The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
This comprehensive introductory book provides step-by-step instruction and in-depth explanation on three of today’s most widely used Web design and development programs: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Flash CS3, and Adobe Fireworks CS3. Readers gain practical experience with the software as they work through end-of-chapter learning projects and step-by-step tutorials. An integration chapter demonstrates how to move from one application to the other while creating a Dreamweaver Web site that incorp
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Review by Lloyd G. Leighton for The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
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I purchased this book primarily for information on Flash CS3 and Photoshop CS3. I don’t have anything to compare it to in regard to these two features, but it is clear to me that the section on Dreamweaver CS3 is not nearly as thorough as the book “Dreamweaver MX 2004″ which I purchased several years ago.
I just tried to read up on a couple of Dreamweaver topics in “The Web Collection Revealed” but couldn’t find them mentioned. I didn’t have any trouble finding the topics covered in my “DREAMWEAVER MX 2004″ and the instruction from MX 2004 still worked in the CS3 version of Dreamweaver.
Review by Guitar Player for The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
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This is one of several tutorial packages I bought at the same time to help me learn the Adobe CS3 suite of web-related programs. I wanted to determine which was the best to start with, so I sampled a couple of chapters from each of about six titles before deciding this was the clearly best of the group to get me started. My main interest is in learning Flash, but I’ve got a use for almost everything in the CS3 suite. This book provided an unanticipated motivation to stop avoiding Dreamweaver and take a fresh look at Fireworks as well. (I no longer find FW redundant in a world dominated by PS and IL.) I can’t say enough about how exquisite this book is, and the inclusion of camouflage nature scenes was a smart move. It is well organized, nicely paced and I haven’t found any glitches yet, which is seldom the case with tutorial books. If you are just starting out with CS3, my advice, and I write educational books for a living, is to start with WC Revealed and then you’ll have better info on how to decide what will be your next move. Everyone associated with this book can be proud of the results. Kudos, and thanks. I’d give it more stars if I could.
Review by J. Klopfer for The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
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This is a step-by-step instruction guide for Dreamweaver. Although this may be satisfactory for more knowledgeable users of computer software, I spend hours during lessons attempting to decode the directions. It assumes the student knows the terms used for Dreamweaver’s “workspaces”. I regularly had to spend 20 or 40 minutes to understand the terminology within the directions. This could have been corrected by the author if they had graphically provided full sized images (visual as seen by the user who is looking at their computer screen)of the varied and changing “workspaces” to include the names (vocabulary) for each menu, toolbar, button, etc. for each screen; and the page number(s) where each of these is described within the text.
I have taken college courses already and am knowledgeable in Flash and Photoshop. I reviewed these sections of the text too. If I did not already know what was ment in some parts of these lessons, I would have been very confused by them. Photoshop offers much more (even for a beginner) than what is shown in this text.
Review by C. Willis for The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
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The book is great if you simply want an introduction to Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks or (Photoshop in the premium edition). The Dreamweaver section is not very thorough and the Flash section is somewhat difficult to follow. Overall I was able to master Dreamweaver and Fireworks so two out of three aint bad. The book is definately worth it.
Review by K. Stancil for The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 & Fireworks CS3
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I bought this book for a basic Graphic Design class and a Dreamweaver class. This version of the book, has Dreamweaver, Flash, and Photoshop tutorials. Although the author(s) of the book has different books for specific programs this one covers just the basics from each book. The book comes with nice colorful pages that will walk you through almost everything you need in able to acquaint yourself with the different programs. The book also came with a CD that had the CS3 demo bundled with it. The CD has the projects needed in order to use the tutorials properly from the book. Overall the book is awesome if your new to CS3.