FLASH: Moving Forward in Flash?!?!?

[Gerrie Warner]

People keep referring me to the (in)famous TUTORIALS in Flash.

It would help if the specific section was indicated.

For the record I keep that page open and Alt/Tab to it always  - step by step

-  when trying to accomplish something.

Alas, take the Basics - Overview for ex.  - a few steps into it and it reads:


"Each frame in the Timeline represents a point at which the movie can change"


You click and the tutorial does several incomprehensible things.

If I'm wrong flame the dickens out of me!

It first goes and clicks in the timeline area of Frame1 - which isn't active,

current or what ever Hmmmmm, confusing ............. Then it zips up to

Insert key frame and then over to "10" in the frame (I guess that's what it

is because they never really show or tell you what or where a "FRAME"

actually is)

Now suddenly they leave the "Yellow" layer and the dark thingy just

disappears and we are working on another  object/layer that doesn't have the

pencil indicated etc. I have shown this section to several people and it's

equally incomprehensible to them. Inconsistencies flourish throughout the

Tutorials and it's no wonder I get companies who monitor and receive this

list's posting suggesting that I purchase a series of lessons from them. They

say it takes YEARS to learn Flash basics!!! No wonder?

Anyway several kind and patient souls have been very helpful on this list and

after many hours studying and swearing I AM in fact starting to comprehend

what is going on. The moves do not coincide with the TUTORIALS and much is

still unclear (see the Flash ng - I'm NOT alone!!!)

Suggestion: A newsgroup for Flash Newbies!!! the current ng has  over 3,000

entries!

Question: in the Help file under HTML/MOVIES is a certain nav.fla

How does one see/break up the components to re-edit it?

Great Thanks, Gerrie




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