Next meeting: Getting Started with Flash
The time and date of our next meeting is confirmed: Thursday, September 27, same time and place as our previous meetings. Please RSVP directly to me if you plan to attend.
You know what Flash is, and you have an idea of what you can do with Flash. Maybe you’ve even installed the free trial of Flash. But how do you get started? This meeting will help give you that little nudge you might need to jump in the pool.
We’ll take a look at the Flash development environment (both Flash 8 and CS3), run through some of the basic concepts behind Flash, and then I’ll demonstrate how to do a few things using Flash. The goal for this meeting is to give people who have never used Flash enough familiarity with it that they can download the Flash trial and not feel overwhelmed by it all. You’ll even know enough to be able to make your own First Flash Movie.
And for anybody who has used Flash in the distant past but not too recently, it will be a nice refresher. Hopefully this also will give you some grounding for future meetings which will delve a little deeper into Flash.
If you don’t want to wait and would like to get started right now, you can download a free trial of Flash CS3 and start playing around. If you’ve already done that, you might have some questions. If you do, send them to me in advance of the meeting and I’ll see what I can do to answer them!
As usual, we’ll have some goodies to give away, including a free admission to the FITC Winnipeg Roadshow in November. Your attendance will also improve your odds of winning the software raffle to be held at our December meeting, where you could win the Adobe software of your choice, up to a value of $2100 US.
Remember: let me know if you can make it, and especially if you have any Flash questions you’d like answered!
Thanks!
Darren
