Hi everyone!

I'm pretty new to Flash. I'm on a Graphic Design course in the UK, and have decided that I want to learn Flash quite seriously.

I've bought some books, and am busy learning from them (better then annoying everyone on the forum by asking stupid questions).

I have this dream of making an interactive animation website, along the line of Homestarrunner.com , but with completely different content, using characters I've been developing for the last 7 years. I decided I wanted to take my hobby one step further and make a flash site using my characters. I discovered Homestarrunner.com after I chose to make an animation site, but have only recently begun designing my website.

I've been using flash 5 at Uni, but I want to learn flash MX, my trial is running out, and I have decided to buy a full licence rather then a student licence. This is because I don't think its good to put money toward a student licence, which you can't use to publish or sell the work you've made with, you also can't upgrade it to the full version, or continue to use after you complete your course, which makes it a waste of money!

Anyone know of any special offers for Flash MX or Studio MX for people living in the UK (full licence, not student licence), I noticed that on the US site you can get a $100 rebate(on Flash or Studio MX i think), anyone know of any similar offers for UK residents?

Thanks for reading, I hope to visit here often, chat, encourage and critique etc. eventually I hope to have some animations to show you all! (might be a while though, still learning Flash)