Chapter 1. LEARNING THE FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL INTERFACE

Welcome to Flash CS4 Professional. We suspect you are here because you have seen a lot of the great stuff Flash can do, and it is now time for you to get into the game. Flash can be one great big, scary application to those unfamiliar with it. Or you may be here because, as a Flash user, you have found that CS4 is suddenly a lot different from Flash 8 or Flash CS3, and you need to get up to speed with this new stuff in relatively short order. In either case, both of the authors have been in your shoes at some point in our careers, which means we understand what you are feeling. So instead of jumping right into the application, let's go for a stroll.

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