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Donna L. Baker is an author, graphic designer, and instructor who has trained Macromedia Flash users in both conference and classroom settings. She has been a writer and contributing editor for an online magazine since 1998, writing 10 to 11 graphics articles per year. Her articles have included three Flash series, covering V 3 through MX, as well as pieces on other animation software such as Adobe Live Motion.
She is the author of CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver f/x and Design (The Coriolis Group, 2001), Acrobat 5: The Professional User’s Guide (Apress, 2002), How to Use After Effects 5.5 (Que, 2002), Acrobat 6: The Professional User’s Guide (Apress, 2003), The 100 Best Acrobat 6 Tips & Tricks (Peachpit, 2003), Premiere 6.5 Complete Course (Wiley, 2003), Premiere Pro Complete Course (Wiley, 2003), and HTML Complete Course (Wiley, 2003). She is the coauthor of Jan Kabili’s Photoshop cs Complete Course (Wiley, 2004).
She has been working on the Internet since its very early days, building her first Web site in 1993. More information about and demos of motion graphics and video are available on her Web site at www.donnabaker.ca.
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October 28, 2006: SWiSHmax is a wonderful low-cost alternative to Adobe Flash and in a nutshell, this is not only a great book, but THE most authoritative guide to SWiSHmax available. I do wish that there was more coverage on scripting since that is where most of the important stuff happens, but perhaps focusing on the omissions would be like complaining that the ONLY coffee shop in town doesn't serve Hawaiian Kona. Coming in at 664 pages, you won't find more information for the price anywhere, including e-books (believe me, I've looked). The lack of coverage on scripting can be compensated by visiting some of the SWiSH forums and community websites. I think you'll be in good shape if you use the two-prong approach: the SWiSHmax Bible for all the A-Z fundamentals, and the forum & community websites for the targeted questions & problems.