# I don't have a clue how to use flashmx... how did you start?

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**Created:** [November 5, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-dont-have-a-clue-how-to-use-flashmx-how-did-you-start/93813 "2003-11-05T02:21:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Soul814](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Soul814](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soul814)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-dont-have-a-clue-how-to-use-flashmx-how-did-you-start/93813/1 "2003-11-05T02:21:20Z")

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I dontt have a clue how to use flashmx2004. I’ve tried playing around w/ it and it seems so complex. I was wondering how everyone started out with it? Like what did you learn to do first? Did you use any e-books or stuff?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-dont-have-a-clue-how-to-use-flashmx-how-did-you-start/93813/2 "2003-11-09T23:49:55Z")

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well im listening to “APDesign”… im going to learn to use flash mx… going to try out all the tutorials here… the thing i dont like about tutorials is that they give you the action script and hte interface… so you arent really doing it yourself

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-dont-have-a-clue-how-to-use-flashmx-how-did-you-start/93813/3 "2003-11-09T23:57:01Z")

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yep but working backwards is a good way to learn. Then you come up with an idea get your blank piece of paper and work forwards. The ideas bit is the hard bit

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-dont-have-a-clue-how-to-use-flashmx-how-did-you-start/93813/4 "2003-11-10T01:36:47Z")

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yea i agree that ideas are hard… making graphics are also hard…

i just made this recently but with swishmax… how would you do all the effects w/ flash mx?

[www.toon-network.com/darkskate/](http://www.toon-network.com/darkskate/)  
(A friend wanted me to make him a flash for his site)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-dont-have-a-clue-how-to-use-flashmx-how-did-you-start/93813/5 "2003-11-10T04:20:12Z")

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well, some of that stuff is pretty hard in mx and stuff because there aren’t really built in blurs and stuff (well there are in mx 2004, but they’re not that good…)

the tutorials on this site are good because they explain the code (after you do the project, it goes through line by line explaining what you did and why)  
very usefull