It would definitely be misleading to say that Flash MX is a program that can be mastered with only a few hours of training. Amongst other things it is a graphics program, a programming language, and an animation program. Learning every detail of such a program is a major task. Fortunately, the aspects of the program that most users require are fairly easy to understand, and it is possible to produce animations simply, almost at once. Having mastered the basics of Flash MX you will have the ability to produce professional looking web pages containing animations, control buttons that light up, 'flashy' headlines, interactive text and the other elements needed for dynamic web sites. You will not become an instant expert at Flash MX but with the aid of this book you will soon learn how to produce exciting web pages.