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Learn it yourself. Why not view tutorials online? It's possible to make time if you intend to do things seriously. Try the Newgrounds Wiki page. It might help? :D

Sticking with flash 8 would probably be a good choice if you don't have the intention of doing hardcore game programming. Probably getting a good tablet/microphone would be best since you can animate in flash 8. Or upgrade your computer I dunno.

Well. Newgrounds is a good place to start.

Try exporting the animation into .gif and then use that? Just an idea, I'm not too keen on this topic.

Haha, some practice examples were really nice. This practice was made some time ago. It's a skeleton for an animation I was trying to do.

Merry Christmas everyone!

onClipEvent(enterFrame)
{
if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT))
{
this._rotation-=60;
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))
{
this._rotation+=60;
};
}

If you're gonna put this on the movie clip itself,
I change INSTANCE to this so the program would know you are referring to the circle.
and _rotation should be used.
In the first code, ++ and -- was used.
In my code, i used += 60 and -=60.
Now, i'll let you have fun trying it.

Yes, flash automatically exports the movie when you test it and saves the file. As long as you don't lose the .fla file, you can delete all the .swf files because they come from it.

It really is good for a first timer plus you're artwork is decent :D You're best bet is to animate more and make things more lively, I guess? And make sure you don't unnecessarily prolong parts that are not that important.

I noticed some minor lipsync synchronization. IT could have been a good short flash, only if you put more quality in it like adding good backgrounds, some more animation, etc. REDO IT