Jennifer Dehaan – författare

If you''re serious about Flash design, and if you want to push your ideas to the very limits of possibility in Flash MX, then this book and CD are your indispensable companions.

This  package combines two vital elements: the most comprehensive and in-depth reference resource for Flash MX ActionScript Rich, and practical tutorials on using ActionScript effectively in your Flash movie design. We''ve packed in 20 chapters of tutorials, hundreds of detailed reference entries, and hundreds of example FLAs and SWFs. The CD reproduces and expands the complete ActionScript dictionary, providing you with a comprehensive and portable reference tool. To gain an idea of the CD''s content, view our online demonstration. You can view all the dictionary''s entries, but only the first 30 or so are functional.

Our aim has been to make this book the best Flash MX ActionScript resource, bar none—the book that you''ll keep on your desk and never exhaust.

You''ve seen the promises in the advertising: Microsoft''s free Movie Maker 2 will make it simple to capture, edit and share your home movies. We agree, but how do you know where to start, or where you''re going? The answer is Windows Movie Maker 2 Zero to Hero, which will take you from filming your movie (with useful tips to improve the quality) through editing and adding effects, to premiering your masterpiece to your friends and family.

Zero to Hero is more than a catchy slogan and an opportunity for puns and graphical representations of tights, capes, and phone booths. It''s a style of learning designed by friends of ED to reach beyond dry technical explanations and dusty old authors who don''t know how it is for real users and wouldn''t know good design if it slapped them round the face with a wet fish.

With a Zero to Hero book you can choose how you learn. You can choose to learn everything you need to know about Windows Movie Maker 2 by working through the first section of the book from start to finish. Alternatively, you can dive straight in to the inspirational ''Hero'' chapters and refer back as and when you need. Then later, when you''re a hero yourself, the book is easily used as a reference tool.

When you''re done, you''ll be ready to wear your underwear on the outside—metaphorically speaking, of course.