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Posted by l�cid on Dec-13-2006 22:02:

Flash tutorials/books

so, i've been putting this off for way too long, but i've just decided that my goal for 2007 is to become a Flash pro. i'm currently using Flash MX Professional 2004 and i know there's like a billion tutorial websites and books out there but i really don't feel like searching to find the best ones. can anyone recommend me some sites/books that they've used that were helpful?

thanks in advance!

Posted by mezzir on Dec-13-2006 22:03:

you could go the route i did
take a class in it in high school, realize the teacher doesn't give a shit after about 2 days and make awesome flash animations of stick figures fighting all day for an entire semester

wouldn't recommend it though

http://jpcr.no-ip.com/mike/mikegood.swf

lol freshman year of high school

Posted by l�cid on Dec-13-2006 22:10:

lol, i took a 6-week class a few years ago at MIAD... was totally psyched to learn the basics, and i did learn a little bit, but we spent most of the time watching the instructor figure out how to operate a Mac. it was fucking ridiculous.

Posted by pvdAngel on Dec-13-2006 22:15:

I've been only using Flash since I started Year 3 this year (I also use MX) and I bought the Flash MX 2004 Bible and ActionScript: Training from the source. Our lecturers recommend that to become a master at it, learning ActionScrpit is vital, although I'll admit, I'm still a total n00b with the whole thing.

For websites, I just use whatever's there, but if you want inspiration for creating something go to:

http://www.flashforwardconference.com/

Posted by TweeK on Dec-13-2006 22:26:

maybe you should learn to MOD before you move on and learn Flash.

Posted by l�cid on Dec-13-2006 22:29:

quote:
Originally posted by TweeK
maybe you should learn to MOD before you move on and learn Flash.

OOOOOOOOOOH, SICK BURN!

Posted by TweeK on Dec-13-2006 22:34:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
OOOOOOOOOOH, SICK BURN!

Posted by tribu on Dec-13-2006 22:36:

Do yourself a favour. Get Flash 8. The visual effects make life a hell of alot better and it serves up better tweening capabilities and updated embedded classes.

I learned off MX 2004 Pro...I think the book was called Actionscript from the Source (Amazon Link to Flash 8 Version)

Let me know if you have any general scripting or animation questions though Macromedia(now Adobe)'s help file is actually pretty good. Just dont ask me anything about graphic design....i have the skills of an 8 year old

retarded samurai edit: www.flashkit.com for resources and scripts. Just make sure you contribute if you take ;D

Additional wallaby edit: I have a ton of library code saved up too if anyone needs flash functions, buttons, etc

Posted by Echo of Silence on Dec-13-2006 22:36:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
OOOOOOOOOOH, SICK BURN!

Nah..

You're a fantastic mod!

Just play around with the tutorials in the software and when you can't figure something out, go to the website and run a search. It's not difficult.

Posted by pvdAngel on Dec-13-2006 22:41:

quote:
Originally posted by tribu
Do yourself a favour. Get Flash 8. The visual effects make life a hell of alot better and it serves up better tweening capabilities and updated embedded classes.

I learned off MX 2004 Pro...I think the book was called Actionscript from the Source (Amazon Link to Flash 8 Version)

Let me know if you have any general scripting or animation questions though Macromedia(now Adobe)'s help file is actually pretty good. Just dont ask me anything about graphic design....i have the skills of an 8 year old

retarded samurai edit: www.flashkit.com for resources and scripts. Just make sure you contribute if you take ;D

I was impressed with the animation you made for the whore off. My skills are no where near that. Right now, I'm finishing a Kraftwerk interactive piece for a project. I've still to learn to do a normal animation.

Posted by l�cid on Dec-13-2006 22:43:

quote:
Originally posted by tribu
Let me know if you have any general scripting or animation questions though Macromedia(now Adobe)'s help file is actually pretty good. Just dont ask me anything about graphic design....i have the skills of an 8 year old

heh, we'd make a pretty good team then! my graphic design skillz + your Flash skillz. unstoppable!

quote:
retarded samurai edit: www.flashkit.com for resources and scripts. Just make sure you contribute if you take ;D

oh yah, got that site saved in my favorites already. i use it all the time, mostly for sound effects and loops.

i'll have to ask my boss about upgrading me to Flash 8. i'm pretty sure that's what our other designers have here.

Posted by eROs.au on Dec-13-2006 23:58:

action script 2 is a bitch.

Posted by Xilver on Dec-14-2006 00:30:

quote:
Originally posted by eROs.au
action script 2 is a bitch.

Absolutely not.

Then again, it's what I do for a living. Currently testing Actionscript 3 in Flash 9 Preview and Flex 2.

Posted by eROs.au on Dec-14-2006 00:39:

quote:
Originally posted by Xilver
Absolutely not.

Then again, it's what I do for a living. Currently testing Actionscript 3 in Flash 9 Preview and Flex 2.

oh noes not another one.

im just getting the hang of actionscript 2.

Posted by jdat on Dec-14-2006 00:48:

I can hook you up with ebooks

let me look around on my cds and upload

would this interest you too?
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=169

Posted by Xilver on Dec-14-2006 01:00:

quote:
Originally posted by eROs.au
oh noes not another one.

im just getting the hang of actionscript 2.

There's some pretty cool new features. The whole language is now more object-oriented, and even legacy code is 10 times faster in the new Flash 9 player.

The coolest thing is the SoundSpectrum class though. No more fake equalizers on sites, now you can read out the real deal from sound files.

Posted by tribu on Dec-14-2006 01:58:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
heh, we'd make a pretty good team then! my graphic design skillz + your Flash skillz. unstoppable!

oh yah, got that site saved in my favorites already. i use it all the time, mostly for sound effects and loops.

i'll have to ask my boss about upgrading me to Flash 8. i'm pretty sure that's what our other designers have here.

If you ever need cheap labour, or you can get me a better job, feel free to call me

Posted by jdat on Dec-14-2006 02:40:

Myra ~~~~~~~> http://jdatoner.free.fr/books/

couple flash books

Posted by l�cid on Dec-14-2006 02:45:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
Myra ~~~~~~~> http://jdatoner.free.fr/books/

couple flash books

nice! i'll check those out while i'm @ work tomorrow. thanks jdaddy.

i've also got this book, which seems pretty easy to follow...

Posted by jdat on Dec-14-2006 02:50:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
nice! i'll check those out while i'm @ work tomorrow. thanks jdaddy.

i've also got this book, which seems pretty easy to follow...

if you're interested in this too let me know:

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=169

lynda owns

Posted by D-res on Dec-14-2006 23:06:

www.kirupa.com
www.gotoandlearn.com

and the FLash MX 2004 Bible available at any major bookstore.

Posted by PEZ68 on Dec-14-2006 23:25:

It depends what you're going to do with it. Animations? Games? Applications?

The best book I've read about Flash is Essential Action Script 2.0 from Moock. But it requires some some knowledge about OOP.

And I hate E-Books. My eyes are becoming really hard to focus after reading 5 or 6 pages in a row on a screen.