No....the re-issued manual is just a combination of the old 2.0 manual and the 4.0 supplement. I already have both of these - and while they are great, they just don't have much information on the animation features.
I hoped there were still some old ImageFX pros around on this board.
That is disappointing, I thought that a comprehensive re-write of the manual was in process, or recently completed that would bring it up-to-date with all the newer features. Nothing beats a good printed manual to increase your proficiency with a complicated, or many featured piece of software. Video tutorial tapes are nice too, but I still prefer to have a book in my hands to learn something new, or refresh my memory about something I am working on or with.
I have purchased the latest ImageFX4.5 because I try to support as many active Amiga software developers as I can when possible, but I have not used it hardly at all since my purchase many months ago. I was primarily an AdPro user in the earlier Amiga days and though I purchased ImageFX2.6 a long time ago, I found it harder to use and never got the hang of the interface as well as I did the AdPro interface. I have been meaning to learn more about it as I constantly see other Amiga users giving ImageFX a more favorable comparison over AdPro. And since ImageFX was developed longer than AdPro, I am sure it has more advanced features than the last version of AdPro (2.5 I think was the last).