Newbie's Nightmares

Everything in life, you need to start with basics, like a baby needs to learn to crawl, stand, walk, maybe fall down, then run. Well so does flash, start with the basic, understanding how to use the timeline, key points, create tween, create a symbol. The more you play around with the settings, and experiment different motions, it'll help you better when you advance to the next level.

One of the nightmares I found are symbols that are created by flash because something was missing, I wish I had someone to tell me these are just a pain in the ass!

This problem can be solved by creating a new symbol with vector graphics, then create tweening.

I remember when I was a newbie, and after creating a flash movie, I would have over 20 to 30 Tween Graphic Symbols, and it annoys me because I have no clue which is which.

Something to remember by, name everything! you can have a flash file, with more then 100 symbols, seriously, if you don't name them properly, you're screwed at the end! It'll be a waste of time looking for something, it'll also be a waste of disc space and memory, remember, the more organized you are, the faster the file will run, but you really have to test out every way to learn what's the fastest and easiest for you.

I'm no expert, I'm still learning, actionscript is what you're aiming to do later on, but it won't help if you can't even create a simple animation.