Learn Flash, no way!
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- Skydiver
As some of you know, I am an art director working in mainly print based graphics. I have finally decided too succomb to the digital age and learn flash.
So...whats the best way to learn quickly!
- unknown0
good luck
- Danski0
Build a flash site. Badly. Then build it again. Read the actionscript dictionary all the time, and be thinking of more efficient ways to do things from the perspective of bandwidth, processor usage, etc.
Good luck
- Skydiver0
I have a friend who is willing to help me but should I go to eve classes or are they just too structured and do you end up just doing everything TOO properly?
- jevad0
mate - buy a good book (moocks is good), then sit down and jsut get started....read tutorials on flashkit.org - read interviews with joshua davis...and read up on how *not* to make a flash site....
trial and error - expect plenty of late nights and headaches....
- sexypixel0
do the in built flash tutorials. thats how i learned, except i did the ones in flash 3 way back.
- unknown0
`get a download directly into your nervesystem, like the guys in Matrix
- unknown0
Spend a couple of years learning Director... and then find out every f**ker wants Flash... and learn that :)
- Skydiver0
or
Get shit hot in quark then change to InDesign.
Quality!
- unknown0
What are they? :D
- err0
make a simple flash site. Thats the only way to learn. Learn these 5 things:
1. draw in flash
2. shape tweens
3. symbols (movieclips & buttons)
4. motion tweens
5. simple actionscripting (gotoAndPlay)If you want to get into actionscripting goto http://actionscript.org/tutorial… I think they have the best tutorials.
Oh yeah don't sleep.
- CyBrainX0
Learning Flash is usually two things: learning animation and learning action script, the programming language. If you aren't going to do very sophisticated programming, then the book that comes with the program will be enough to get a great start. Flash also has a fantastic online help system and a reference for every action script command. For more advanced programming, I would recommend a good book. I hear the O'Reilly book is excellent.
Err's advice is good, but don't bother trying to draw that well in Flash. It's a piece of crap for illustration. Since you probably know Illustrator well, stick with that. It'll be your constant companion.
- Skydiver0
Nosleepobjective Sorted!
- cookie0
Just do as cookie does and don't bother. Think of all the cool things you could be doing instead of learning flash. Here's a few things:
-writing music
-drinking beer
-smoking crack
-dumping waste in your next door neighbours garden
...and so on
- dopepope0
go ahead. Learn it. See if I care.
- Skydiver0
moneyfunkstas!
- stewart0
if you want to make websites, don't waste your time by learning flash.
1. open quarkXpress 5
2. new >> web document
3. make something
4. export html
5. publish
- unknown0
you're joking stewart right?
- intoxicated0
I recommend "Flash Advanced" by Russell Chun
Read it a 6 times and keep it handy, then go and make your very own 2Advanced website clone...
- Bio0
stewart make bio smile.
and stewart make bio mad.
bio smash things now.
- unknown0
just shows by how far stewart got... or more to the point (didn't get) ... onder constructie indeed!