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[JennyChaos]

Hi everyone,

I am currently trying to set up a modelling website for a friend - until now I have worked on about 10 different designs, and each time I have almost finished one she decides she wants something different ...

Now she wants me to set it up as a Flash site - I have never used Flash before and after looking at a template which I downloaded from templatehelp.com, it seemed like an almost impossible task to learn in the short period of time which I have. I mentioned it to her and was told that there is no such thing as 'impossible' and that it is only the mind that sets any limitations (she herself is a very successful person and has this attitude from years of studyig NLP...).

I am not sure what to do. If I try to convince her what a difficult task this is, it seems as if I am running against a brick wall, so I have decided to give it a go. The thing I am not sure about is how to tackle the problem - are there any tutorials that help me learn the skills I need really quickly (generally I am very good at learning and I normally work about 16-17 hours each day) - or are there templates which are easier to understand and handle than the one which I downloaded, and which are still of a high quality?

Any input on this would be really appreciated.

Thanks,

Jenny

[Sgaspar11]

Templates are their own beasts in themselves sometimes...

Look at the sticky at the top of the forum for resources for learning flash.

Or, you can google for stuff like: Motion and Shape Tweening, Editing Movie Clips, Keyframe animation in Flash, Actionscript Basics...

Flash has a pretty big learning curve, but once you understand the structure and flow, you'll be a pro in no time.

Cheers,

Scott

[JennyChaos]

Thanks, Scott. I'll check the resources.

Yes, the template is an absolute monster with dozens of layers etc. and it doesn;t seem like anything that I as a beginner can handle. BesidesI've always found it difficult to understand any work that I haven't designed myself from scratch - I used to work as DBA for Dell and encountered the same problem having to tidy up other people's mess...)

My friend has decided to stick with HTML/CSS for the time being (and I've used the Dynamic Drive Thumbnail Viewer for the gallery). As I have a strong interest in design I do like the idea though of being able to spruce things up with some flash - I'm totally fascinated by what is possible nowadays.

I'll let you know once the site is finished so I can get some constructive criticism.

Cheers,

Jenny

[Sgaspar11]

Sounds good! Let us know!