wider Flash MX/web design perspective.

Flash MX is a seriously powerful tool with a wealth of new features, including a new interface, heavily reinforced ActionScript capabilities, enhanced video and multimedia support, accessibility and usability elements, and a formidable object-based programming paradigm that could change the way you think about Flash and ActionScript.

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Product Details

Paperback: 430 pages
Publisher: Wrox Press; illustrated edition edition (April 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1903450764
ISBN-13: 978-1903450765
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,377,440 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For once, a book that does what it says on the box!, April 10, 2002

By	Stina Ullenhag (Uppsala) - See all my reviews

I don't often review the books i buy, but i was inspired by the previous review which gives a bit of an inaccurate picture in my opinion. I know Flash 5 pretty well, and i have a number of 'Beginners' books so there's no way i wanted to go over a lot of old stuff that i've already read a thousand times. That's why i bought into this whole 'upgrade' concept, and i think any of the pros looking for an early start to MX will do the same. OK, I only got it last week but it's keeping me real busy. Even some of the simple stuff, like pinning scripts and using shared objects, i know would have taken me forever to figure out so i'm really happy with this book. There's also a constant flow of examples throughout, which is exactly what i like. Right now i'm reading how to build advanced components, it's pretty heavy stuff, but the author's language is ideal (for my level at least) and even seems to make it interesting!! With reference to the Macromedia site i can't see any new features of MX that this book misses out. I know there are a couple of other MX books out there too, but if this book represents an 'attempt to get something to market quickly', it looks to me like a pretty successful one to me. Wow, i feel like i've justified my $$$ now!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good... but not great...., April 26, 2002

By	Flash_Nut - See all my reviews

Sham is the author or the co-author on about 85% of the flash books I own... I'd have to say his way of explaining things is great. The only thing that irritated me about this book is that Sham continually rambles on about the new menu docking feature in Flash MX... You hear about it in chapter one... and then chapter two... I then skipped ahead to chapter 5 to read about the new actionscript features... and what's the first thing Sham starts talking about? Docking the actionscript panel... 'ohhh lets see.. you can put it over here.. or over here... ohh.. how about over here... yay!'..... My other complaint of the book is that it seems a little "dumbed down" for a book thats supposed to be for people with a pretty solid understanding of flash 5... Sham sometimes takes 3-4 paragraphs to desribe what could ultimately be said in 1 or two... Buy the book if you know flash 5 fairly well and plan to upgrade..(the reviewer that gave this book 2 stars because the book seems to be 'geared to those that already knew flash 5' needs to read what the book is about before makes future purchases... it says right on the book that its for people with solid background in flash 5... I had flash mx 4-5 days before I had this book and didn't notice about 75% of the new features because they are subtle and you might miss them if someone doesn't tell you they are there... Overall Sham is prolly my fav flash author still... he explains things great... and as this is the first MX book really written, I rate this 4 out of 5 mainly because I got tired of hearing about docking over and over and over again.... If you are a newbie to flash 5 and planning to upgrade to MX, don't buy this book. You really have no need to read about 'what's new' in MX if you didn't know what was in flash 5. Instead buy a flash MX newbie book and save yourself $.... Otherwise, this book promised to get me into flash mx as quickly as possible and I felt it delivered on that promise. I'm nearly done with the book and I'd to say it was worth the money to get up to speed on a great new version of flash

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book saved me time & $$!!!!, June 8, 2002

By	Cal McGaugh (Escondido, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This book is more than worth the price (even without the 30% discount!)

I totally disagree with the negative reviews. Sham is a very
good writer, and makes learning Flash a fun experience. His book is geared to anyone who has a working knowledge of Flash5, and just wants to get up to speed on MX, and he states that
plainly.

This book is invaluble in exploring all the new features of MX.
I'm verrrry happy with it!

Thanks, Sham, and Friends of Ed for producing great Flash books! Keep it up, mates =)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Straight to the point for those comfortable with Flash 5...
This book does a very admirable job for what it was designed to do - to be a guide of the new features provided in Flash MX for those of us whom were VERY familiar with Flash... Read more

Published on January 13, 2003 by B. Rogers

2.0 out of 5 stars some mistakes, but otherwise pretty good
There are some great aspects about this book, but also quite a few that take away from them. First of all, there are some things which are errononous -- ie: just about all of the... Read more

Published on November 13, 2002 by John

4.0 out of 5 stars Good starter
This was my very first MX book
(after about 10 on Flash 5), and
I was quite happy to get an overview of the new features. Read more

Published on November 12, 2002 by J. KIEHL

5.0 out of 5 stars Certified flash developer
I must say, its great to learn all the new features, without having to wade through a whole book on flash mx A-Z. Read more

Published on September 6, 2002 by Steven M. Kilingbeck

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're upgrading from Flash 5, this is the book you need.
I've always wondered why somebody didn't write a book specifically targeted at those who are upgrading to a new version of software they already know and use. Read more

Published on June 6, 2002 by Brad Kozak

5.0 out of 5 stars The Printing Press
I am a Psychiatrist who only ever openned a PC 10 years ago. I believe in GUI as a good unique way of presenting techniques. Read more

Published on May 22, 2002 by Benjamin Michael Ian Dr

2.0 out of 5 stars Far less than I expected
I was disappointed in this book. Although the Friends of Ed books have had a good reputation, I find that this book seems to cater to the "in crowd" who already knows... Read more

Published on April 23, 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars So, so book.
It must be difficult writing one of the first MX books, so considering that. this book is ok. It has no real depth on any one subject and feel like thirty percent of the book is... Read more

Published on April 16, 2002 by brady221

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