This is a blog for reviews and articles about Adobe (Formerly Macromedia)Products, Flash 8 and graphic and animation technologies.

Monday, January 30, 2006

Reviewing Macromedia Flash 8 Training from the Source (Reviewed by: Rafiq R. Elmansy)

Macromedia Flash professional 8 training from the Source is a member of the training from the source series that lets you learn by example. The book is good for beginners that need to know about Flash. In the beginning, Tom Green and Jordan L. Chilcott introduce Flash interface and walk through the program features with some useful example for better understanding for the program and its features.
For sure, it is not useful if you want to go deeper and more advanced in the program, but it is still a very good start. This book is also a very useful resource for the Flash certification exam beside the study guide.

Reviewed by: Rafiq R. Elmansy

Product Details:
Macromedia Flash 8 Training from the Source
Publisher: Macromedia Press
ISBN: 0321336291

Reviewing Color Management (Reviewed by: Rafiq R. Elmansy)

Macromedia Flash professional 8 training from the Source is a member of the training from the source series that lets you learn by example. The book is good for beginners that need to know about Flash. In the beginning, Tom Green and Jordan L. Chilcott introduce Flash interface and walk through the program features with some useful example for better understanding for the program and its features.
For sure, it is not useful if you want to go deeper and more advanced in the program, but it is still a very good start. This book is also a very useful resource for the Flash certification exam beside the study guide.

Reviewed by: Rafiq R. Elmansy

Product Details:
Macromedia Flash 8 Training from the Source
Publisher: Macromedia Press
ISBN: 0321336291

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Adobe Production studio

The adobe Production Studio is a new Creative suite from Adobe that gether the video editing software such as premier, After Effects and Encoder DVD in addition to Adobe photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2.
Visit the following link for more info:
http://www.adobe.com/products/productionstudio/main.html

Adobe Acrobat 3D

Adobe has announced a new Adobe acrobat product named Adobe Acrobat 3D that allows you embed 3D objects from 3D applications like AutoCAD to your PDF file.
This technology will enhance the Adobe acrobat with new capabilities to view 3D object.
To know more about this technology, you can visit the following link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/overview.html

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Reviewing Digital Photography Hacks (Reviewed by: Rafiq R. Elmansy)

Digital Photography Hacks is a part of O'reilly's hacks series, which provide tricks and solutions for different fields. This book gives you tips and tricks when dealing with your digital camera.

I read this book after reading Digital Photography Guide for the same writer, Direck. So, I found myself comparing between the two books and found the Digital Photography Hacks is an extension for the Digital Photography Guide. These tips and tricks complete your knowledge with some useful methods to create professional photos using tools and things around you.

If you know your camera well, you will find this book very useful and open your mind for new tricks to produce professional photos. However, if you were a beginner in digital photography I would prefer to start with Direck's Digital Photography Guide.

Reviewed by: Rafiq R. Elmansy
Product Details:
Digital Photography Hacks
Publisher: O'reilly
ISBN: 0596006667