hello my name is Dax Flame (middle name is flame at least XD) and im here to teach you a basic flash first things first get flash here
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flash you know you cant animate without it (if you couldn't why would i bother making this O_O)
Lets start withfist things first most animators change their fps if so go to modify->docs.->frame rate(bottom left)->change to 24(should be 12 at first)
that is the first thing you should do for maple sprites because say i want to make a fight animation thats say 1 min long naturally it would take 1800 fps if we didnt change it to 24(animator recommended) now that we have its shortened by about 360 fps so now 1440 fps (seems long but seeing how long it takes for 1 step not really (2 before speed enhanced now so 5 take like 5 steps 25 down lolz)
Fun factsfps: speed of animation ( i guess O_O seems like it cause i tried it and it was faster)
suggested thing to do (talk for 30 seconds(720) and start fighting to your hearts content XD)
1 min=1440 fps
this gives you some time to goof off with beast effects lolz =3
walkingmake a line and right click the white area on the screen->grid->showgrid
and move your character along 1 box away with your 4 walking sprites O_O not very hard isnt it
dashblur yourself out using photo shop(can someone send me one like that lolz)AND MOVE IT TO THE TARGET
(not done still editing)