Written by two of the industry?s top Flash experts, this new edition of the best-selling classic has been revised and enhanced to cover the very latest release of Macromedia Flash. User-friendly, yet in-depth this is the book that serves as an indispensable reference for anyone -- from the web novice to the accomplished web worker -- and functions as the perfect, real-world guide to the workings and capabilities of this powerful program. The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, custom components and finished examples.

• Totally enhanced and revised edition of the all-time Flash classic reference!
• Everything you need to know to learn and master the Macromedia Flash 8 -- the most comprehensive Flash reference available
• Includes a CD-ROM packed with files from the book and valuable tryouts.
• Co-author Robert Reinhardt is one of the two or three top stars in the Flash developer community, speaking regularly at FlashForward, the Macromedia User’s Conference, WebTEK, Macromedia’s traveling user seminars, and major universities. No other title matches this one in both comprehensiveness and author reputation.
• Includes expert tutorials from the world’s leading Flash gurus
• Includes tips for integrating Flash with other programs
• Includes unpublished tricks, techniques and time-savers

"When I’m planning the FlashBelt conference, Reinhardt is the first one I call. His knowledge reaches to the farthest corners of the software."

-Dave Schroeder, Director, FlashBelt conferences; Owner, PilotVibe Music and Sound Design

"Its range and depth make the Flash Bible a must-have for designers, developers and producers of Flash content." -- Matthew Carroll, designer, Wieden + Kennedy

Written by two of the industry’s top Flash experts, this new edition of the best-selling classic has been revised and enhanced to cover the very latest release of Macromedia Flash. User-friendly, yet in-depth this is the book that serves as an indispensable reference for anyone -- from the web novice to the accomplished web worker -- and functions as the perfect, real-world guide to the workings and capabilities of this powerful program. The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, custom components and finished examples.

• Totally enhanced and revised edition of the all-time Flash classic reference!
• Everything you need to know to learn and master the Macromedia Flash 8 -- the most comprehensive Flash reference available
• Includes a CD-ROM packed with files from the book and valuable tryouts.
• Co-author Robert Reinhardt is one of the two or three top stars in the Flash developer community, speaking regularly at FlashForward, the Macromedia User’s Conference, WebTEK, Macromedia’s traveling user seminars, and major universities. No other title matches this one in both comprehensiveness and author reputation.
• Includes expert tutorials from the world’s leading Flash gurus
• Includes tips for integrating Flash with other programs
• Includes unpublished tricks, techniques and time-savers

"When I’m planning the FlashBelt conference, Reinhardt is the first one I call. His knowledge reaches to the farthest corners of the software."

-Dave Schroeder, Director, FlashBelt conferences; Owner, PilotVibe Music and Sound Design

"Its range and depth make the Flash Bible a must-have for designers, developers and producers of Flash content." -- Matthew Carroll, designer, Wieden + Kennedy

Written by two of the industry’s top Flash experts, this new edition of the best-selling classic has been revised and enhanced to cover the very latest release of Macromedia Flash. User-friendly, yet in-depth this is the book that serves as an indispensable reference for anyone -- from the web novice to the accomplished web worker -- and functions as the perfect, real-world guide to the workings and capabilities of this powerful program. The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, custom components and finished examples.

• Totally enhanced and revised edition of the all-time Flash classic reference!
• Everything you need to know to learn and master the Macromedia Flash 8 -- the most comprehensive Flash reference available
• Includes a CD-ROM packed with files from the book and valuable tryouts.
• Co-author Robert Reinhardt is one of the two or three top stars in the Flash developer community, speaking regularly at FlashForward, the Macromedia User’s Conference, WebTEK, Macromedia’s traveling user seminars, and major universities. No other title matches this one in both comprehensiveness and author reputation.
• Includes expert tutorials from the world’s leading Flash gurus
• Includes tips for integrating Flash with other programs
• Includes unpublished tricks, techniques and time-savers

"When I’m planning the FlashBelt conference, Reinhardt is the first one I call. His knowledge reaches to the farthest corners of the software."

