Fantastic Flash Five (Macromedia Flash 5)

Member Name: dan-parker

Product:	Macromedia Flash 5
Date:	27/06/01 (613 review reads)
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Advantages: ease of use, unique operations

Disadvantages: can be slow

Wow, where do we start, I think this piece of kit is fantastic; there is so much you can do, and is all so simple to create. I've been using Flash 5 at my college, and have found it to be an excitement with the wonderful creations, which can be completed.

Basically, for those who do not know Flash 5, can be used for making those animation parts at the beginning of some web pages, maybe incorporating graphical buttons.

I have found this software to ease the ability of producing high-quality extras for a web page. The extras you can complete are endless, as all you need is a creative mind. Working with pictures and text especially can be eased with the functions this software gives you. Text can be transformed to appear from any direction and from anywhere on the screen, whether it fades in or out to a scrolling glinting header.

But, it is not just text that can be manipulated, pictures are included as well as those imported from various other programs such as 3D studio Max.

Your mind is what you need to complete fantastic creative ideas. More experienced users can find themselves putting various effects into action. For example, a ripple effect can be produced over the screen, animation including buttons can be added and not to mention games as well as other smart programs.

OK, so if you have access to this software like me and are finding it difficult to get started like I also was, there are many of sites out on the web, giving tutorials for various effects and functions. As you can gather these are endless, but just need a bit of experimenting with in order to producing fantastic unique operations.

Intros produced by flash can look outstanding and really give a professional look to a web page. But as we all have or will find out, these can be really slow to load if on a slower connection.

All in all, this is a professional piece of software, which is a must for businesses out there who want to crea
te a unique special characteristic to their web page. However this can also be used for a bit of fun, especially with the animation side involved. This can be clearly seen on WebPages such as Shockwave.com.

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