When you start with this book you may not even know how to draw a straight line but throughout this book you will learn it all. By the time you are finished you will be creating animations with sound like it was second nature. First you will learn to create objects and add things to them to make them look great. Then you will add text and sound. Soon you will be adding animation. Your animations are going to look fantastic when they play for your Web page visitors.
The best part about this book is the CD that it comes with. It doesn't replace the book by any means but it sure does enhance your learning experience by showing you examples and running you through tutorials. The tutorials are video so you can see what's being done as it's being done. The author of the tutorial describes everything he's doing as you see it. By watching these you will be able to completely grasp how to do what the tutorial is teaching and will better be able to remember how to do it later. Also on the CD are Quick Time, a shareware version of Flash 4, and other programs for your use.
This is definitely one of the best books on the market to teach you how to create "high-impact" Web pages. You never knew it was so easy to make your page "talk". With video and sound people will be telling their friends about your site and they'll tell their friends and they'll... Well you get the idea. This book is a staple if you want to create animation for your site.