Extreme Newbie to Flash...

**Coleen** · 02 February 2009, 04:05 PM

Hi all :-)

I am brand new to Flash, and needing to learn it to embed some flash into a new website for a client. The thing is that they want something like the flash shown here: http://www.watersidebelize.com/ which looks to me to be more of a slide-show than flash. Can anyone point me in the right direction on where to find info to do this type of flash? Any help would be very much appreciated!

**Soquili** · 02 February 2009, 05:48 PM

Hi Coleen,

Flash is very good for slide shows as well as more animated animations.

The transistion between frames of a slide show is simply done by changing the transparency of one image from fully opaque to totally transparent. A second image has it's total transparency changed fully opaque.

Watch the Creating Flash Animations movie from the Help Menu > Movies to become familiar with how to setup animations.

**Coleen** · 02 February 2009, 07:31 PM

The "Movie" will not play - I am directed to the web-site or to my DVD to try to view that tutorial...great - but I can't find it! Can you please tell me what file the tutorial is in on the DVD or what year the tutorial is located in? I have been looking through them and can't find it! Thanks for your help

Coleen

**handrawn** · 02 February 2009, 08:17 PM

there is a flash tutorial here:
http://www.xara.com/us/products/xtreme/tutorials-demos/

under the heading ' The Internet'

**steve.ledger** · 02 February 2009, 08:18 PM

Xtreme4 or Xtreme4 Pro you should find the installed movie in this folder:

C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Xtreme Pro 4\HelpAndSupport\ENG\flash_cd.avi

Or online here
Look under The Internet >> Flash Animations

Member Xhris also has a a short Flash tutorial available on YouTube

**steve.ledger** · 02 February 2009, 08:19 PM

Ah Steve beat me to it as I was searching for Xhris's youtube flash

**Coleen** · 02 February 2009, 08:39 PM

Thanks very much. Unfortunately when I go here: http://www.xara.com/us/products/xtre...emos/?tab=xara and click on the Flash Animation - it just sits there and trys to load the page - and the page never loads! And when I go to the DVD this is the menu that comes up:

WORKBOOKS THE OUTSIDER XARA XTREME MANUAL

2008 TUTORIALS - 2007 TUTORIALS - 2006 TUTORIALS - 2005 TUTORIALS 2004 TUTORIALS - 2003 TUTORIALS - 2002 TUTORIALS - 2001 TUTORIALS 2000 TUTORIALS - 1999 TUTORIALS - 1998 TUTORIALS - 1997 TUTORIALS

So which year is it in? When I go to find it under files on my computer - this is the list of available files:

F: XaraXone
_Notes
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
(Etc - through 2008)

So which year is the tutorial in? There is no file for HelpAndSupport on this disk is it on the installation disk instead of the tutorial disk?

I was able to find the tutorial I was looking for here though: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/109195...n_xara_xtreme/
but, it would be very nice to know where to go to find it and other tutorials on the dvd that came with my progam.

Thanks very much for everyone's help.

Coleen

**handrawn** · 02 February 2009, 08:54 PM

do you have javascript blocking - if so you need to allow both xara.com and xaraonline.com for the flash to load

to get the CD movies open the program and follow the menu path Bill gave

help > movies

on the top bar

they should have installed from the CD with the program.... ?

**steve.ledger** · 02 February 2009, 09:17 PM

The online flash video doesn't loads for me either, the other I tried play fine though.

Colleen is talking about the 2nd CD that comes with the Program CD.

If you run the CD and open the :\Workbook\index\workbook.html you will find a complete list of contents, many flash tutorials are listed (some shown below)