Flash app that allows users to create mini animations

[Guest]

Hi,

I am fairly new to flash, and was wondering if the community could point me in the right direction for my current project.

I am looking to build an app that allows end users to draw and save mini animations (simple predetermined shapes that move in 2D).  So far I have a written a app that allows the user to draw a single frame using simple shapes and lines, but I am having some small troubles at this stage, and have not attempted to allow the user to animate or save the drawing.

If anyone knows of a tutorial or some other resource to put me on the right path I would be very grateful.  I can also share what I have if anyone would be willing to give me some pointers (I am going to assume that as a newbie, my code could use a lot of improvement).

Regards,

Robbie Vos

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

There is no native way to save vector graphics or animations from swf. Of course you can record graphics and animation commands and save them as data (XML, svg, etc.) and then parse this data an recreate the thing later but this is a very tedious task.

[Guest]

Hi Andei1,

Thanks for the input.  I figured that the save functionality would be a little difficult. 

However, if I can get the basic app going (allowing users to create mini animations) I think I should be able to get save going with some (ok, alot) of effort.

Regards,

Robbie Vos