best way to learn flash?

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by TheSites, Dec 25, 2010.

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    I would like to know what people would do if they wanted to learn Adobe Flash CS3 as quickly and easily as possible so I can do just that.
     
    TheSites, Dec 25, 2010 IP
  2. Konata

    Konata Well-Known Member

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    Look up Flash Tutorials. Look up in Newgrounds, AwestyProductions, FlashKit. There's a lot roaming around the internet.
     
    Konata, Dec 27, 2010 IP
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    go to youtube.com then search for flash tutorial its better to learn through video tutorial than reading the whole chapter on books or ebooks
     
    animebuzz.tv, Dec 28, 2010 IP
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    uditg Active Member

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    if you want good paid up tutorial from scratch to pro you can subscribe to lynda.com for a month and download all the flash videos (you will have access to all the other tutorials to for that month)
     
    uditg, Dec 28, 2010 IP
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    yeah lynda is one of the best example for video tutorial, but youtube is free so its up to you
     
    animebuzz.tv, Dec 28, 2010 IP
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    I like YouTube as well but you certainly can't beat Lynda.com. I've learned tons from their site.
     
    Dahere, Dec 28, 2010 IP
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    The Adobe website has the flash developer center which has a lot of tutorials, videos, samples which are all free. Link should be below.

    adobe . com/devnet/ flash.html
     
    R2DS, Dec 28, 2010 IP
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    Use of Flash makes your website more interactive- Web designers use flash to make your website more interactive. With the use of flash, web designers get the opportunity to use their creativity while designing the websites. The web designers use different flash interactive features which range from feedback forms to exciting games and movies. Visitors always feel like visiting the websites that use the flash technology.
     
    aprillove83, Dec 29, 2010 IP
  9. sarsy

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    There are many online tutorials which is free to learn. To learn fast is depend on you how technical you are. If you are faster understanding then you are also faster learning.

    Just remember the more you practice the fastest you are.
     
    sarsy, Dec 29, 2010 IP
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    flash will be dead in less then 2 years so why waste time learning? I learned and now I wish I spent that time learning Java and xhtml and Html5

    :) good luck!!

    FYI I learned by joining WatchandLearn.com
     
    Veggie1232, Dec 30, 2010 IP
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    Veggie: I have to STRONGLY disagree. Not to start an unrelated debate, but have you seen some of the stuff that Flash CS5 can do? Have you seen how easy it is to create layered content in Photoshop and convert it to Flash animation with no programming whatsoever? Flash is thriving and will continue to do so. Like I said, I don't mean to sound defensive, but Flash is going to continue to be the wave of the future.

    As far as learning Flash, I'm a "hands-on" kind of guy. What I would recommend is going to a site that provides free Flash website templates, and then cracking them open to see how they work. That, combined with some tutorials on Tutorialized, and you'll be on your way in no time.
     
    agrable, Dec 30, 2010 IP
  12. TheSites

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    Thanks for the comments everyone I'm headed in the right direction now :)
     
    TheSites, Jan 2, 2011 IP
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    Install it and start experimenting. Additionally look up for tutorials.
     
    anonymou52, Jan 2, 2011 IP
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    youtube is good way for search about how to run all type software .
     
    kamaljason, Jan 2, 2011 IP
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    Subscribe for a monthly plan on lynda.com and it won't cost you too much.You can easily learn on lynda.com and they got all updated tutorials on flash.
     
    sitearena, Jan 2, 2011 IP
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    Lynda.com for sure. I've picked up more on that site than in several in-person classes I've taken.
     
    jasedona, Jan 4, 2011 IP
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    I would learn the coding first. Then go buy a flash bible and read that :)
     
    Benopolis, Jan 6, 2011 IP
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    hwd Banned

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    people make search for tutorials on browser.
     
    hwd, Jan 19, 2011 IP
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    i usually go to webdesign.org to learn flash and photoshop, they have nice tutorial :)
     
    jatrasmara, Jan 26, 2011 IP
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    Lynda.com
    gotoandlearn.com
    I read alot, alot of books.
    When I learned flash it was more of a cartoon maker rather than an IDE.
    To learn flash now would be much more challenging. Many people followed the complexity as it developed in the software itself, and were pretty much learning as new things came about.

    I remember opening flash one day and realized how difficult the projects in it have gotten. Its not what it was. Papervision, Flint, Tweener....
     
    buddyborg, Jan 29, 2011 IP