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Playing with Fire

Linda Rathgeber & David Nicholls

Hungry Minds, 2001

Fireworks is a powerful graphics program, so powerful it can be intimidating for anyone other than professional graphics designers. The question and answer format of this book, plus the stylish designs, should rapidly help raise anyone's skills to produce professional results. The techniques covered include styling text, navigation tabs, colour manipulation, and animation. Some people have complained at the price of such a slim volume (just over 200 pages), but it's worth every penny. The book is based on Fireworks 4, but users of MX should have no difficulty adapting any of the techniques, as all the effects are fully supported by the latest version of the program.

Dreamweaver 4 Magic

Al Sparber, Craig Foster et al

New Riders, 2001

A series of 12 projects created mainly by Al Sparber and Gerry Jacobsen of Project Seven, developers of some of the best design packs and extensions around for Dreamweaver. If you're looking for inspiration for menus and navigation systems, it's here in spades. A much overlooked aspect of the book lies in the superb CSS style sheets included with each project.

Inevitably, as time goes by, some of the techniques used in the projects will be overtaken by new ones - particularly as Gerry Jacobsen, the JavaScript wizard of the team, is constantly developing and updating PVII's Dreamweaver extensions. Still, Al Sparber has promised to maintain support for the book through the company's website and online forum for as long as the book remains in print. Be sure to check the errata page for corrections and updates to any of the extensions included on the CD-ROM.

Because of incorrect publicity, many people think Dreamweaver MX Magic is an update of this book. It's not. The team of authors is completely different, and both books stand on their own merits.