Creating a transparent background and exporting as flash

I have been reading about the "Green Screen" and "Blue Screen" functions on my TRIAL version of Adobe Elements 8 and am not sure whether I am able to do what I want to do with the program and thus, am not convinced I should buy it.
I want to record a video of myself in front of a green screen, clear the background, save the recording as a flash that can be incorporated in my home page. The goal being to have the flash media load up a second or two after someone comes into my websight. It would play for a predetermined length (15 seconds) and then you would have the option to click on "me" to be linked to more recorded sequences, charts, pictures, statistics etc..
Is it possible to do this in Premiere Elements?

In PrE 4, there was no Flash w/ Alpha Channel, like there is in PrPro. Check with your version and the Advanced Settings. You want Alpha Channel.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - welcome to the forum.

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