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as a novice is it worth getting Macromedia Flash Player 7.
is it easy to use?
if yes to both questions can i use it 4 my website that i use frontpage for.

I would say that ANY flash program is a intense program to learn but FUN once you start getting more and more into it the more excited you will become.

and yes you can put a flash movie on u'r webpage i am a dreamweaver user and adding a flash movie is as easy as adding a pic so i am sure its same for front page

I think it depends on how much you need to use it. Learning to use flash is a bit like learning to use HTML or PHP in a way. It's fairly easy and rewarding to make your fist page say 'Hello World', just as it's easy to get flash to make a box move across the screen. It's how to get deeper in and make it do exactly what you want it to do that takes time to learn.
The current versions of Flash are more complex than ever. I don't think I've scratched the surface of what they are capable of doing.
If you're interested in animation, have a lot of patience and time, then I'd say it's well worth trying to get to grips with it. If you just need an occasional sig or logo, then maybe one of the easier options like Swish might be a more rewarding path.

Just a bit of clarification here. Macromedia Flash Player is the software put out by Macromedia either as a standalone program or a browser plugin to play Flash movies. Macromedia Flash MX, as I suspect is what you were referring to, is a software program used to create Flash movies.

Kelly

sorry.....just butting in here.....

I still like the simplicity of your site.....seems everytime I look at it it feels serene and calm like nothing in this big bad world can ever harm me...oops sorry daydreaming again....been a bad week

taut

Thankyou for your comment, i would be doubley grateful if you would post your kind words in my guest book.
Also could you tell me if SWISH is the name of the programme or does it go under some other heading.
Thankyou once again for your kind words re my website.

I think the SwishMax is the latest name, check out [ Register or login to view links on this board. ]

also try out the flash proggy at [ Register or login to view links on this board.] text effects are made so easy

, its latest release also has capacity to use actionscripts im nearlly certain, i dont use them however so i could be just dellusional.

Thank you all for all your hard work & being very nice.