This tutorial takes you through all the basic concepts, complete with screenshots to make it easier to understand. The tutorial also covers how to make your very first animation using Macromedia's Flash.
By tweening shapes, you can create an effect similar to morphing, making one shape appear to change into another shape over time. Learn how to creat a simple shape tween in Flash.
This will show you the basics of how to get around using the macromedia flash tool bar, and their functions to help you make you macromedia flash objects.