there doesnt seem to be a fs+w video tutorial. anyone know if there is one

Welcome to the A:M Forums!

I don't think there is one.

Where are you having problems? Are you going through The Art Of Animation:Master book?

WHERE IS THAT??

The Art of Animation:Master Manual is an introductory manual that comes with the program. and can be downloaded from:
http://www.hash.com/2007web/reference.htm.

If you have the internet version of A:M v15.0, you will need the data that comes with A:M, downloadable from ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/misc/Data.zip
If you have an earlier version, you will find the necessary tutorial data on your CD.

If you find that your settings look different from the ones in the manual, then click Help Menu > Reset Settings, and restart A:M. This will put all settings back to the way they were in the beginning.

When you work through this book it will answer many of the early questions that you will have.

There's a smoke tutorial here. It's actually a tut on using sprites, but sprites make great smoke.
http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29739

thanks all