How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4: The art of design and animation
- ISBN13: 9780240521312
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Need to solve problems quickly to develop creative projects to time and to budget? Want to hone your Flash skills so you can concentrate on your animation? Then How to Cheat in Flash is for you! Chris Georgenes shows how to work from the problem to the solution – from the viewpoint of an animator who has been commissioned to create a job and is working to a deadline. With his in-depth knowledge of the little-known secrets used by the pros to produce creative,… More >>
How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4: The art of design and animation
To start off this book is excellent, but I have the Cs3 one. This one has about 20-30 pages on cs4 and a new copy costs 40 bucks like the CS3 one. This is 3 stars because of pricing and no separate selling of the Cs4 pages. Overall though it is good for newcomers to flash with Cs4 or Cs3.
Rating: 3 / 5
“When our Adobe Flash User Group Manager emailed me if I was interested in reviewing Chris Georgenes’s latest book, How To Cheat In Flash CS4, I immediately became excited about the opportunity to do so.” In responce to one of my forum post’s on [...] (Site no longer active), Chris Georgenes was so kind to take the time to encourage me about my desire to develop a children’s online game that my daughters wanted to create. “Chris and everyone, I regret to say that I have yet to get this project into the production stage. My girls have been doing their part with drawings and sketching out their idea’s of what they want the online game to look like.” “No excuses… dad.”, my girls would say.
“Chris’s book is full of great examples, this is a must have for every timeline animator!” If you want to improve your Flash timeline animation skills this book is a must have. This new book includes all of the previous book and much much more. This new book is 14 chapters of wonderful insights and examples from Chris. Also included are 2 bonus chapters on the CD that accompanies the book as well as great tutorials including tutorials on Flash CS4′s new bone tool and some great CS4 motion tween examples. And yet, more extra examples as well. This book is a must have in your Flash library arsenal.”
“You will most definitely enjoy Chris’s new book and I wish you all the best in your Flash Animations!”
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve been animating for about 40 years now,and this is by far the most helpful book I’ve I’ve come across.The only thing I’m not sure about is the hot tip on page 83.
Rating: 5 / 5
Although I have the previous version of this book I thought the upgrade was worth it because of the new features. There is some repeat from the older version but this is one book that I really think should be kept up-to-date in your Flash library.
Rating: 5 / 5
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Know enough about flash to be dangerous? Would you like to pull back the curtain on some common applications of Flash? I suggest taking a look at Chris Georgenes’ book, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4.
There are common elements that span across multiple websites that we mere mortal monkeys do not know how to create. If you ever found yourself sitting in a tree, eating a banana while browsing the web and thought, `I’d like to have an effect like that on my site’ but don’t want to spend years learning Flash… this book is for you.
Not a typical reference manual, or cookbook, but it shares elements of both styles. The layout of the book is in a fashion so the user can just open it up and see from start to finish the steps to create an effect, without turning the page! Talk about summing up the important stuff! I know what you are thinking my fellow primates, but rest assured this book is not jam packed with 5 point font from edge to edge. On the contrary, it is beautifully illustrated with graphics that change in style every so often.
This book is for the majority a tutorial book. These two pages here teach you how to do this. Next two pages teach you how to do that. I am not a fan of reference manuals or cookbooks. The cleaver layout did make this book much MUCH more helpful (not to mention an easier read). Chris does go over technique in chapter one, which I really enjoyed and wished there was more of. Technique and style are timeless; the tools will continue to get upgraded.
I think we all know that monkey… he’s the one that just `knows’ his stuff. Always seems to be one branch ahead of the rest of us. And we continue to find ourselves tapping him on the shoulder and asking, `Hey could you help me create (fill in the HUGE blank here) real fast?’ Well, that monkey is Chris Georgenes (don’t take offense my friend) and this book is what he wrote to show the world some of those creation processes!
Early in the book I got a feeling that really didn’t leave me. This book seems to be aimed more towards the artist. If you are an artist I HIGHLY recommend this book. If you don’t consider yourself an artist and just want to get into web design… check out this book from a Library to see if you want to purchase it. Myself, I don’t consider myself an artist but have a handful of post-it notes sticking out of the pages I want to revisit.
The interludes at the end of each chapter were a really nice touch. These little gems enhance the feeling that you know the guy. Short, sweet, and often entertaining.
Overall well done book! Again, HIGHLY recommend if you are a traditional artist looking to get into Flash. For everyone else, Monkey Butler Ninja gives this book 4 tweening ninja stars out of 5!
Rating: 4 / 5