[.ca] Macromedia Web Pack: Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, and ... (ISBN 1592000533)

It is good to read and try the software as a first step...:
This book is well-organized for a very beginner to learn how to use Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks as a first step. Actually I enjoyed practicing Dreamweaver and Flash with this book in a way. The pictures helped me to understand what I should do. However, I think the Fireworks part is too simple. I believe that many web designers always use PaintShop, Photoshop, or Fireworks to design the surface/skin of websites at first, transfer them to Dreamweaver to finalize them and make them functional as a web site. This book does not explain how to use fireworks enough for web designs. It is not great in the last part explaining how to put Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver together as a effective web site. No web designer would be satisfied with only this book. If this book was good to keep in my shelf, and I check something in the book again, I would have put four or five stars. However, I don't feel I need to keep this book. This means that I won't review this book again. That makes me put only three stars here.

Great for Web Design Class:
I am presently using this book in my semester Web Design I class. The book is great for students to learn how to use Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks. The sample files are very helpful to use with each exercise. My students are learning a great deal!

Great coverage:
This book contains great coverage of the different applications: Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, and Fireworks MX. It is very helpful in my classroom and my students react well to it!