Re: FLASH: A word about tutorials

[Byron Canfield]

Most of the web tutorials presume that the user has taken the time and

effort to familiarize themselves with the tools and techniques that are the

subject of the lessons that come with Flash.


At 09:44 PM 1/7/99 -0500, Timothy Palmer-Benson wrote:

>I am finding Flash exceedingly difficult to learn and the tutorials equally

>difficult. I own the program and am even flying to California to take Lynda

>Wyman's course. This is after failing to find adequate tuition on the web. I

>have yet to find a web based tutorial that really takes you by the hand. Too

>much apriori knowledge is assumed. Rarely is an explanation given as to what

>to do if one can't complete a step. I have yet to see anyone deal with

>editing of one's mistakes. There is undo, but that's it. Flash changes

>screens, seemingly without explanation. Very seldom do I see an explanation

>in a web based tutorial that one can expect certain things to be displayed

>at each production step and why.


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Byron Canfield, Canfield Studios (http://www.byronc.com)

President, Seattle Coreldraw Artists Network (http://www.corelsea.org)


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