Advanced ActionScript 3.0 Animation is here!

The delivery man just dropped off a big box labeled, “Author’s Copies”!

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I usually get them a few days before they are in the stores, and Amazon says in stock on the 27th. So if you pre-ordered, you should get it soon. Not crazy about the cover but inside looks great. Hope you all like it. 🙂

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26 Responses to Advanced ActionScript 3.0 Animation is here!

  1. That’s great Keith, congrats on the book launch! Looks like I’ll be getting this for me as a last xmas present. You’re books have been consistently awesome. Have you thought about having your publisher put up some pages on preview on Amazon?

    Congrats again!

  2. John says:

    Awesome. I got mine on order. I’m really looking forward to the pathfinding chapter. 🙂

  3. steve says:

    Looking forward to my autographed copy…you did autograph them…didn’t you?

  4. That’s GREAT !!!!
    Thanks a lot Keith, I’ll be getting it first thing in 2009 🙂 Wish you a Merry Xmas.

  5. Alan says:

    I preorderd mine on Amzon some time ago. Can’t wait.

  6. Dada says:

    Great!But what a pity,I’m in Chinese,Hope this book will publish in China as soon as possible!

  7. Dominic says:

    that book is on my xmas list!

  8. Josh Tynjala says:

    Congratulations, Keith! I will have to leave my cave for a bit next week to pick up a copy. Can’t wait to be inspired!

  9. Rezmason says:

    Hey, I got AS3: Making Things Move. What’s the difference between that book and this one?

  10. Keith H says:

    This will be a great Xmas gift to buy for myself.

  11. Abdul Qabiz says:

    Congrats Keith. I would look out for a copy whenever it’s available in India.

    -abdul

  12. personman says:

    Yeah, what happened to your old cover artist, Corne van Dooren? And Rezmason, this book is more advanced (or should I say, “AdvancED?”), and contains updates on the new features of Flash 10 (like built-in 3D, the new drawing API, etc.).

  13. sascha/hdrs says:

    Looking forward to this book! I skipped on Animation AS3 since I have the AS2 version but this one looks interesting. I agree on the cover, FoED should have hired the same designer who made the other covers, this cover looks a little dull.

  14. billy says:

    hello , i am your readers from hong kong .(foundation action script3.0 making things move)
    because i can’t find you email in anywhere. so i only can drop my message here.sorry

    in page 74.
    you said
    “almost any time you are talking about x, you should immediately
    think cosine, and you should almost always connect y with sine”

    but you code is

    ball.x = centerX + Math.sin(angle) * radius; <–using sine in x?
    ball.y = centerY + Math.cos(angle) * radius; <–using cos in y?

    but your book said using cosine in x and
    using sine in y , it is your wrong?

    i think the code should written like that

    ball.x = centerX + Math.cos(angle) * radius;
    ball.y = centerY + Math.sin(angle) * radius;

    Hope and can answer my question ,thx
    Merry Chirstmas
    From Billy

    ps:
    is the bottom flash world map written by you?
    heh, heh , i live in Hong Kong but not in central district. (*V*)

  15. billy says:

    oh it should
    Hope “you” can answer my question ,thx <–ha ha i have type the wrong word, can you pls help me correct it ? heh heh

  16. David Jumeau says:

    That nice Xmas present should be coming in the mail soon!

    DJ

  17. Mine is on the way, but I have to wait till January the 23th to get my hands on it. It has already been shipped though. :), but it must cross all the puddle to get here (France)

    I like how you explain things and the little pinches of humour, keep the good work!.

    Thanks!

  18. Aaron Whiting says:

    I just received my copy of the book and it has chapter 8 duplicated, the chapter on Pixel Bender is completely missing. Hopefully, this isn’t a wide spread problem.

    Aaron

  19. Rick Barraza says:

    Keith, fantastic! I should get mine shipped tomorrow or Thursday, but I downloaded the sample chapter on Integrals from FriendsOfEd and wow, get out of my head, dude! I’ve been working with Voronoi, Shaders and Verlet in Silverlight during the holidays, (we did the LineRider port a while back) and I absolutely LOVED how you broke it down in the chapter. BEST tutorials out there for Actionscript, Silverlight, or whatever. Wish I could have had this a couple months ago, would have save me days of headache! Can’t wait to read the rest of the book. I’ll be speaking at MIX09 and pushing your book hard even to the Silverlight des/devs who want to beef up their game. “Buy the book and port it over, its worth it. Won’t find a better source anywhere.” As usual, lightyears ahead of what’s out there for either language. You rock, kp!

  20. Ed says:

    Happy New Year 2009! Will definitely get one once Amazon UK has it in stock! Looking forward to it:)

  21. Kate says:

    My best congratulations, Keith! I am reading your previous book – Actionscript 3.0 Making Things Move and this is great, so easy to read and understand and I’m sure this one will make a very valuable addition to my collection! Best wishes in New Year!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Keep it up!

    Thank you.

    Sincerely,
    Kate

  22. anton. says:

    Congrat’s Keith, just thumbing through it now. Cant wait to start it!

  23. I bought this book from Amazon and am wondering if anybody knows if it’s possible to purchase a software version of the book.

  24. David Jumeau says:

    Hi Brandon,

    You can buy an electronic download version of the book on Apress.com. Unfortunately, the friendsofed.com site’s domain has expired. That’s a big problem. I wonder if there is an ip address for the actual friends of ed site?

    Actually, that is my problem too!

    Keith is there a way to get the source code other than the friends of ed site? (e.g. through rapidshare or some other ftp download site?)

    Thanks,

    David

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