Flash 2 Day Training

Flash 2 Day Course

This Flash class will teach the basics of using Flash, such as using layers and instances to build animation sequences, as well as advance features, such as using ActionScript to create interactive Web page components.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Flash CS4 Jumpstart.
What is Flash?
About Flash Player
Flash file types
Creating a new document
The stage
Property Inspector
Flash Tools
Panels and groups
The Timeline
Practicing with Flash tools

Lesson 2: Getting Started with the Drawing Tools
Using the Merge Drawing Model
Working with Drawing Objects
Using the Line tool
Using the Pen tool
Using the Combine Objects tool
Using the Primitive tool
Adding text to your artwork
Adding filters
Working with colors
Creating gradients
Working with layers
The Transform menu and tool

Lesson 3: Using Symbols and the Library
What are symbols?
The Library panel
Creating symbols
Using instances
Modifying symbols and instances
Managing the Library

Lesson 4: Advanced Tools
Working with gradients
Spraying symbols
Masking
The Deco tool
IK tools

Lesson 5: Creating Basic Animation
Keyframes and the Timeline
Layers
Frames and Keyframes
Tween Layers and automatic keyframing
Previewing animation
Motion Editor
Shape Tweens
Onionskinning

Lesson 6: Advanced Animation
Copying, Pasting and saving animation
Animating Masks
Rendering and Animating in 3D

Lesson 7: Customizing Your Workflow
Customizing workspace layouts
Opening the completed file
Working with panels
Collapsing and storing panels
Managing workspaces
Setting preferences
Keyboard shortcuts
Visual aids for alignment
Rulers and guides
Guide layers

Lesson 8: Working with Imported Files
Import formats
Importing still images
Viewing the completed lesson file
Import a bitmap image
Adding text
Swapping out an imported file
Modifying imported artwork
Updating imported files
Importing Photoshop files
Importing a layered Photoshop file
Importing Illustrator artwork

Lesson 9: Introducing ActionScript
What is ActionScript?
ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0:Which should you use?
An important note about Publish settings
The Actions panel at work
Standard (default) script editing mode
Using Script Assist
Adding & removing actions
Adding actions to frames
Using stop( )
Using the goto action to navigate the Timeline
Controlling Movie Clip Timelines
Functions

Lesson 10: Creating Button Symbols
Building buttons
Adding text to a button
Duplicating and modifying buttons
Creating text-based buttons
Creating frame labels for ActionScript
Adding ActionScript: Events and event handlers
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom
Understanding events
Responding to events with event handlers
Tying it all together with event listeners
Linking buttons to specifi c frames
Adding an event listener to a button
Linking buttons to a web site
Introducing navigateToURL( ) and URLRequest( )

Lesson 11: Adding Sound to Your Movies
Importing Sounds
Placing Event sounds on button frames
Controlling sounds
Editing sounds
Trimming sound
Controlling sounds
Repeating and looping sounds
Looping sounds
Introducing the SoundMixer and stopAll( )
More sync menu controls: stop and start
Start sounds
Stop sounds

Lesson 12: Introducing Movie Clips
Creating movie clips
Laying the foundation:
Your first movie clip
Previewing movie clip animation
from the main Timeline
Creating the landing gear
Combining movie clips and
main Timeline animation
Nesting movie clips
Adding ActionScript to movie clip Timelines

Lesson 13: Working with Video
Video in Flash: formats and fundamentals
Adding embedded video to the Timeline
Building controls for embedded video
The Bandwidth Profiler
Working with linked video
Adding cue points in the
Adobe Media Encoder
Adding linked video to the Timeline

Lesson 14: Delivering Your Final Movie
Publishing to the web
Customizing the Publish settings
CD-ROM delivery
Creating a standalone projector
Make a full-screen projector
Using Export Movie