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soo i know i was warned about how tricky flash was, but i guess i didnt want to believe it.  now that i have started working with it, i realize how complicated it is.  i havent exactly decided what my project is going to be yet, but i have played around with all the animations that you can do on the program.  i have downloaded a trial flash on my computer and have read lots and lots of tutorials online.  i've also come across some interesting flash projects that other people have done and have been searching for more of those to get some ideas on the kind of project i want to have.  i have learned how to make a word run across the screen, make a ball bounce, create a guide for an object to follow and make a background for the animation.  thankfully i have all of spring break to work on it and hopefully will come up with something cool.  since i am going to be up in the mountains this upcoming week, my project will probably have something to do with that: skiing, snow, etc.

i am worried about coming up with an idea and not being able to actually do it.  the online tutorials can only get me so far so im scared that i wont like my finished project, simply because i couldnt make the animations that i wanted.  i am also worried about using the action scripts cause i havent figured out how to use those yet. overall, i need to spend some serious time on it, both in playing around with the program and researching tutorials so my project will look good and will be functional.