Flash

[Josquius]

I've decided to try and learn to use flash, its supposidly relativly simple a programming language (so I can hopefully actually make some sort of game) and it has online uses beyond that too which...would be good.
I've got the program but it all seems a bit dense- you've got a tiny little box in the middle where you're supposed to paint a frame and...what? huh?

So, could anyone recommend a good book on flash?

[PRC]

Designing a game will get you into Action Script and that kind of thing.  I work in Flash and it is tricky to learn, but once you learn it it all seems pretty simple. 

To start just stay away from Web Design aspects (button programming, etc) and Action Script specific books.  Go to the library and get a book that focuses on graphics manipulation, animation, and timeline stuff.  I don't have a book recommendation in specific but if you try and find a book focusing on those things that will give you a good start.

[Eddie Teach]

[DontSayBanana]

Hmm. Gonna keep an eye on this thread, since Flash is one of my weak points as well.

[Jos Theelen]

Why not starting with some of the zillion examples you can get on internet. You learn a lot from examples of other flash-programmers.

[Josquius]

Why not starting with some of the zillion examples you can get on internet. You learn a lot from examples of other flash-programmers.

'cos I can't find a good bare beginners one.
And with books studying feels more like studying.

[Neil]

I hoped this thread was about the legendary English cad, Sir Harry Paget Flashman.

[Caliga]

I had hoped it was about the hilariously campy Queen song. 

"FLASH!!!! AAAAH-HAAAA!  HE'LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US!!!!"

[DontSayBanana]

I'm gonna second the complaint about tutorials; back in the day, I more or less taught myself QBasic, Visual Basic, and Pascal by going the tutorials route, but the good Flash tutorials just don't seem to be out there. Everybody either throws a lot of jargon at you right at the beginning or focuses on one specific task that teaches you nothing about the workflow of Flash. I've found nothing structured or comprehensive that takes you through steps of a project to arrive at a compiled .flv file.

[Pishtaco]

There's a good tutorial on getting started with Flashdevelop and AS3 here: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=2630.0

A Flash game I made: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=7684.0

[Darth Wagtaros]

I hoped this thread was about the legendary English cad, Sir Harry Paget Flashman.

Read the Ciaphus Cane books.

[Josquius]

Darn flash is weird...
I guess it was originally designed just for videos?

My cool game idea will never come to be, even looking for code to steal and subtly alter gets me nowhere.