Flash Prof. 8

Because Flash includes several manuals that cover a wide variety of topics, it is helpful to know where to start when learning Flash. This section helps you understand how to approach the documentation, depending on what your background is and what you intend to do with Flash.


If you are completely new to Flash:
Begin by reading this Getting Started with Flash guide.
Flash Basics provides a simple introduction to the Flash user interface and Tutorial: Building Your First Flash Application includes a tutorial that takes you through the entire process of creating a real-world Flash application.

Browse Using Flash, which provides detailed descriptions of the features in Flash and how to use them, including working with various media types, creating animation, and publishing your work.
Using Flash also describes how to use Script Assist mode, which allows you to create ActionScript code with minimal knowledge of the ActionScript language.

If you want to create Flash projects that include more complex ActionScript code, you can move on to Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash.
This book introduces you to the structure and techniques of the ActionScript language, and includes numerous examples. Each section describes a key concept of ActionScript and then presents details of how to accomplish specific tasks in ActionScript as well as real-world code samples that you can use.

After you are familiar with the basics of how ActionScript operates, you can use the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference to find the specific terms and definitions you need for your projects.
This book presents dictionary-style entries for each term in the ActionScript language.

The Tutorials section of the Flash documentation contains many detailed tutorials that take you step-by-step through the process of creating various types of projects and effects in Flash.

The Samples section contains examples of FLA files with descriptions that you can explore to see how a specific feature is implemented in real-world projects.