My name is Diane, but most people call me Wizzy the Web WizardTM or just Wizzy for short. I got this nickname because I am always on the computer. I have three passions: digital art, computer programming and computer training. I enjoy creating my own digital art and computer crafts, as well as building websites for individual artists and crafters to promote their artwork. I met my first computer when I was in graduate school. When I say ´computer´ I don´t mean a laptop. It was 1983. Computers were called ´main frames´ and they filled the entire basement of a building on campus. Even though WindowsR was not on the market yet and we only had DOS, it was love at first site. I took every programming course I could. This was before the Internet and the ´work horses´ of programming languages were COBOL, PL/1 (the ancestor of C) and Perl (the prototype for PHP). Studying these programming languages turned out to be a great preparation for FlashR and ActionScriptR. I took every programming course I could. When I couldn´t fit the computer course into my schedule, I bought the book and taught myself. When I wasn´t attached to the computer terminal on campus, I was painting and drawing. I even took third place in the Decorative Artist´s Workbook 1998 Holiday Card Contest. It took a long time to create my six panel greeting card which was a traditional pen and ink/watercolor/acrylics rendition of The Night Before Christmas. But the hard work certainly paid off. It´s now . . . 23 years later and I have turned in my pen and ink for pixels. I have been interested in animation ever since I first saw Fantasia, the DisneyR animated movie. I have used Flash since its birth in 1996. Flash is my favorite because it allows me to be both designer and developer. The designer in me gets a workout at the design stage of a Flash project and my programmer side is challenged by Flash ActionScript. Flash has something for everyone. Anyone from a beginner to professional can get great results with Flash. A beginner can easily create Flash movies using the built-in tweening feature, drag-and-drop components, special effects and ActionScript behaviors. At the other end, the Flash professional can create customized, complex interactive multimedia applications by programming with ActionScript. It is my hope that you will learn to love Flash as much as I have. Visit my other site Digital Art and Design at BellaOnline

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