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Robert Reinhardt

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Bible Paperback – October 8, 2007

by Robert Reinhardt (Author), Snow Dowd (Author)

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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.

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Print length

1248 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Wiley
Publication date

October 8, 2007
Dimensions

7.4 x 1.8 x 9.2 inches
ISBN-10

0470119373
ISBN-13

978-0470119372
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Gerardo Chabolla

Start Flash CS3 With This Book

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2008

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This book covers Flash CS3 very thoroughly. There are many useful features in CS3 than just the Actionscript alone, and this book covers them very well. From animation techniques to video audio tricks to programming a full on application, it has everything I need to begin building with CS3. If the weight of the book alone doesn't show you how much information is packed into this book, it also comes with a CD-ROM with tons of files I can use to experiment. CS3 is a huge upgrade and knowing the tools and features will take you further and make it easier for the developer. If you are going to start with anything in CS3, start with this book.

4 people found this helpful

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2015

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Very nice book

Old Information, Waste of Money

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2008

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I was very disappointed in this book. There is little to no coverage of Actionscript 3.0 which is a major overhaul from previous versions of Actionscript. Waste of money! Will probably confuse more than educate about adding even simple AS code to Flash CS3 projects.

One person found this helpful

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2008

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great book. i am using it in conjunction with my Flash textbook. This "bible' picks up where the textbook leaves off. would recomment to anyone.

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Masterpiece from Professional

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2008

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is really happened and we upgraded from version 8 to CS3. This time Flash changed not only the version, but also an owner and now Bible with all reserved rights calls "Adobe Flash CS3 Bible". This is the first one, but I'm sure not the last one. This Bible goes with CD where you can find "original Flash project files with ActionScript code for example in the book, along with custom components for image loading and effects".

I want to say that I have this book because of couple of reasons. First of all, I buy Bibles from year 2000 or 2001 and yet was never disappointed. All information was there, when I need it.
Second reason is that I believe that book written by Robert Reinhardt just can't (no way) be bad. He writes Bible references from version 5 as far as I remember (correct me if I wrong). He wrote a couple of other Flash (and also ActionScript) books and honestly I don't remember bad reviews on it.

Book has a lot of information, so no wonder it's big again: 1232 pages to be precise. For those who abscessed with clean white pages, nothing to worry about - it's clean and white. You will not be disappointed.
Book covers different aspects of Flash CS3. What would you like to know or to do?
- Create a Game in Flash?
- Animate with ActionScript?
- Integrate Flash Components with Web Pages?
- Publish Flash Movie?
This all and much more you will find in this book in every possible detail. All you need to know about Flash CS3 you will find inside.

For people, who already have experience with Flash, this book will help to upgrade from Flash 8 user interface to Flash CS3 and find out new futures.
Those who have no previous experience with Flash application, this book will be great start point and Part 5 will be just priceless.

Of cause, you don't need to read book at once. You can use it mostly in two ways: as a desktop reference or as a study book. Whatever way you choose, you will not regret it.

In one word, I just want to say that Robert Reinhardt is professional in this area and he knows what he's talking about. If you want to become a professional or at least be good too in Flash, you should look up to somebody who have much more experience that you (one more reason why I like this book).

So if you want stay face-to-face with Flash and win, this book will help you a lot.
As stands on cover "The book you need to succeed". Almost true, because you need not only book, but also wish to study and find out new horizons - then everything will be great! Success to everybody!

3 people found this helpful

Excellent, again

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2007

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.

5 people found this helpful

Essential Reading For Anyone New To Flash

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2008

I'm not sure why people are making such a big deal out of the AS2 examples in this book. Flash CS3 != AS3. This book is not intended for advanced programmers that are trying to create large-scale projects; it is an introduction to the Flash CS3 IDE. This is essential reading if you are new to Flash, as it covers all of the basic concepts that surround Flash design and development. Once you graduate from this book, you should definitely move on to a more advanced text that covers the ActionScript 3.0 language if that is something that you are interested in. If you are new to Flash and are looking for a place to start...look no further.

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Nuts & Bolts of ActionScript 3 NOT

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2008

I'm really disappointed.

The book has CS3 in the cover, the back cover says "Unravel the nuts and bolts of ActionScript 3.0 code", yet when I look up XML in chapter 30 and data binding later in the book; it's all ActionScript 2.

There's a note on page 960 advising ActionScript 3 does it differently, and that's it.

It gets worse, the Section "Approaching ActionScript" on page 731 contains the justification for sticking to AS2, to paraphrase the logic:
AS3 is highly evolved compared to AS2.
AS3 requires more that a fundamental understanding of basic programing so we'll use AS2.
Someday when you're using AS3( with no help from this book) you should be able to use this AS2 with a little modification.

Hardly what you'd expect from a reference book claiming that it is unraveling the nuts and bolts of AS3.

4 people found this helpful

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A Must Have Resource

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2008

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Having bought all the books produced by these authors (and read them from start to finish) I can say the comment about it being a copy of the previous Flash 8 Bible is in part the way true. Sure there is a lot of the same information, but it needs to be there. There is about 200 pages out of the book which contain new information, however, it is mixed in well and adds value, so you need to read it to find it.

Because who knows exactly who the audience will be, and at what level?

Anyway, I have again read this through and if you take the time to do this you will see all the new features and interface changes and explanations are there for the new CS3 Flash. I now use this as my "refer to" book instead of the old one, so it is great having the "old" information there to! I don't need to look up two books.

The authors of this book know what they are doing and can relay the information in an easy to understand and very interesting way, so even if you have read the previous book cover to cover you will still want to read this one the same. It never hurts to go over old information as well; it is amazing how many things you remember that you forgot!

So my comment here would be if you want to see and test the new FLASH interface out, then you will want to seriously consider this book. I am glad I bought it and I will continue to get their products in the future, so I have to give it a 5 start for consistency and taking the time to include the "old" with the "new". The only complaints I could add is that it may have helped to use new examples, the ones they use are from the old book and it was a little boring on that level. Still it was a good refresher even if it was the same examples!

Well worth getting, even if it is just to replace the Flash 8 book!

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excellent but out of date

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2008

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I recently finished reading this and enjoyed every minute of it, it is a very good book in how it explains how to do things in the visual way in Flash CS3 and using AS 1.0 & 2.0. But this is where it falls short. There is hardly any AS 3.0 scripting so essentually it is great but flawed. If it was all AS 3.0 you wouldn't need any other book. But, I find myself reverting to other sources of AS 3.0 training I have done before this book. As for the accompining AS 3.0 bible (is this maybe why only AS 1 & 2 in this book?) it is very minimal in its explaination and lacks any decent examples in its coverage of AS 3.0. Look at the Lynda books.

Id give this book 5 stars for its tutorial of using Flash CS3 and AS 2.0 but 1 star for its tutoring of AS 3.0.

Overal still worth having in your collection at the price.

4 people found this helpful

Tomxico

Yes the book is good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2015

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Very very usefull. Even if you know the basics you should buy this book to keep your ideas in order.

sa.vuec

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2014

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good product. good price.

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