i didnt see any flash animation tutorials in the tutorial section here...

i want to learn how to create flash animations. i see them all over the place and would love to make my own, unfortaintly our library doesnt have any new how-to books on flash and i cant seem to find any good tutorials online (or this site - idk maybe i just happend to miss the post somewhere, i did search for it tho) but can one of you help direct me in the right direction (lol...direct-direction...lol) twoard a good site or posibly a tutorial program or sumtin.

also i know of some flash programs (not really), but dont know which one to get. which one is best? easiest? fastest?

all the help i can get would be appreciated...thank you

Well, as a matter of fact there are 2 tutorials in the tutorial section. My guess is that you didn't know the right keywords.

There basically are 4 ways to animate something in flash:

1. Draw everything by hand, frame by frame
2. Motion tweening (see the link down)
3. Shape tweening (see the link down)
4. Motion guide (this is done by setting a path out for an object/clip/button along which it moves)

Shape tweening tutorial -- by Pfloria

[url=http://www.astahost.com/motion-tweening-in-flash-t2437.htmlMotion tweening tutorial[/url] -- by Pfloria

As for motion guide, I guess I could write an article 'bout that.

yeah...i searched animation...but i didnt really look that hard (i was in a hurry to get out of school) srry...

thanks for the tutorials tho...those ones might help later, after i have a program

do you know of a good program ?

I would highly suggest http://www.flashkit.com. They have many great tutorials, and also a huge amount of resources to browse through. They cover almost every aspect of Flash/ActionScript that you would ever need help with.

This includes topics such as:

• Getting Started
• Actionscripting
• Animation
• Optimization
• Physiscs

These are just a few of the topics available at Flash Kit. I have used this site on many of occaisons.

Okay you know how to use frames dont you well just do a drawing in each frame each one different in some way
This is an animation I put together

http://www.geocities.com/totalgoreinc/Untitled-2.htm

however mine needs a lot more work on it you have to put as much detail in to each frame as possible it you need help go on to

http://www.biteycastle.com/content/lessons.php

this guys ace on flash read his tutorials and then post what you make on here

Good luck

P.S there is an easier way by using motion tweens but dont use them their not as good as frame by frame so dont even start or it will become a bad habit

p.p.s actually you can use motion tweens for fading and camera techniques

yes...thank you guys a lot - also i found one on my own (yes i actually did some work - that worked - on my own - online - yes)

Flash Tutorial

i kinda found this one more helpful for me...but yours showed me some stuff that this one didnt so thanks a lot

i was also lookin online for flash apps seeing which ones would be better

what do you guys think about flash mx - i already have the program (have for a while actually i got macromedia studio mx 2004 ) i just didnt see the program in there yeah im a loser

but flashkit is the one that is mentioned in the tutorial that i found...

which one is better (makes quality flash animations) ?

Flash MX is a good software. I'm using it for some months now. Very intuitive and easy to understand. Actually I don't know any other flash software to be honest. And yes, there is a lot of websites with tutorials and examples: how to create a button, how to create an animation, adding sound, etc..