[warra]

Short and sweet: are there any top-rated Flash CS3 books out there? I've checked amazon for reviews, and usually the 4.5-5 star ratings are from a total of three reviewers.

[art_director]

I'm a big fan of learning by doing -- giving myself a project and figuring out how to deliver the intended goal. That said a good book for reference is always nice to have. In my experience the Adobe Classroom in a Book series does a nice job. Haven't used it for the most recent version of Flash but you might want to give it a look.

[andi*pandi]

I found the Flash Bible and Teach Yourself in 24 Hours useful for flash 8...

[godzookie2k]

Essential Actionscript 3.0 by Colin Mook. Anything else can be covered by the (very good) built in documentation.

[Veltliner]

I don't work with Flash, but I can recommend the great hands-on training series of lynda/lynda.com.

They have a new book on Flash.

Printed on good paper, good graphics design, step-by-step and task oriented approach.

Unlike this book, many software training books, especially about graphics applications, are printed on cheap paper, and their graphics are horrible. I don't know why they do it, but some publishers seem to think, only those, who can wade through the seven circles of design hell are worthy of using a piece software.

PS: Lynda.com has a big library of video tutorials, that you can view when signing up as a subscriber. As with all things well done, it's not cheap.