I downloaded the trail version of Adobe Flash CS4 the other day, and signed up for a Lynda.com account today so I can start to learn the program. I have a little experience using Flash CS3 but have never really had the time to delve into it as much as I would have liked to. Anyways since a new version is out I decided that if I'm going to spend the time to learn it I might as well be learning the most up to date version. Also in CS4 you can now move objects in 3D space which you never could before without 3rd party plugins, which is awesome and reminds me of After Effects, which I have spent a lot of time using.
So I spent all day, about 9 hours, watching the first video set "Flash CS4 Essential Training", taking notes, and following along with the videos in Flash. I feel pretty comfortable with the program already! The end started getting into Actionscript 3.0, which I think I will watch tomorrow and really fry my brain.
Print design is kind of boring to me right now so I'm glad to be learning motion and interactivity. Hopefully I can grasp enough action script to pull off a kick-ass web site.
On a side note: I am researching how other people handle showing timeline on the web. I have to show about 180 years worth of information, where things are constantly happening, on a 15" screen. I think it's a really cool problem to solve and make it fully understandable, interesting, eye-catching, and fun.
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