-Dave Schroeder, Director, FlashBelt conferences; Owner, PilotVibe Music and Sound Design

"Its range and depth make the Flash Bible a must-have for designers, developers and producers of Flash content." -- Matthew Carroll, designer, Wieden + Kennedy

— Dave Schroeder, Director, FlashBelt conferences; Owner, PilotVibe Music and Sound Design

If Macromedia Flash 8 can do it, you can do it too ...

Squeeze every last ounce of power from the very latest edition of Macromedia Flash with this enhanced and revised edition of the bestseller. Written by two Flash experts, this user-friendly, in-depth guide is packed with tips, expert tutorials, and hidden tricks you won’t find elsewhere. Create graphics that jump off the page and make your content richly interactive. Animate, script, manipulate data, send customer data to a server, create robust apps — Flash 8 does it all. Now you can too, with this Flash reference at your side.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Macromedia Flash 8

• Transform your Movie clips with new blend modes, filters, and gradients
• Scale your artwork to perfection with a new nine-slice scaler
• Get better looking text with crystal-clear FlashType font renderer
• Create characters with lip-synching, walk cycles, and atmosphere
• Understand the nuts and bolts of ActionScript code
• Integrate and control video directly in Flash
• Attach and bind data to components for a dynamic Web site
• Work with Dreamweaver®, Fireworks®, ColdFusion®, Director®, and more
• Create a game in a Flash and win
• Make Flash movies for mobile devices

Bonus CD is loaded with sample files, custom components, and finished examples!

* A user-friendly, yet in-depth book that appeals to both Web novices and experts * Contains everything readers need to know to master the latest version of Flash, which is expected to release in Fall 2005 * Full of expert tutorials from the world’s leading Flash gurus * Includes unpublished tricks, techniques, and hidden bugs that will not make it into other books * Completely updated to cover the latest program features and enhancements * Comes with a CD-ROM packed with trial software, add-ons, plug-ins, shareware, and more

• A user-friendly, yet in-depth book that appeals to both Web novices and experts
• Contains everything readers need to know to master the latest version of Flash, which is expected to release in Fall 2005
• Full of expert tutorials from the worldand#146;s leading Flash gurus
• Includes unpublished tricks, techniques, and hidden bugs that will not make it into other books
• Completely updated to cover the latest program features and enhancements
• Comes with a CD-ROM packed with trial software, add-ons, plug-ins, shareware, and more

awesome book
This book has everything you could ever want to know about Macromedia flash 8 in it. if your looking to work with flash this is a good place to start.

the basic enough to start
It has the basic for a begginer, some tricks but It needs more samples for the beginners. It’s OK I like it although. Good for the money I spent on this.

Great Book
The book arrived in perfect condition, However the CD that came with it was broken in half. I contacted the publishing company and in 4 days They had a new CD in my Hands. I would definitly purchase more books and plan to in the near future.

Jim L. A Satisfied Customer

Great Book for Great Software
If you are not already familiar with Flash then this book is going to be a thick read. The software itself makes the subject hard to learn. Macromedia does things their own way, so you’ll be learning all kinds of new ways to do things. This book can help, but don’t get in a hurry unless you’ve already got some experience with the software. For the experienced and expert Flash user this is a great reference tool. A bit overpriced, but then again I’m not sure there’s a book of this type that isn’t.

Up LATE with FLASH 8
haven’t finished it yet. but i hope to. this thing is packed with tons of helpful information and sparks my creative juices which i had thought were dry.

Dont waste your money.
What a waste of money. Sure the book has absolutely everything you need to know about Flash, but so what. It is completely boring. Why put yourself through the painful process of reading this 1300 page book-stop. It has no hands on training, which is what really matters, especially for me. If you are new to Flash and really want to learn it, try Macromedia’s Flash Professional: Hands on Training. it is a much better buy.

Great for beginners and wow great for advance
I am studying in a design school in Milano, they didn’t provide me many information, lessons and tutorials of flash. Well, this book is lovely, absolutely the best book! Buy it and make it your girlfriend ! Its more than a bible! I am still reading the last pages and I am so much enjoying it that I am getting sad knowing that i am finishing to read it!
Its really a great book!
I want to say thank you to the autors !!!

