ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to my co-authors, Ray Camden, Leon Chalnick, and Angela Buraglia for their outstanding contributionsalthough this book is affectionately known to thousands as "the Ben Forta book", it is, in truth, as much theirs as it is mine. Thanks as well to Nate Weiss who, although unable to work on this newest edition, has left an indelible mark upon this book and its content. An extra thank you to Ray Camden for bravely filling Nate's shoes (no easy task, but one that he has accomplished admirably). Thanks to Demian Holmberg for his careful and thorough technical editing (and for buying me drinks at MAX). Thanks to the thousands of you who write to me with comments, suggestions, and criticism (thankfully not too much of the latter)I do read each and every message (and even attempt to reply to them all, eventually) and all are appreciated. A very special thank you to my acquisitions editor, Angela Kozlowski, who has been my advisor, slave-driver, partner, scheduling department, sounding board, critic, and muse since I published my first book way back when. And last, but by no means least, a loving thank you to my wife Marcy for so many years of love, support, and encouragementher tireless work and selfless efforts make it possible for me to do what I do, it is she who deserves the real credit for all I have accomplished, and I would not be where I am today without her. Ben Forta

I want to thank my wife most of all. She kept telling me I could do thisand didn't complain when I had my nose buried in the laptop night after night. I would like to thank Ben for asking me to join the team. I'm honoured and hope I lived up to your expectations. Angelathank you for not coming down too hard on me when I did everything right for a submission... except actually email it! A big thank you goes out to Macromedia and all the folks there who helped me with my questions. Raymond Camden

I would like to thank my wife Nancy for all the extra work she winds up doing when I work on this book! Leon Chalnick