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Here's a book about how to do cartoon-style animation in Flash and Adobe After Effects, tips how to avoid the "Flash look", special effects like smoke and fire, etc. Good read.

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It's been a few years since a decent book on the Gimp has appeared. The Artist's Guide doesn't aim to teach the reader what every menu item does; Rather, it teaches how to produce some outstanding visual effects with this "free PhotoShop".

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As well as doing a tech-news website, we also do a lot of web development. This is a list of some of the books we've reviewed in the last year or so that cover the full range of web development from server site to Flash, CSS and Photoshop.
Review of Focal Press' book "Creative PhotoShop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques". While there's no shortage of PhotoShop books on the market, this book is different in that it aims to teach readers how to create digital art through ins
A review of Friends of Ed's Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers. The book takes readers through from the basics of Flash to the new features in CS3 including the mobile profiles and enhanced video. There is also a lot of material on ActionScript 3.