Flash for beginners

[paulholmes17]

Hi, I was hoping that some of you may be able to advise me on a few things regarding Flash. I am a total novice, so excuse any obvious questions!

I want to gather information on the following:

1) minimum system requirements to run Flash
2) To begin with, I would be looking to use Flash for presentations, short slideshows and practical demonstration videos - are there any good online training resources (ideally free)?
3) Which software packages would be the most ideal for my above needs?
4) Can Microsoft Powerpoint be incorporated into Flash?
5) Is it best to use Microsoft or Apple?

Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

 

[kennethkawamoto]

1)

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/systemreqs/

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[paulholmes17]

Thanks for that.

Do you (or anybody else) have any advice for Questions 2-5?

Thanks

 

[kennethkawamoto]

2) If you don't know anything about flash perhaps you can start with something like this:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3it_firstflash_pt1.html

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[monkboymark]

i have been pointed towrds lynda.com for good Flash learning tutorials. I have also been finding Computer Arts magazines well worth a read

 

[overyde]

http://www.gotoandlearn.com

is pretty informative too.

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