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	Diane Cipollo BellaOnline's Flash Editor

* Article Index - Book and Product Reviews
Reviews of Flash related software, books and other products categorized by subject.

ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional by Todd Perkins
As Flash gets more robust, the challenge of teaching Flash gets more complicated. However, ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional by Todd Perkins will not disappoint you.

Adobe eLearning Suite Software Programs
The new Adobe eLearning Suite software has all the tools you need for courseware authoring. Adobe has taken their turnkey simplicity to a new level with this suite.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional On Demand by Andy Anderson and Steve Johnson
This book by Andy Anderson and Steve Johnson is a quick reference guide that covers the new Flash CS3. The format makes it a great how-to source.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Training Book by Rich Shupe
The video tutorials and reference guide does not cover Flash basics as thoroughly as most books. However, it is a great way for the beginner to become familiar with Flash via a visual presentation before tackling the Flash manual.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional What's New Review
Flash is the most popular software for drawing, animation and creating interactive content. We have all waited with anticipation for this latest release of Flash CS3 Professional. Let´s take a look at some of what´s new.

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns by Joey Lott and Danny Patterson
This book by Joey Lott and Danny Patterson will take you through the steps for building flexible and adaptive applications.

Book Review - Creating a Web Site with Flash - Visual QuickProject Guide
This book will not teach you everything about Flash, but it will take you step-by-step through the process of making a web site with Flash. You will become familiar with most of the basic Flash tools and the Flash workspace.

Book Review - Creating A Web Site With Flash 8 - Visual QuickProject by David Morris
This book won't teach you everything about Adobe(R) Macromedia(R) Flash but it does teach you the basic techniques needed to create a website with Flash 8. David Morris uses easy instructions with large supporting screen shots.

Book Review – Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics Hands-on Training by S Rebenschied
The author, Shane Rebenschied, takes a modular approach to Flash and ActionScript. When you have finished the book, you will have mastered some of the intermediate level Flash features.

Captivate 4 Upgrade Review
What's new in the Captivate 4 upgrade.

Creating a Web Site with Flash CS4
Morris has done a great job keeping up with the new Flash features and choosing which of the new features and techniques will be most useful to his audience.

Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and AS3
I recommend a working knowledge of ActionScript 3 in order to get the most from this book which will demonstrate the most important tasks for creating an interactive widget in Flash CS4 and publishing that widget to Widgetbox.

Flash and InDesign CS4 Integration
With this new upgrade to Creative Suite 4, you can design your project in InDesign and then move it into Flash to add the complex interactivity that only Flash can handle.

Flash CS3 Professional Advanced for Windows and Macintosh, Visual QuickPro Guide by Russell Chun
Once you start writing your own ActionScript code, you can move up to creating more complex animation, dynamic interaction and server-side programming. This book by Russel Chun will give you the foundation you need to master advance Flash design and development.

Flash CS4 and AIR Developement - Marco Casorio
With the newest release of Adobe Flash and AIR, we now have a much easier way to build desktop applications. This book by Marco Casorio is a good way to learn the basics of working with Flash CS4, ActionScript 3 and AIR together.

Flash CS4 Object-based Animation
With the new upgrade of Flash CS4, we have a new way to create motion tween animation. It is so much easier to design an animation with the new object-based animation model.

Flash CS4 Workspace
You will notice that much more of the Flash CS4 workspace is dedicated to the Stage than ever before. With the new object-based animation and other new features, so much of the work is done by dragging directly on the Stage.

Flash CS4, Adobe AIR and Adobe Media Encoder
Flash CS4 has some new features that will increase your productivity and allow you to publish for several media including web, print, mobile devices and desktop.

Flash Motion Editor and Presets
Flash CS4 has some new ways to create animation that will take less time and give you better results. Let´s check out the Motion Editor and Presets.

Flash Procedural Modeling and Inverse Kinematics
This newest version of Flash CS4 has some very nice new animation tools that help you to create complex, realistic-looking animations. Procedural modeling, Inverse Kinematics and the Bone, Bind, Deco and Spray Brush tools are the secret weapons behind new ways to create animation.

Foundation ActionScript 3 with Flash CS3 and Flex
In this book, Steve Webster, Todd Yard and Sean McSharry go one step further and help the readers to extend their ActionScript skills for both Flash and Flex.

Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers – Book Review
The approach taken by Tom Green and David Stiller in this book is to teach Flash CS3 from a designer's point of view. The authors have made a great effort to use fun and interesting examples for each topic-based chapter to make learning Flash almost painless for the designer and artist.

How to Wow with Flash by Colin Smith
This book by Colin Smith shares with you his Flash secrets in sixty of the best examples of Flash effects. But do not panic if you are not familiar with Flash ActionScript. Believe it or not, Smith keeps the ActionScript to a minimum.

Product Review - Macromedia Studio and Flash MX 2004
For many years, Macromedia Flash has been the industry standard for creating motion graphics, interactive web content and desktop applications. When most people think of Flash they think of the motion graphics character animation that you find in ecards and digital games. But there is no limit

Review - SEO for Flash by Todd Perkins
This book by Todd Perkins will teach you what to do to get your Flash website noticed and indexed by search engines.

Review – ActionScript 3.0 Visual QuickStart Guide
This book by Derrick Ypenburg is a great reference manual for the seasoned Flash and ActionScript programmer and a good starter book for the novice.

Review Flash CS4 Pro Digital Classroom
This book by Fred Gerantabee and the AGI Creative Team is great if you are learning Flash or want to learn the new features in Flash CS4 Pro. This book is sectioned into 15 lessons beginning with an introduction to Flash, a touch of ActionScript and ending with advanced animation techniques.

Review of Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book
The first thing you will notice about this book is that it is project-based. Each chapter contains a lesson that covers certain Flash techniques, concepts or features and, along the way, introduces you to what is new in Flash CS3.

Review of Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation
One of the biggest questions that is answered in Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation is when to use Flash and how to use it most efficiently. The next question is what tasks are beyond Flash´s capabilities and when to turn to another software such as After Effects.

Team Communication and Publishing eLearning Suite
Adobe eLearning Suite has built-in features for communication and collaboration between team members and Standard-based publishing of courseware.