Macromedia Studio 8 users, look no further! Special Edition Using Macromedia Studio MX is the ultimate comprehensive reference book for users of Macromedia's suite of web design and development tools. Updated to include all new features of the new release, you will focus on the integration of the suite of software programs. This will assit you in enhancing your productivity by choosing the correct tool or combination of tools for each and every task you are out to complete.

The book includes in-depth coverage of wireframing web sites and creating vector-based art with Freehand; creating and editing graphics with Fireworks; using Flash to create useful interfaces and exceptional animations; working with ActionScript; using ColdFusion to generate reports and serve as a back-end for dynamic web sites; building data-driven Web sites with Dreamweaver; and truly integrating the elements of the suite into a productive workflow. A series of exercises at the end of each chapter will provide you with experience in using each of the applications in tandem to create a web site.

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Intro to Intermediate - Great Book - 2006-03-15
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This books covers it. Whatever you are looking for, all of the applications are discussed in detail, their similarities and differences. The Projects are very useful and cover the full range of software.
The only negetive is the fact that you have to download all of the data files. There is no included CD. But that said, this book starts at the basics of all of the applications and moves though their functionality. Then moves to the projects that are carried through from beginning to end.
The language used is not Techie, but lighthearted for lack of a better phrase.
Easy to read and very informative.
Well setup, very easy to use as a reference.

Not Great, But Not Bad Either! - 2007-03-05
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I got this book a few days ago because I wanted to use Studio 8 to design a site. The book has been helpful but no lifesaver. The example you build throughout the book is very simple and much of the book focuses on building the example, but does a poor job of explaining other design options to users. I think the biggest problem is that it tries to do too much in one book. I guess I can't blame the authors, because Studio 8 is quite big. What the book does manage to explain is well done and easy to understand. I don't think you will find a Studio 8 book with everything you need. I recommend you look into buying a different book for each of the applications within Studio 8 (Dreamweaver, Flash, etc)

Great starter - 2009-01-31
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This book is for people that want to start using the Studio suite. I've been using DreamWeaver for a while, and wanted to look at Fireworks in place of PhotoShop, and use Flash for more than streaming video. And I didn't want to buy $100 worth of literature. This book does it. It's not coverage of each detail, nor in depth discussion of each software. It does give beginners and intermediate level users a solid, all inclusive reference for Studio 8. From looking at the sections on ColdFusion and Contribute I would say it does the same for relatively new webmasters/server administrators.
It has a solid table of contents, as well as thumb index numbered by the sections of the table of contents. It also has a comprehensive 50 page index.
One reviewer commented that it is not "techie" language. While that is somewhat correct, there is a lot of vocabulary that would be frustrating if I were not familiar with web operations, file formats, graphics manipulations and the like. It may work for users that are cold beginners, but I think it would need to be read page by page. For my part, this kind of book is not for reading cover to cover, but for quickstarting use of the software and solving task related problems.
This book is the quality I would expect from a respectable technical publisher like QUE.

Great book, need time to review - 2007-04-11
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I haven't finished this book, so I can't really give you complete details. To learn Adobe/Macromedia read the blue book published by Adobe.

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