Product Description

This new title offers step-by-step instructions and in-depth explanations of the features of Macromedia Studio 8. Students will easily master the software as they work through end-of-chapter learning projects and step-by-step tutorials. The full-color interior and user-friendly design create the ideal book for learning the latest features of these popular applications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #395860 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

About the Author
Jim Shuman is a Faculty Emeritus at Bellevue Community College, where he taught Flash and Web Development courses. His industry experience includes Web site and application development using Flash as well as managing a team of multimedia developers and Web specialists to develop interactive courseware. Jim has written several textbooks on these subjects.

Sherry Bishop is an Instructor of Information Technology at North Arkansas College in Harrison, Arkansas. An expert in multimedia applications, she is the author of several books in the Design Professional, Revealed, and Illustrated series and a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops around the country. Sherry is the recipient of three endowed chairs in technology and was selected as the outstanding instructor at North Arkansas College in 2004.

In addition to writing Microsoft and Adobe textbooks for Course Technology, Barbara Waxer teaches Copyright and Digital Media at Santa Fe Community College. Her 2006 text, Internet Surf and Turf: The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair Use and Finding Media, won the 2006 Texty Award, presented by the Text and Academic Authors Association, and the New England Book Show Award.

Customer Reviews

No learning, just "doing."
As another reviewer had stated, this book just tells someone to do things without explanations as to WHY it is being done. The most critical component for any instructional writing in the technical realm must show the user what the purpose is for the actions. Screenshots are rare and instructions are not comprehensive. Find another book if you actually want to learn skills that you can remember and use later.

A complete waste of money!
If you want to learn Dreamweaver do not buy this book. This is the required book for a college class I am taking on Dreamweaver- it is an awful book. No explanations, just lots of click here, do this, do that. They don't tell you why you are doing what you are doing. The instructions are unclear- I often cannot find what button or command they are referring to. Everyone in the class is having these problems. The instructor is having to walk us through all of the exercises that we should be able to do on our own with the book. I have learned nothing from this book.

The Web Collection, Revealed
This book I have used in two courses so far and it has helped me quite a bit.It has also been easy to look back and find what to do if I have forgotten a process.