graphic design

I just recieved Flash MX 2004 HOT in the mail Dec. 31, 2003 - right on time for 2004 :) Thanks!!! I would had purchased the MX2004 Flash Bible, but its not available yet. Instead, I purchased Rosanna Yeung's user friendly book. One of the first things I did when I opened up the book was pop in the included tutorial CD that is loaded with wonderful examples and exercises. I especially enjoyed Rosanna's Quicktime tutorial movies relating to basic Action Script (controlMC.mov, loadMovieNum.mov, menu.mov, motionGuide.mov, musicSelector.mov, mutplShpTwn.mov, onion.mov, stop_play_actions.mov, stopAndPlay.mov, stopAndPlayMC.mov). The final Xboarding site .swf example pulls all the tutorials together... Nice Job! I would have enjoyed an additional chapter pertaining to .xml, as this seems to be essential knowledge for dynamic content, i.e. sound files, video, picts... etc. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a user friendly guide. Thanks again!

I worked with Swishmax for about a year and wanted to learn about real FLASH. Let me tell you guys the interface is completely different. I knew nothing in flash. I purchased this book completed pages and pages of the book so quickly and learning all the material. This book is a great beginners book and a recommendation to all newbies. You'll be amazed how fast you learn flash 2004 MX. I'm ready for my next book in only a few weeks. Easy to read, "HANDS ON TRAINING" as stated. Good Job.

so far I am glas i did not spend the money on an other class, save you mony use the book, all you need is some motivation. the exersizes are fun, there are no missing steps, everything is thoroughly explains, the lay out is consistantly through the entire book, so you do not have to relearn how to use the book every chapter, as a matter of fact, I used the PhotoShop and ImageReady for the Web, and Dreamweaver befor, and the lay out is the same there too.