Flash for the Absolute Beginner Handout | Banners and Intros | Online Tutorials | Reference Books

Flash Banners and Intros

Underground Railroad – Website intro. and website uses photographs, drawings and sound
http://www.lycoming.edu/underground/intro.htm

NASA - A flash banner illustrating airspeed.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/Animation/airrel/anrel.html

Stoke-Newington Schoool - Clean website intro.
http://www.sns.hackney.sch.uk/

Pioneer Park – Website intro. uses photographs and sound
http://pioneerpark.net/

Science View - Flash interactive activities
http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/index.html

Bembo Zoo - Website intro. uses the alphabet to introduce animals and their names
http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf

Kent School District  - Welcome banner
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/webnav/default-non-std.aspx

bbc.co.uk - Children in Victorian Britian is an interactive learning website for ages 4 to 11 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/victorians/flash/start_flash.shtml

The Physics Classroom - High School physics tutorials uses Flash interactive movies to illustrate lessons
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/index.html

Stow-Munore City Schools - Intro.  banner
http://www.stow.summit.k12.oh.us/

Cabarrus County Schools - Intro.  banner
http://www.ccsweb.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectionid=1

Freeport Area Schools - Intro. banner uses text effects
http://www.freeport.k12.pa.us/

Moscow School District #281 - Intro. banner uses photograph fade effect
http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/

Faces of Africa – Website intro. uses photos photographs and text effects
http://www.op97.k12.il.us/web/flash/faces.html

DeSoto County Schools – Intro. banner uses photograph scrolling effect
http://www.desoto.k12.ms.us/

Youngstown City Schools – Website intro. minimal Flash but effective
http://www.youngstown.k12.oh.us/

Mr. Caswell’s Teacher Website - Intro. banner uses Handwriting effect
http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/web/

Simple kindergarten activity page
http://www.pennmanor.net/staff/sherry/Over1-Under.html

Online Tutorials and Resources

New W3Schools
Flash Tutorials with examples.
http://www.w3schools.com/flash/default.asp

Adobe/Macromedia Flash Support Center - Flash MX tutorial you can download as a .pdf file
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/tutorial_index.html

Adobe/Macromedia Solutions for K-12
http://www.adobe.com/education/k12/

Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's Introduction to the Flash MX 2004 Drawing Tools -
a great place to start mastering Flash's drawing tools
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/beg_drawing.html

Digital Narrative Project for Macromedia Flash 8 - Handout
Students gather information and the use Flash 8 to draw and manipulate images, animate images, add text, and incorporate sound
http://www.adobe.com/resources/education/curriculum/k12/

Learnflash.com
http://www.learnflash.com/ - Flash video tutorials but you must register before accessing the videos. 
Preloader Video Tutorial - http://www.learn009.com/videos/flash8websites/22.html

Learnflash.com - free Flash and Photoshop Video Tutorials
http://videoshare.learnwebdevelopment.com/

Smart Webby - Flash MX Turtorials with visuals
http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/default.asp

Indiana University - What are bitmap and vector graphics, and how are they different?
http://kb.iu.edu/data/afmr.html

Knight New Media Center - Inserting Flash into a Dreamweaver Page
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/tutorials/flash/flash_insert.html
Inserting Flash into Web Pages (not using Dreamweaver)
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/tutorials/flash/htmltab.html

Webwork Site for designers and developers - Beginners, intermediate and advanced Flash tutorials
http://www.webworksite.com/flashtutorials.shtml

Flashkit.com - Tutorials, sound loops and so much more….
http://www.flashkit.com/

Entheos - Tutorials that are easy to follow
http://www.entheosweb.com/Flash/default.asp

Kirupa.com - Tutorials from basic drawing to action scripts
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm

Tomato Tree Designs.com - Tutorials to create simple Flash moives
http://www.tomatotreedesigns.com/tutorials.htm

Steve’s Tutes - Video tutorials
http://www.video-animation.com/index.htm

Informit.com - Up-to-date Flash reference guide from the history of Flash to breaking up the screen.
http://www.informit.com/guides/guide.asp?g=flash&rl=1

The University of Texas - Learning Flash MX
http://www.utexas.edu/learn/flash/index.html

Online Learning Resources - Flash MX tutorial for beginners
http://study.abingdon.org.uk/ict/ict_learning/flash_lessons/flash1.html

Reference Books

Macromedia Flash 8 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Katherine Ulrich

Macromedia Flash MX for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Katherine Ulrich

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours by Phillip Kerman

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash MX in 24 Hours by Phillip Kerman