PE8- Flash: The Frustration

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The other night instead of working with the Lynda.com exercise files I decided to try and make an image in Flash all by my lonesome and it was gonna be awesome, possibly even epic. However, even though I have watched every video and done every exercise in the last four chapters of the Lynda.com tutorial, and I can tell you what every tool on the Flash interface is. I don't know how to use them very well.

My first bit of frustration was the fact that  I didn't even know how to create a new project. While, the image in this blog is not of me it is what I looked like at one point when trying to draw in Flash. I eventually decided to take a break and work on my Literature Review which is just as frustrating, but I at least know exactly what I am doing.

What I have learned during this part of the practical experience is that while the Lynda.com tutorials are very helpful in learning a complicated technology like Flash, it is also helpful to work with the software on your own. So, that when you start to work with the program outside of the Lynda.com exercise files, you really know what you are doing rather than just thinking that you do.