Reviews for The Big Fat Tutorial

[TikiWarGod]

Thank you...

I haven't yet submitted my own flash to Newgrounds, but I've been messing around with Macromedia Flash for a while. Thanks for giving me the pointers. I'm still very new at everything and I need a lot of practice, but I know your tips will help out a ton. Especially the motion guide lines and actionscript box. I'm a little disappointed that you didn't tell any more, but it's very true; you can't be giving out all of your secrets. I really like the way that you left it open for anybody to experiment with their own ideas though. This flash deserves to be in the top 50. It's a helpful reference for any flash artist, and that's what Newgrounds is about, isn't it? Good Job.

Helbereth responds:

I wanted to tell people how to do things I wondered about when I got past my weaning stage (somewhere between motion tweens and drawing backgrounds I wanted to know if flash had easy ways to do different things). So, I set out to figure out (through trial and error) how to use the tools available. I soon learned that a lot of the tools were easy to use.... but since nobody ever explained how to use them people just didn't know. I hope to remedy that (and dispel some myths in the process).

Thanks for the review!

[Daemon-cow52]

Thanks.

Thanks for teaching me that stuff. I remember one time when someone I know was making flash, he said that he was going to use a mask for this one part for the scene, and I asked "Whats a mask?"

lol, thanks anyway.

Helbereth responds:

I had never seen masking explained until I noticed it in the menu. That film reel really was my first attempt (I was trying to make a logo for ICF). And it took me hours to figure out.

Thing is it's so useful (I used masking a lot in this) that i don't understand why it's never explained.

[Minion777]

This is ...by far... the greatest tutorial ever

no other totorial goes this deep into making flash, while at the same time, grasps its veiwers, by acting like a movie. Excellent, Excellent piece of work

Sincerely,
Minion 777

Helbereth responds:

Thanks. Movie? nah.
Nice to know it holds your attention (if it didn't nobody would be learning anything).

[Renegade-Hamster]

Good tutorial

I don't have flash (mainly because if I had the money to buy it, I wouldn't have the time to use it) but from I can tell, this is pretty helpful. Well done.

Helbereth responds:

Thanks for the compliments and the review!

[dante89]

That was pretty good

I like this flash tutorial
this is going in 2nd place in my favorites list of all my 46 flash favorites. lol.

Helbereth responds:

Thanks. I'm hoping this helps a lot of people, so the more bookmarks the better!