Flash Professional 8 / MX - Tutorial for beginners - How to use Flash 8
The video tutorial below is recommended for beginners wanting to learn how to use the following tools:
Timeline - timelines control your flash animation.
Layers - shows how to make a layer.
Drawing and coloring shapes (circle, rectangle tools).
Filling or outlining flash shapes with color. Also includes gradient fills.
Rotating or scaling shapes and objects.
Pen tool.
Text tool.
Lasso tool.
Pencil tool.
Brush, fill, eraser, zoom and hand tools.
Frames - demonstrates how to create Adobe Flash frames and play them.
Explains the difference between a frame and a key frame.
Movie (document) properties. Shows how to make a movie smoother by setting the frame rate higher.
Tweening - motion tween.
What makes this Flash tutorial great for beginners, is that it doesn't complicate things with fancy animation or technical terms. It simply demonstrates all the basic tools, showing how to use each. If you've recently purchased Adobe Flash or only opened it a few times, then this is the tutorial for you. However, if your more experienced than beginner level then you may want to move on to a more advanced tutorial.
The software used in this tutorial is Adobe Flash
To start this Adobe Flash 8 MX tutorial press the go arrow:
Now you're familiar with the basic tools used to create an animation movie, you will find it easier to follow other Flash tutorials. Fun tutorials are often the best way to learn how to use Flash 8. For example, the next tutorial demonstrates how to make an animated face from scratch:
Comments (1)
Hehe, thanks for using my face video. I hope it can help anyone who needs it.
Thanks for sharing Blake.
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Posted by Blake Lysol | July 12, 2007 1:47 AM
Posted on July 12, 2007 01:47