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Title: Flash 5 Cartoons and Games f/x and Design by Bill Turner, James Robertson, Richard Bazley ISBN: 1-57610-958-5 Publisher: Coriolis Group Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Flash Cartoons and Games.....
Comment: You will need a good grip of the functions of Flash 5 to use this book, but it is well worth it. This book takes the mystery out of how to utilize the Flash 5 actionscript to create terrific games and cartoons..... a great book for getting started on a very ambitious Flash game or cartoon project... mine's already in the making!
Rating: 3
Summary: Good but Disappointing!
Comment: When I saw this book I grabbed it and ran with it! Cartoons and games covered in a single Flash book! Wow!
My first disappointment was when I realized that there are only two games covered in the book, Trivia and Adventure. C'mon guys, Flash is a wonderful environment for board games, arcade action games, word games, puzzle games, sports games, etc. There is not nearly enough games coverage in this book to warrant the word "Games" in the title.
Oh, and don't be fooled by the list of Flash games included on the CD. Although the CD includes some impressive Flash games like SporeCubes, Ultimate Nine Ball, Flash Golf, Arcade Animals and Field Goal Frenzy you do not get source code (FLAs) for these, none of them are discussed in the book and all are readily available as a fast and free download on the net. Including games like these in the text along with source code would have made this a good book on Flash games.
On the cartooning side its clear the authors know quite a bit about this subject. However, even in this area I found a lot of cartoon/animation instructions that can be found in many art books. There was not enough "how to do it in Flash" for my tastes.
All in all I would probably still buy this book even knowing what I now know because there are a lot of valuable nuggets in there. However, it could have been much better.
If you only want to buy one book on Flash games try Flash 4 Magic. It covers 6 different types of games in only 1/3 of the book!
Rating: 3
Summary: Beginning and intermediate users may want to pass...
Comment: On the lower right corner, on the back cover of this book, you will find a small yellow panel announcing that this book is for intermediate to advanced Flash users. If you are new to ActionScripting, wait until you are much more familiar with it to purchase this pricey tome. Written in a soothing informal tone, the co-authors walk the reader step-by-step through the very beginning nuances of the game scripting, explaining each in detail. This is nice even for someone with an intimate knowledge of scripting, as a game vehicle may be new territory.
But then suddenly, and without warning, despite words of encouragement and promises of clarity, the reader is left with no direction, and only a CD-ROM and a tangled web of scripting left to pull apart. A more moderate explanation throughout the entire process would have been much more helpful; the beginner/expert switch in the middle of a project is more than a little disheartening.
Despite the odd art and the organizational letdowns, I still found this book inspirational.
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Title: Flash 5 Cartooning (with CD-ROM) by Mark Clarkson ISBN: 0764535471 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Flash Character Animation Applied Studio Techniques by Lee Purcell ISBN: 0672321998 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash Animation and Cartooning: A Creative Guide by Ibis Fernandez ISBN: 0072133236 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 19 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: The Flash Animator by Sandro Corsaro ISBN: 0735712824 Publisher: New Riders Publishing Pub. Date: 11 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The Art of Cartooning with FLASH (With CD-ROM) by Daniel Gray, Gary Leib, John Kuramoto ISBN: 0782129137 Publisher: Sybex Books Pub. Date: 21 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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