How to Use This Book


This book consists of six sections. The first section focuses on an introduction to the Studio suite as a whole and the other five are devoted to each of the five individual programs that make up the suite.

The first step toward using this book effectively is to read the chapters in Part I. These chapters familiarize you with the common elements that span the Studio applications and give details about additional software that might be helpful as you use the book.

After that, you can either read the book from front to back or choose the application you would like to focus on first. I would suggest the first approach because the flow of the book is similar to the workflow that is commonly encountered in projects where you are asked to diagram out a site, create the underlying graphics, develop rich media, and then pull it all together into a static or dynamic website. By reading the chapters in order, you get an understanding of not only what you can do with each individual program, but the workflow involved in developing a website from scratch and how each program can work with the others to accomplish the end result.

If, however, you choose to dive into a specific section, you'll be happy to know that you can complete each section and the accompanying exercise without having finished the prior sections. Any files that you need to complete a section exercise can be found on the companion website, so simply download the appropriate files and you're off to the races.

In addition, I will be maintaining additional reference information on the companion website for the book at website at http://www.xhorizon.com/retroscycles, so feel free to stop by and check those out.



Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio 8
Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio 8
ISBN: 0789733854
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 337

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