Flash only gets complicated when it comes to actionscripts, A3 is more like real programing with objects, while A2 is pretty eazy to learn. At first i thought flash was hard as hell but gave it a go and it was pretty much the basic idea of a video editing program, with the timeline and adding effects. there are are tons of tutorials to learn flash, just learn the basic tools and how to do a animation then u good to go with flash banners. i bought a book for like $30, thats how i learned the basics