Arrived without CD
Got the book today, a massive tome with close to 1300 pages. Sensible layout and plenty of illustrations where appropriate. Time will show if the content covers enough ground for me. Seems like I will have to do an awful lot of reading before I can tell for sure! ;-) However, the accompanying CD-ROM was missing. Perhaps not suprising, as there aren’t any plastic pockets inside of the book to hold it, so I guess it was just put in there and fell out later during shipping. On their help pages, Amazon suggests that I contact the publisher about this issue, but in the book itself it says to not expect Wiley to replace any missing CD’s. Anyway, I’ll get a copy from a fellow student, so I won’t pursue the matter.

Robert You Rock!
Not only is the Flash 8 Bible a must have for all Flash developers, Robert takes the book a step further by offering FANTASTIC technical support. For example, I had trouble with a function taught in the book, I posted the question on Robert’s support page and within less than an hour of posting my question, Robert got back to me with assistance and helped me until the problem was solved.

You won’t regret this book or the support that is offered with it. The best Flash book I’ve ever purchased!

-- Jenny Graves

Very comprehensive
I bought the book wanting to get a jump start using Flash. I have been a programmer for over 15 years and wanted to learn how to make multimedia apps with Flash. The book is written to be a reference manual but also is an easy read with several keep projects per concept taught. The examples were a bit simplistic, though.

CD not included with book
We just got our copy and the CD was missing. The book seems thorough but the reference material is missing.
Kind of disappointed.

Ideal Book for Beginners in Flash.
I as was seeking for Advance Flash Movie Clip Image Scrollers, the one Explained was the normal flash built in Scrollers, and some files were found on Advance Scrolling Text, but was not explained. This book is Ideal for those who are beginning to learn Flash8 not for Advance users.

"Bibles" usually have usable indexes!
One of the first things I need to do on a project is center the flash movie on the browser page...look in the index and I see the following:

"centering Flash movie in browser, CDBC55"

Where is page "CDBC55"? I have spent the last thirty minutes going over introductory pages and "How This Book is Organized" pages, as well as the included CD, and guess what? The notation is nowhere explained.

So, I look at the forum and author page, and find another user from a month ago with the same question--it has yet to be answered in the forum...

What a waste of time. 1200+ pages, but no usable index.

Extremely thorough, understandable, and well-written
I am a Computer Science student and purchased this book to learn Flash for use with a project. I am very pleased-I think the book has very thorough descriptions and examples, and also offers great advice about design issues and other important considerations when developing a project.

I would highly recommend this book for someone who is new to Flash. As someone with technical background, it was very easy to follow and understand, and also offered insights that I do not get from my classes. I believe even those with limited development experience will find the book very informative, since it does not assume that the readers have prior knowledge about the topics in the book.

Great book, highly recommended!

Ok
I have not seen the other Flash Bible Books so therefore gave it a 4 star rating. Also i am a tad dissapointed, the book itself has a lot of info (which the first few chapters is basic stuff) but it also seems that this may be the same content as the other Flash Bible books. It does go over some of the new Flash 8 features like the filters, however i was hoping the book would contain the new "BitmapData" and bitmap caching but it did not. Also maybe go over the timeline effects even if it is simple to understand. Had these features been included it would have been 5 stars.

The examples alone inspire ideas.
I honestly cannot believe how much information this book has on Flash 8. I mean, when you get your book, just looking at it you can see how much information it has. This book answered all of my questions concerning flash 8, and inspired many new ideas just from the examples in the book. If you want to spend money to make money, this book is definitely where you should start.

Reinhardt & Dowd do it again
This book just keep getting better and better. I’ve had every edition since Flash 5 and over the years Robert Reinhardt and colleagues have dug ever deeper into the power of Flash. This goes far beyond the typical "comprehensive reference" (though it certainly is that) to provide a definitive resource totally grounded in real-world considerations and guidance. You really only need on one Flash book, and this is it.