Newbie Needs Help

bremner · 07-16-2008, 03:04 AM

I need to start using flash in a pretty basic website. Can any one help with any suggestions on free or open source program that you dont need to be a brain surgeon to use? If there are none available what liensed program is best to use. Any pointers would really be apprecciated. I believe i need to be able to output as .swf and .flv

Thank you

**jamiemac2005** · 07-16-2008, 08:47 AM

hmm, with flash i don't believe there is a full open source compiler, if you have flash then i suggest you just take the time to learn it... (i did from tutorials: www.tutorialized.com)...

There are a few open source programs (google "open source flash")... but i'm sure Adobe's version will out-do them....

Cheers,
Jamey

**DonaldG** · 07-21-2008, 01:06 AM

Bremner - If you follow the advice from Jamey, you can't go far wrong.

If you have Flash, it may look complicated but you do not have to learn or comprehend every aspect of it to be able to turn out a good looking flash movie.

Have a look at the Getting Started from Adobe. Get a simple sample and see how it is put together.

Caution though: Many new comers to HTML often spoil their work by putting too many moving graphics that totally distract the visitor to the site.

Use moving graphics with extreme moderation - don't loose visitors.

**Redcore** · 07-25-2008, 09:30 PM

Just keep in mind that Flash websites do not fare well with search engines like Google, and most users find them to be terribly annoying/non-productive.

Slapshot · 07-30-2008, 07:00 PM

The next major release of Flash will be SEO friendly. Google and Adobe have reached an agreement on making Flash applications SEO friendly.

07-16-2008, 03:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
bremner Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 73 OS: xp pro sp2	Newbie Needs Help I need to start using flash in a pretty basic website. Can any one help with any suggestions on free or open source program that you dont need to be a brain surgeon to use? If there are none available what liensed program is best to use. Any pointers would really be apprecciated. I believe i need to be able to output as .swf and .flv Thank you

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jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 935 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Newbie Needs Help hmm, with flash i don't believe there is a full open source compiler, if you have flash then i suggest you just take the time to learn it... (i did from tutorials: www.tutorialized.com)... There are a few open source programs (google "open source flash")... but i'm sure Adobe's version will out-do them.... Cheers, Jamey __________________ Help fight cancer. < I just started =]

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DonaldG Moderator Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 7,691 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Newbie Needs Help Bremner - If you follow the advice from Jamey, you can't go far wrong. If you have Flash, it may look complicated but you do not have to learn or comprehend every aspect of it to be able to turn out a good looking flash movie. Have a look at the Getting Started from Adobe. Get a simple sample and see how it is put together. Caution though: Many new comers to HTML often spoil their work by putting too many moving graphics that totally distract the visitor to the site. Use moving graphics with extreme moderation - don't loose visitors. __________________ Submit New Articles Join the TSF Team for the Folding@Home Project. I did! Enter TSF Team number 85015 Last edited by DonaldG : 07-21-2008 at 01:07 AM.

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Redcore Design Team Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jamestown, CA Posts: 478 OS: WinXP My System	Re: Newbie Needs Help Just keep in mind that Flash websites do not fare well with search engines like Google, and most users find them to be terribly annoying/non-productive. __________________ Free Resources PC Protection - Comodo Firewall \| AVG Anti-Virus \| WinPatrol \| Ad-Aware \| Spybot S&D \| SpywareBlaster \| Web Design/Programming - KompoZer (Editor) \| Paint.NET (Graphic) \| GIMP+GIMPShop (Graphic) \| FileZilla (FTP Client) \| Free Hosting \|

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Slapshot Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 241 OS: Vista	Re: Newbie Needs Help The next major release of Flash will be SEO friendly. Google and Adobe have reached an agreement on making Flash applications SEO friendly.