Unit 1 Introducing Macromedia Flash 8: Rich Content Creation

About the Course

Course Format

Course Objectives

Course Prerequisites

Course Outline

An Introduction to Rich Internet Applications

 

Unit 2 Working in Flash

Introducing Macromedia Flash 8

Understanding Flash Documents

Creating a New Document

Setting Preferences

Developing Flash Documents

Publishing Documents

 

Unit 3 Importing and Creating Graphics

Understanding Image Types

Adding Image and Graphic Assets

Using Layers

Creating Vector Graphics in Flash

Using Flash Color Tools

Using Graphic Symbols

Creating Mask Effects

 

Unit 4 Using Text Effectively

Working with Text Assets

Using Static Text

Building Forms in Flash

Using Input Text

Adding Filter Effects to Text Fields

Understanding Font Issues

 

Unit 5 Creating Animations

Introducing Animation

Creating Animations

Creating a Motion Tween Animation

Creating an Animated Mask

Using a Motion Guide

Using Shape Tweening

Unit 6 Adding ActionScript with Script Assist

Introducing Script Assist

Using Script Assist to Add ActionScript

Adding Actions to the Timeline

Creating Buttons

Adding Actions to Buttons

Creating Navigation Systems

Using Movie Clips

Using the loadMovie Action

 

Unit 7 Using Movie Clips

Working with Movie Clips

Creating Movie Clips

Using Movie Clips to Build Different States

Using Events to Control Visual State

Using Behaviors

 

Unit 8 Adding Sound and Video

Working with Sound and Video

Working with Sound

Importing Sound Files

Changing Sound Properties

Adding Sound to a Flash Document

Controlling Sound on the Timeline

Embedding Video

Using the FLVPlayback Component

 

Unit 9 Publishing Flash Documents

Publishing for the Web

Understanding Publishing Settings

Publishing to Different File Formats

Saving Publishing Settings

Specifying a Default SWF to Load

Adding Flash Version Detection

What Affects Document Size?

Techniques for Optimizing Flash Documents