Macromedia Flash... help me!

[Relym]

I just downloaded the free trial of Macromedia Flash MX, just to see if it would be worth the hefty purchase. It seems to be a very intricate and well made program, but I can't even make more than one frame. I click "insert" and then "frame" and it just seems to extend the length of the frame I was already working on. Any suggestions?

[Snowman]

Insert...keyframe or blank keyframe..? 

[Alcaknight]

F5 to extend the keyframe that you are located on. F6 to repeat the same keyframe, but add stuff to it. F7 to go to a new blank keyframe. Onion skin is located here.

[Relym]

Thanks, man. I think that's all I need for now.

[Alcaknight]

One more thing that might help you is the Grid. It keeps you from accidentally resizing the characters. Right click > Grid > Show Grid

[Relym]

Thank you so much, dude. I think I can figure the rest out as I go. Got about a third of a good size animation done since I got it. Not great, but it's a first attempt.

EDIT: Okay, I need some help. I want to have a song playing while my flash is playing. I've imported an mp3 file, but now I can't find it. How do I know if it's playing during the animation or not?

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured that out, but now it won't let me upload it to newgrounds I saved it as a .swf and everything but it says the file is invalid.

[Snowman]

I haven't uploaded anything to newgrounds before so I couldn't help you in that department. I was just going to mention this though, you said you were using Macromedia Flash MX just to see if it's worth the "hefty purchase". I believe Macromedia Flash MX is a very, very old version of Flash and wouldn't want you to spend too much on a program as old as this one is. But our definition of hefty probably differs, so I'll leave it at that.

[Relym]

Ah. That does explain A LOT. Thanks for pointing that out, you probably saved me a lot of aggravation in the future.