Four questions about programming in Flash

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by Darden12, Nov 6, 2010.

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    I'd like to learn to add Flash to my for-profit website, but I'm baffled as to where to begin. If someone could answer these questions I have about the process, I'd appreciate it:

    1) Do I really need to buy an expensive Flash program from Adobe to use to create Flash for my for-profit site? (apparently $600 something for the pro version and $1300 something for CS5???)

    2) If not, what are the best reasonably priced alternatives (say $100, $200 tops?)

    3) Is SWISHmax4 a good buy? It's billed as the "ultimate Flash creation tool" and it's almost $500 cheaper than Adobe's cheapest software. Would this be all I need to buy, or would I still need some expensive core Flash software from Adobe?

    4) What's a good video tutorial that I could use to get "up and running" with my Flash programming software (if and when I finally find one that isn't out of my current price range)?

    Thanks for any help with these questions.

    Brian
     
    Darden12, Nov 6, 2010 IP