Saturday, April 15, 2017

Resources Exploration- Derek Forrester

While researching resources for Flash, I was a bit surprised the content and information was not abundant or easy to find.  A web search did have returns and resources, but not nearly as many as I am accustomed to.  FlashKit seems to be an excellent website to begin with, because it offers tutorials, sounds, fonts, and other Flash developer resources.  One of the most important aspects is that they have a Flash Resources Links library that allows users to post and rate other website resources for Flash/Animate.  This makes it a great bookmark page for your Flash resource needs, as it offers a full library of links that are rated by other users.  A4Flash offers a website with Flash templates of source code for making mini games like golf, shooting, kids, music and others.  They provide templates, introduction, multimedia programming and Flash presentation services.  I found this site interesting because the games are for sale and cost upwards of 300 dollars.   The templates are also described for educational purposes.  Such that you could buy the game and dissect it to learn how they made it.  FlashDaWeb is a resource site that offers articles, tips, tutorials, free components and sources codes drawn from their own experience in productions.  They offer insight into what developers create and what the market demands.   They can help your website become more visible on Google searches and can teach you website monetization strategies to add income to your site or blog.  PhotoShopGuy offers his personal collection of Flash files, templates, images, and personal portfolio he has collected over the years.  All the content is free to use for personal or commercial.  He also has tutorial videos specializing in Photoshop.  Overall, I found the Flash resource information much harder to find and realized that good links and resources could help a new developer a great deal with learning about Flash.


            

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