Customer Reviews
Top book even for beginners! - By: Mr. O. R. Francis, 22 Feb 2008 
You don't reallly need an advanced knowledge of Flash to use this book. How to cheat in flash is very, very good. It is targetted mostly at cartoon animators rather than users that will want to do Action Scripting, presentation or web development. This book will guide you through from start to finish for a lot of basic animation techniques & provides a good insight into how to implement your own ideas. it also gives instruction on how to perform commands etc on both the Windows & Mac. Again, I would only recommend this book if you are into cartoon animation mainly, otherwise there are probably better books out there.
Too technical - By: Ms. E. I. Stokes, 19 Feb 2008 
Its a good book, but no good for begginers.
It assumes you already know where things are & how to do some things.
If your just learning how to use flash (as I am) this is not the book for you.
Flashtastic - By: M. Robbins, 10 Dec 2007 
Firstly I would like to say that when I reviewed this book a few weeks ago there was a post which thankfully has been removed.
Basicallly it dismissed this book because it suggested that it helps you 'cheat'
I for one am I'm glad I wasn't put off because this book is fantastic!! It covers everything that you will need to know.
From design styles & basic drawing to using video & audio.
It even tackles action scripting very cool! this book is going to save me so much time only wish I had stumbled across it sooner
there's even a cd with the different graphics so you can play around when your reading this book.
Brilliant pot-pourri of flash - By: pauland, 04 Nov 2007 A great little book that is a pleasure to open & read. Well illustrated & presented - a book with high production values. The title (forget the cheating bit) describes the contents perfectly - The art of design & Animation - the knowledgeable author teaches great Flash techniques.
A great addition to your flash library.
Fantastic !!! - By: Mr. D. Jennings, 15 Sep 2007 Superb book !! I can see myself using this book for years there are tons of techniques to learn, explained simply with lots of pictures making it great for quick reference. I teach flash animation & will be recommending that alll my students buy this book !!
