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jQuery in Action
Bear Bibeault, Yehuda Katz
Manning Publications, 2008
Thank you.
I am not a big fan of JavaScript. This book is pretty much perfect for programmers that need to use JavaScript but have not weathered in the trenches with the language. If you have weathered in the trenches, I suspect this book will make your programming that much ...
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Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential) (Essential)
Colin Moock
Adobe Dev Library, 2007
Essential ActionScript 3.0 - Colin Moock
This book is brilliant. It's encyclopedic. It is a must-have to better understand AS 3 and to hopefully lower your frustration when coding. I am a designer fairly new to AS 3 and found this book gave clear, detailed explanations on every aspect of AS 3. Like an ...
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Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 6 (Apple Pro Training)
Diana Weynand
Peachpit Press, 2007
Great Book and a Great Learning Experience
After struggling for a few weeks trying to learn Final Cut Pro from the 4 volume set of books that came with the software, I was almost ready to call it quits and dump $900(USD) into one of the 3 day Final Cut Pro certification courses. After learning that this is the ...
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Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Hands-On Training
Todd Perkins
Peachpit Press, 2007
Awesome Book
I LOVE THE WAY THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED. I HAVE AN ONLINE CLASS THAT USES THIS BOOK AND BECASUE I CANT MEET MY TEACHER FACE TO FACE I NEED A BOOK THAT CAN TEACH ME STEP BY STEP. THIS BOOK IS IT.
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How to Cheat in Flash CS3: The art of design and animation in Adobe Flash CS3
Chris Georgenes
Focal Press, 2007
aha moments
This book is good all around, but has several of those aha nuggets that make it a very happy purchase.
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Character Animation Crash Course!
Eric Goldberg
Silman-James Press, 2008
Best Animation Timing & Breakdown Manual published so far.
When I went to animation college 10 years ago, there were NO books to instruct you on actually HOW to practice weight balance, mass and volume in your character animation tests. Plenty of old books existed with great artwork, with the exception of Preston Blair's book ...
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Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Essential and Advanced Techniques, 4th Edition
Chris & Trish Meyer
Focal Press, 2007
Another Great AE Book from the Meyer Family
I used this book after finishing up with the Meyer's fantastic "After Effects Apprentice" book. This book, "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects", was a great way to firm up what I had learned from other sources.
Highly recommended!
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Flash CS3 Professional for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Katherine Ulrich
Peachpit Press, 2007
Great guide on Adobe Flash
This is a great guide that will give you step by step instructions on how to use Adobe Flash CS3 professional. You'll learn how to make Flash animations to add great multimedia to your websites or just games for local use.
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The Animator's Survival Kit
Richard Williams
Faber & Faber, 2002
An indispensable reference
This a must-purchase for the starting animator. I read The Illusion of Life first, which was a lot of words and theory but fewer walk-throughs (though you should buy that, too!). Get it, you won't be disappointed.
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Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide
Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser
O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library, 2008
Explains AS2 to AS3 Migration Points
I think the book does a great job explaining all of the intricate details of OOP for experienced Actionscript users. I have used AS2 for a long time and I was very frustrated how so much had changed in AS3 and I never seemed to find a good book to explain each change. ...
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Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book
Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Press, 2007
Learn Flash in a flash
The Adobe Flash CS3 Classroom in a book is an easy to understand and fast way to get up to speed with the latest version of Flash. How do I know? I had NEVER used any previous version of Flash and solely using this book, in two weeks I taught myself enough to pass the ...
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The Macintosh iLife 08
Jim Heid
Peachpit Press, 2008
Best book to learn & use the iLife apps
With every version of iLife, I have purchased the corresponding version of The Macintosh iLife book by Jim Heid. While I am a big fan of the Missing Manual books, the Heid books actually show you the controls as well as write about them, and there are very useful tips ...
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Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies
Lee Varis
Sybex, 2006
skin
I'm floored by this book, there are things I never would have thought of! lots to learn and it's going to take a while... I'm really happy that he offers tips for older editions of ps b/c I don't have cs3 but I can still do everything he talks about b/c he explains how ...
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Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers (Foundation)
Tom Green, David Stiller
friends of ED, 2007
Very Well Done
I shake my head when I think about the amount of planning that has to go into a book of this caliber. They couldn't have done a better job keeping track of the ideas introduced in early chapters and building on them in succeeding chapters until they are well ingrained. ...
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Learning Flex 3: Getting up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications (Adobe Developer Library)
Alaric Cole
Adobe Dev Library, 2008
Good choice to get your feet wet with Flex
The first thing that stood out is that it's in color! I love color, especially for technical material it adds a whole extra dimension to the medium and another vehicle by which to communicate. Obviously in code listings it makes the code easier to visually digest and ...
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