Why do I suck at Flash?
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- surfito0
well, i know flash, and i also know other programs, yeah and i know theyre hard to learn and i know knowing them doesnt make me special, but get this.
the first thing you need to learn before you learn flash is learn how to learn.
thats the trick, after that, you can learn everything you want as long as you are willing to put time and patience.
when i have a new programi, i spend some time clicking around here and there for a few days, and downloading source files and looking for tutorials, sometimes i put it away and come back later, when i get the hang of it, i go a whole weekend, non stop marathon, no going out, no fun, just home learning the shit.
after that, im set to learn the program on a professional level which will come depending on how much i use it or how much i read about them.
you need to be willing to sarcifice in order to learn.
if you still cant learn, the program is not for you and you hate it, so then, just move on, you have enough skills i dont think you need flash, even tho it will help you.
- surfito0
and go to school when things give you a hard time. i couldnt learn html for shit, i took a class.
- thirdcircle0
I learned flash by doing the tutorials that come with the program. I havn't seen the one's that come with MX but the tuts for 4 and 5 were pretty decent.
check those out, and then just start messing around, you'll get 'er sooner or later.
- monNom0
flash is nothing. try teaching yourself a 3d program with no documentation(and no prior 3d experience)... now THAT is hard!
oh, and winners never quit, and quitters never win... so charge up your stick-to-it-ivness and grunt your way thru the tutorials.
you'll be a better man for it on the other side.
- monkeyshine0
another suggestion which is helping me along ALOT right now...I just bought Flash ActionScript for Designers: DragSlideFade by Brendan Dawes.
In the forward, Hillman Curtis writes "This is a book that encourages you to become a designer who is not afraid to script". God bless them both! Go get it.
- Sapphire0
i suck at flash too
- toastie0
well, there's Flash and there's ActionScript.
Teaching yourself basic Flash is not that big of a deal. If you can't do that, you're not putting enough effort into it. ot to sound rough, but maybe you might want to go to school for it, although as was preiously mentioned, you can teach yourself basic Flash from the tutorials that come with the program.
ActionScript, on the other hand is another issue. To be a master in Flash you have to be good at it, and that is something that even I cant rag on you about.
As for myself, I taught myself ActionSCript pretty fast, but that was only due to the fact that i have years of C++ programming experience.
What can I say, dig up some books and start reading, mate. You cant be lazy if you want to learn things by yourself.
- neeko0
When I was learning flash, I started out just trying to replicate what i did in HTML in flash, nothing particularly flashy.
Then I picked up some books, and did every stupid little tutorial in them. Learning how to keep things organized for yourself in flash is half the battle (well, its some of the battle anyway, maybe not half).
Then, I think it just takes some time... work in flash as much as you can, and things start to fall together. Tutorials are extremely important too, to see how other people set things up, etc. etc.
I hated it at first, just stick with it.
Newstoday has its fair share of Flash programmers here to help you through any rough spots along the way too.
- toastie0
yeah, we're here to help.
Im always willing to answer questions, as long as they are to the point.
- jking760
I find it very rewarding using shape tweens on as many different projects as possible.
- peanuts0
maybe you're not used at doing moving shit around so many times to get the movement right. and doing so many buttons for a all flash site (pain in the ass for me). Or you're just used to static stuff and coding? ... ??
- unknown0
The best book to solve your sucking :)
Flash MX Bible
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…and when you stop sucking :) try to swallow this
Flash MX ActionScript Bible
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…Cheers.