I just started this stuff and I have no idea how to use much of it at all. I've looked in the tutorials at the top of the page but thats been a bit to complex for what i need....

If anyone could give me just a simple walkthrough of the controls...what they do...etc....and some tricks that would be really nice. Also when I get some of the basics down I'd like to know how to do some animations both simple and complex.

All help is greatly apreciated...
thx.