This is just the sort of stuff I was looking for, thanks.

Do you know offhand if there's a new URL for the "Learn to Draw" volumes? Because I can't get any of the links in that thread to work.

Hmm... I would've thought there'd be at least something of a market for general purpose vector drawing books.

I'm more than willing to try, the issue is I don't know the first thing about using a vector-based art program yet. Surely even in the absence of formal manuals for ASP itself, there exist at least some general purpose books on the subject of creating artwork in such a manner, right?

slowtiger wrote:

It minimizes the entire application every time you switch to the web browser

Not on my system. I am sure there's some OS setting which fucks up the behaviour. Do you use 10.5?

No, I use 10.4.11

It sounds like I definitely need a more general purpose introduction to using vector-based software. I'm really hoping to eschew hand-sketching if at all possible... I've never been much of an artist, and I've got really shaky hands now (annoying disorder that runs in my family) which would make it ...

... Still, 4 books there, couldn't we get at least one for $200? I'm sure they are working on it. I don't consider myself a "genius" of any kind and I learned a lot just from the help and tutorials and experimentation... and of course this forum. The tutorials and sample files were the mo...

I've been poking around on my own a bit and haven't found anything, but does anyone know if there's a book that describes drawing anime-style artwork using vector-graphics techniques? I've got a slew of books already, but they're all based on the assumption of pen and paper artwork... I've been seei...

heyvern wrote:

jasonditz wrote:When I bought Macromedia Director years ago it came with 4 books describing its various uses...

And it cost $1200.


-vern

Actually it was an old version and cost like $60, but point taken. Still, 4 books there, couldn't we get at least one for $200?

Yeah... just got it today, its literally just a CD with the same .dmg that you'd download as a demo (actually an older version) in a paper sleeve with a serial number to unlock the full version. Very uninspired packaging for a program that costs $200. When I bought Macromedia Director years ago it c...

laniangeline wrote:Nope!! I pre-ordered it and I recieved a notice from Amazon.com that it had been delayed again to March 26th!!

Same here... I cancelled my pre-order since I assume I'll have learned the basics by the time the book sees the light of day anyhow

Thanks for the info. I ended up getting the retail box anyhow.... it wasn't much more, and I like taking advantage of my Amazon Prime account

I notice that Amazon.com has but ASP in my Gold Box offers today... and while I was considering buying the downloadable version before the end of the month (my demo just expired), Amazon's version only costs a few bucks more. So is there a big difference? Does the retail box come with any added docu...