is flash hard?

[Gamplayerx]

Actually, I've decided this might be better than that.  http://users.belgacom.net/treets_reservesite/dubdub.html

[Gamplayerx]

Changed my mind again.  http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/choccy/

[ReBurn]

Here.  I'll fix that.  http://ualuealuealeuale.ytmnd.com/

This is one of the best things ever!

[ReBurn]

Actually, I've decided this might be better than that.  http://users.belgacom.net/treets_reservesite/dubdub.html

This is also one of the best things ever!

[Gamplayerx]

Sorry.  I just can't make up my mind.  http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/eggsong

[ReBurn]

Changed my mind again.  http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/choccy/

This is one of the strangest things ever.

[ReBurn]

Sorry.  I just can't make up my mind.  http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/eggsong

This makes me worry about the future of humanity.  But at least I'm not thinking to that song any more.

"I really love you so!"

[Gamplayerx]

This is not a good one.  Don't click this.  http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

[ReBurn]

This is not a good one.  Don't click this.  http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

derigibles!  hah!

[Gamplayerx]

This is not a good one.  Don't click this.  http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

derigibles!  hah!

Um. Hello?  I told you not to click that.

Definitely don't click this.  Really.  Don't do it.  http://www.legit.dk/

[Gamplayerx]

Do click this one, though.  Go ahead.  Click me!

[ReBurn]

Do click this one, though.  Go ahead.  Click me!

That's the one that'll keep me up all night.

[ReBurn]

This is not a good one.  Don't click this.  http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

derigibles!  hah!

Um. Hello?  I told you not to click that.

Definitely don't click this.  Really.  Don't do it.  http://www.legit.dk/

oops.

[Gamplayerx]

This is actually worth braving newgrounds for.  http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/193426

[Alice]

Best. Threadjack. Evar.

[ReBurn]

This is actually worth braving newgrounds for.  http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/193426

That was odd!

[Jessie]

Well, Wonder Woman's outfit is pretty revealing...

Thank you.  It's good to know I'm not the only one.

[Listener]

Here's an un-threadjack:

I looked at some Flash books.  I didn't want to shell out $45 or more on a book with tutorial software for a job I might not get.  It doesn't look impossibly-difficult from what I saw.  I think it's something I could learn rather quickly.  (Not as fast as SMH may have suggested, but a week or so should give me a pretty strong grounding in it.)

I may have overstated the importance of Flash -- it's listed as a "plus", not a requirement.

I have meetings with a few managers tomorrow over at the TV station (not the one that harassed me) throughout the morning, so it appears at the very least that I made it through the first round of interviews pretty well.

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

Here's an un-threadjack:

I looked at some Flash books.  I didn't want to shell out $45 or more on a book with tutorial software for a job I might not get.  It doesn't look impossibly-difficult from what I saw.  I think it's something I could learn rather quickly.  (Not as fast as SMH may have suggested, but a week or so should give me a pretty strong grounding in it.)

I may have overstated the importance of Flash -- it's listed as a "plus", not a requirement.

I have meetings with a few managers tomorrow over at the TV station (not the one that harassed me) throughout the morning, so it appears at the very least that I made it through the first round of interviews pretty well.

Macromedia packages some decent tutorials with their programs to learn the basics. Check them out in the "help section". I learned how to use Director that way.

Otherwise, hit http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml for a grounding in basic actionscript.

What you will need to know to sound vaguely like what you are doing is:
tweening/how to
the timeline
how to make a button do what you want
the difference between a movie clip, button and graphic element

Good luck and drop a line if you need any help.

[Listener]

Here's an un-threadjack:

I looked at some Flash books.  I didn't want to shell out $45 or more on a book with tutorial software for a job I might not get.  It doesn't look impossibly-difficult from what I saw.  I think it's something I could learn rather quickly.  (Not as fast as SMH may have suggested, but a week or so should give me a pretty strong grounding in it.)

I may have overstated the importance of Flash -- it's listed as a "plus", not a requirement.

I have meetings with a few managers tomorrow over at the TV station (not the one that harassed me) throughout the morning, so it appears at the very least that I made it through the first round of interviews pretty well.

Macromedia packages some decent tutorials with their programs to learn the basics. Check them out in the "help section". I learned how to use Director that way.

Otherwise, hit http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml for a grounding in basic actionscript.

What you will need to know to sound vaguely like what you are doing is:
tweening/how to
the timeline
how to make a button do what you want
the difference between a movie clip, button and graphic element

Good luck and drop a line if you need any help.

Thanks.

At least I'm pretty sure I know that last one.  And if making a button do what you want uses coding anything like HTML/Java buttons, I think I can handle that.

It seems to me Flash is basically a form of nonlinear video/audio/SFX editing, which I already know how to do with conventional broadcast equipment (AVID editing, digital tape, etc), which may help me in the long run.

[Beefy]

It seems to me Flash is basically a form of nonlinear video/audio/SFX editing, which I already know how to do with conventional broadcast equipment (AVID editing, digital tape, etc), which may help me in the long run.

It might help you with Flash in the long run?

The comic geek jokes write themselves.

[DownSouth]

It seems to me Flash is basically a form of nonlinear video/audio/SFX editing, which I already know how to do with conventional broadcast equipment (AVID editing, digital tape, etc), which may help me in the long run.

It might help you with Flash in the long run?

The comic geek jokes write themselves.

I actually got that.  I had Flash underoos when I was a kid.

[WileE]

Here are a couple of online tutorials I found in my search for flash knowledge:

http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190941

http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials.shtml  <--  Best one I think

http://iwa-hwg.eclasses.org/

http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn-1774-free_flash_mx_2004_training_tutorial.htm

From what I have read, basic webpage kinda things are not that bad.  Movies and fancy effects are more challenging.

[dazie]

It seems to me Flash is basically a form of nonlinear video/audio/SFX editing, which I already know how to do with conventional broadcast equipment (AVID editing, digital tape, etc), which may help me in the long run.

It might help you with Flash in the long run?

The comic geek jokes write themselves.

I actually got that.  I had Flash underoos when I was a kid.

Oh God I suck.  It took me until THIS post to get the Wonder Woman post.

[Listener]

It seems to me Flash is basically a form of nonlinear video/audio/SFX editing, which I already know how to do with conventional broadcast equipment (AVID editing, digital tape, etc), which may help me in the long run.

It might help you with Flash in the long run?

The comic geek jokes write themselves.

I actually got that.  I had Flash underoos when I was a kid.

I had the Superman ones meself.