The Power of Flash

I love Flash. It's such a powerful multimedia authoring tool for creating interactive content rich in video, graphics, sound, and text. With Flash, one can create powerful applications including presentations, games, animations, interactive web sites, and if done correctly, the results are absolutely amazing. According to Adobe, Flash is "the industry's most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content." In my own words, flash is simply fun!

Even before I was introduced to Flash, I was already amazed at all the things that one can do with it. Having a great interest in Flash I decided to take a couple of multimedia authoring classes during college (eventually I majored in my music and multimedia production). Someone once asked me what I would study if I were given a second chance at college and I told them I would study the same thing as I have no regrets and love what I majored in. Flash was definitely a big part of my multimedia classes. I can clearly remember all those late nights/early mornings (and all those cups of Starbucks coffee) where I would be tweaking and perfecting my flash projects. That's the thing about multimedia assignments. It's hard to procrastinate and do them at the last minute. You never know how long it'll take to complete them and there is always the chance your computer will crash (in my case, this usually happens when I am close to being finished with my projects).

I found a blog online devoted entirely to Flash! Check it out when you get a chance. It showcases some pretty neat things that you can do with Flash and it even gives some of the ActionScript that was used.

I am definitely a big fan of Flash and was more than excited when I found out there was a class that would be covering Flash among the many topics. I hope to learn even more things about Flash and become more skilled in it.