# Professional Advice Please!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/professional-advice-please/318991
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**Created:** [February 5, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/professional-advice-please/318991 "2011-02-05T15:27:47Z")
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### Author: ![izzo101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@izzo101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/izzo101)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/professional-advice-please/318991/1 "2011-02-05T15:27:47Z")

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Should I continue down the actionscript 3.0 route or take a more motion graphics route?

I’ll explain why I am asking. I have been working with Flash for about a year now and Actionscript for maybe about the same. I just recently picked up the learningactionscript 3.0 book, but was on forums and online tutorials first for AS3. I understand basics and a lot of intermediate/advanced actionscript but still have problems with understanding the proportional images and movieclips for fluid flash browsers. And find OOP difficult in some areas. I always find myself hitting a brick wall.

Though I can do a lot of great stuff without fluid flash layout, I still want to be able to do some nice advanced tricks that I can’t find in the forums or tutorials. I am really good with animation and love doing After Effects special effects. I don’t think I will ever give up on Actionscript 3.0 because I want to become a good interaction designer. I am off to get my Master’s in Human computer interaction next fall because this school doesn’t teach anything to do with actionscript, but I would like your advice on if this is a good move and if it was just as difficult for you guys? Or should I go down a more visual effects route?