RE: FLASH: Lingo a gogo......

[Cummins, Rob]

> Please could someone help......I realise that to fully use the new flash

> program that you need to utilise the actions and lingo......but as a

> designer who left school some years ago I am finding it hard to get my

> head round the techniques all this Variable actions and values and

> ARGGHHHHHH.......I am no fool and perhaps I am just looking for an easy

> way out of this but how do you start to understand all this I have tried

> the manual and have even downloaded examples basics are okay and logical

> but effects like the ones on http://www.yugop.com/shocked/index.html�are

> just driving me crazy no doubt variables galour and where do you start to

> learn the techniques of using lingo is all this a by product of

> director???? Is it worth reading lingo for director or something?????

> keen as mustard to do all new flash effects but seem to spend more time

> deciphering the manuals than actual design work and dare I say the manuals

> tell me not enough and fail when it comes to examples okay enough with the

> moaning please advise 

> Thanks for your time in advance 

> Stuart

> 

> 

	Woooaahh... Calm down. First of all, take a deep breath. Inhale.

Exhale. Feel better? OK.


	First of all, forget about lingo. Lingo is immensely complex

compared to flash, and attempting to learn any will probably only confuse

you more.  The only real connection between flash and director is that they

are owned by Macromedia. They were originally developed by different people

to do different things. Although MM have hacked lingo about and made it

webby, it is still hugely different to flash.


	I'd suggest that if you want to learn flash, learn flash. If you

want to do primarily web oriented work,stick to it, because that's what it's

for and what it does best. 

	Try to start with something simple. It will take time and effort to

develop a decent amount of flash skill, but it can be very exciting and

rewarding. However, it does require a certain mentality, and an

understanding of the basics of lfash before you even think about using

variables. 


	You've come to flash at a difficult time, because all the new

possibilities of variables and propertiesare just being explored, and we are

starting to see the emergence of a pure "flash programmer".

	Up until now, flash was generally considered by programmers to be

too much of a 'designer' environment, and not really taken seriously at all.

However, now, as has happened with lingo, we are beginning to see the

specialisation of skillsets.


	If you do decide to go down the route of flash programmer, I'd

suggest that you start by familiarising yourself with the 3 basic types of

object in flash: graphic, button and movie clip. These components are

fundamental to the workings of flash, and you really need to understand

these before you can do anything. Then move on to simple actions and

interactivity, stuff like 


	On (press)

		Play


	It seems overly simplistic, but you can really accomplish a lot with

only this much knowlegde of  flash.

	For the time being, put yogop.com out of your mind, and concentrate

on the basics. Feel free to ask questions on the list, but try and read

everything, you wil pick stuff up very quickly once you know the basics.


	Anyway, hang in there, and good luck : )


	Alias|Rob

	


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