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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005 EAN: 9781590591789 Edition: 1 ISBN: 159059178X Label: friends of ED Manufacturer: friends of ED Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: July 01, 2003 Publisher: friends of ED Studio: friends of ED Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Creating web designs and site content in Macromedia Flash MX can be a lot of fun, but there are always tasks that you'll want to do again and again. It's always a bit of a hassle to have to keep recreating and tweaking the same old content or functionality in different projects, so why can't you just reuse what you've created? With components, you can do just that! Flash MX Components enable the creation of self-contained design building blocks that can be simply dragged and dropped into any Flash movie. They are flexible enough to be easily customized to take care of many different tasks. No fuss, no bother - you can repurpose the standard elements of your design, application, or game, and use them over and over again. But wait, it gets better! Components can be used by anyone, not just the person who created them. So in this book, weve done all the hard work for you and collected together the Most Wanted components that will make your life easier. In this book (and on the CD) youll find a perfect combination of creative and functional components from some of todays leading Flash designers and developers. Just look at the fantastic components you get: - Event Calendar - Text Editor - News Feed - Tool Tip - Sketch Pad - Video Player - Image Scroller - Pattern Generators - Tab Control - Sliding Panel - Color Picker - Game Player Selector - Particle Emitter - Layout Manager - Data Grid - Movie Loader - Image Modulators - XML-to-ActionScript Converter - Virtual 3D Trackball - Text Animation - Dynamic Text Manager Each of these components is included on the accompanying CD, ready to incorporate within your designs, along with plenty of example files giving practical demonstrations of their use. On top of that, each chapter in this book presents a comprehensive designer-oriented guide that will help you to get the most out of using all of the featured components. If youre a Flash designer, of any ability from novice to professional, this book will increase the power of your Flash designs and enhance your project workflow &emdash; instantly! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nifty Components, Lacking in Real Technical Depth"Flash MX Components Most Wanteed" is targeted towards designers and those that shy away from ActionScript. The book focuses on explanations of how to use each of the components -- not how they were created or the design choices made while building these sometimes extraordinarily complex components. Many of the components contained on the CD are quite useful, but I personally could have done without the "nifty graphics" and image manipulation components. It's nice to have detailed explanations of ... Read More Rating:  - a darn good bargainI still can't believe i only paid so little for this book, it's just awesome! I've been using Flash for a couple of years now, but only recently started getting into MX components - any designer (or even developer?) looking for efficient solutions should really look into using them. I'm at the point now where i'm having to reuse as much code/design elements as i can now because work is just soooo busy, and with this book you get a cd containing 21 components (actually, there's even more than ... Read More Rating: - Great BookIm coming from a unix/c background with over 10 years experience and I found this book to be really good introduction to Flash MX. Its written very clearly and concsicely and full of useful examples and great ideas. I got my project up and running very quickly with some very pleasing results. Keep up the good work boys! Rating: - Macromedia Flash MX Components Most WantedWhat a great book! Im pretty new to Flash and have spent most of my life programming in C, but this book helped me produce some fantastic results in a really short space of time. Its concise, well written and seemed to have an answer for every problem that I got myself into. No complaints so far - nice one lads! 
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