Reddit reviews Animate to Harmony: The Independent Animator's Guide to Toon Boom

When I learned (granted it was more than a decade ago) I found the tutorials at Lynda.com were fantastic. That being said, is there a specific reason you're shooting for Flash? I only ask because if you have yet to dedicate time and energy to a program, I'd highly recommend switching to one built for animation. Toon Boom makes a range of good products, or there's Pencil and TVPaint as options as well. All these programs will serve you better in the long-term than Flash, which was never designed for animation and with each new version becomes more difficult for that purpose. (This is from someone who did animation for 10 years in Flash. I had no idea how bad it was until I left it in the dust and moved to Toon Boom Animate.) Just a suggestion!

If you do choose to go the Toon Boom route, I recommend Adam Phillips book "Animate to Harmony" which is published by Focal Press. http://www.amazon.com/Animate-Harmony-Independent-Animators-Guide/dp/0415705371