How did you (would you) learn Macromedia Flash?

Bossy Monkey

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Mon May-31-04 01:51 PM
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How did you (would you) learn Macromedia Flash?

Are there any suggestions better than Flash for Dummies (which sounds really, really crude, by the way)? Or is it pretty self-evident?

I've been getting increasingly obsessed with the idea of creating educational software and sharing it over the Internet, and the commonsense approach to doing that is using the software that's already on most people's computers. Probably won't be profitable, but ought to be fun, and might be a ticket back to academia.

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DS1

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Mon May-31-04 01:54 PM
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1. Get the training from the source

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321213424/qid=1086029589/sr=8-7/ref=pd_ka_7/002-1207670-6092017?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

also try the tutorials, Macromedia work hard to get users up and running quick

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wtmusic

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Mon May-31-04 02:24 PM
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2. Macromedia tutorials

then just do it. No better training than trying it 'til you get stuck, go to Help, etc. There aren't really any short cuts.

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Don_G

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Mon May-31-04 02:41 PM
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3. This May Be A Start

http://tutorials.freeskills.com/index/category/6

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Bush_Eats_Beef

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Mon May-31-04 02:52 PM
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4. Agree with all of the above, as well as...

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Hands-On Training
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321202988/qid=1086032864/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0978774-6799139?v=glance&s=books

...a product of Lynda Weinman's "lynda.com" (http://www.lynda.com/)

She also takes a hands-on, "no shortcuts to learning" approach with all of her "H.O.T." materials.

I would start with the free Macromedia on-line tutorials first. If you are comfortable with them, as well as the "Training From The Source" books, and still want more...check out lynda.com.

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Bossy Monkey

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Mon May-31-04 04:32 PM
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5. Thanks everybody! Terrific advice from all

and it's always nice to avoid giving money to the "for Dummies" empire.

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