How can I learn Flash CS4?

I just downloaded the trial version of Adobe Flash CS4 Professional so I can teach myself how to use it. I have some .FLA files that need to be edited and "fixed".

Boy, does Adobe make it tough!!!

So far, I've learned that Adobe's online documentation for Flash CS4 is famous for being useless. And the Help docs that comes with Flash CS4 is no better.

I've searched the web for hours and can't find anything decent that will show me how to begin using this program, and the few books available in my local bookstore aren't much help either.

Can anyone recommend to me ANY resource that will teach me how to use Adobe Flash CS4?

 

search in Google fo Photoshop training CD's and DVD's.

 

Please re-read my original post. This isn't about Photoshop, this is about Flash CS4.

 

I have started learning FLASH CS4 from Lynda tutorials.

Its good for a beginner. You can go for it

 

first check whats new in cs4 and then try to learn those things first.

 

well there a are lot of free videos..... try searching google i learned flash from the videos there

 

try the friends of ed series for flash......i started learning from there and its clear and easily understandable.

 

honestly, a good looking flash file usually was premade in photoshop.
the visual part is more in photoshop.
you just have more options like blending modes etc. (Important, if you use photoshop for the prework, dont forget that Flash doesnt support adjustment layers and blending modes. i basically need to flatten your file into "normal" layers.)
now to the flash program. there isnt really a lot to it. teh basics are simple.
There are frames, like in a video, and these you can edit, frame by frame, or with the help of tweens.
then depending on what you want to do, you will need ACTION SCRIPT. i recommend using 2.0 since it works for IE the best.
AS is a cpu language which gives orders like stop, stop and go to frame 1, etc.
that are the basics.

now you just have to play arround with it.