Adobe Flash Training

Flash Training Objectives

• To master producing animated, interactive content using Flash 8
• To learn how to quickly and easily create morphing effects and motion using shape and motion tweens
• To understand how to create graphics and import graphics, audio, and video into Flash
• To discover how ActionScript can be used to greatly enhance Flash movies

Flash Training Outline

1. Understanding the Interface

• The Document Window
• The Timeline
• The Layer Controls
• The Edit Bar
• The Toolbar
• The Panels
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Creating a New Custom Keyboard Shortcut Set

2. Using the Drawing and Color Tools

• Drawing Tools Defined
• Lines, Strokes, and Fills Defined
• Drawing with the Pencil Tool
• Using the Oval and Rectangle Tools
• Using the Brush Tool
• Modifying Strokes and Fills
• Understanding the Flash Drawing Models
• The Merge and Object Drawing Models
• Grouping Objects
• Creating Gradients
• Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Modifying Paths

3. Animation Basics

• The Timeline
• Document Properties
• Understanding Keyframes and Frames
• Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes
• What Is the Frame Rate?
• Recommended Frame Rates
• Inserting and Deleting Frames
• Copying and Reversing Frames
• Using Onion Skinning
• Testing Movies

4. Shape Tweening

• What Is Shape Tweening?
• Shape Tweening
• Using Shape Hints
• Creating Multiple Shape Tweens
• Understanding Layer Properties

5. Symbols and Instances

• The Symbol and Instance Structure
• Symbol Naming Conventions
• Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms
• Creating Graphic Symbols
• Creating Symbol Instances
• Editing Symbols
• Editing Symbol Instances
• Color Styles
• Animating Graphic Symbols

6. Filters and Blend Modes

• What Are Blend Modes?
• Blend Mode Basics
• Working with Blend Modes
• About Filters
• Working with Filters
• Colorizing a Grayscale Image

7. Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects

• Shape Tweening vs. Motion Tweening
• Understanding Basic Motion Tweening
• Using Tweening Effects
• Editing Multiple Frames
• Using a Motion Guide
• Using the Custom Ease Controls
• Animating Text
• Using Timeline Effect Assistants
• Animating with the Blur Filter
• Animating with the Drop Shadow Filter

8. Working with Bitmaps

• Understanding the Benefits of Bitmaps
• Compression in Flash
• Importing and Compressing Bitmaps
• Importing Bitmap Sequences
• Converting Bitmaps to Vectors
• Using Basic Masking
• Using Animated Masks
• Animating Bitmaps

9. Buttons

• Button States
• Button Types
• Creating Rollover Buttons
• Creating Rollover Buttons with Text
• Duplicating and Aligning Buttons
• Adding Sound to Buttons
• Creating Invisible Buttons

10. Movie Clips

• What Is a Movie Clip?
• Creating a Movie Clip
• Animated Graphic Symbols vs. Movie Clip Symbols
• Creating an Animated Rollover Button
• Putting an Animated Rollover Button into Action

11. ActionScript Basics and Behaviors

• The Behaviors Panel
• The Actions Panel Defined
• Controlling the Main Timeline
• Interactivity and Actions
• Mouse, Keyboard, Movie Clip, and Timeline Events
• Controlling Movie Clips
• What Is Dot Syntax?
• Using the goto Action
• Using the Go to Web Page Behavior
• Targeting Scenes
• What Are Frame Labels, and Why Use Them?
• Creating a Pop-Up Menu
• What Is loadMovieNum?
• Loading Movies

12. Working with Text

• Text Field Types
• Creating, Modifying, and Formatting Text
• Working with Static Text and Device Fonts
• Using Small Type and Aliased Text
• Loading Text into Dynamic Text Fields
• Working with Dynamic Text and HTML
• Working with Input Text

13. Sound

• Importing Sounds
• Compressing Sound
• Creating Background Sound with Sound Effects
• Modifying Sound Settings
• Controlling Sound with On/Off Buttons
• Compression Settings for Narration
• Synchronizing Sound to Narration Cues
• Controlling Animation and Sound with Stop/Play Buttons
• Adding Volume Control

14. Components and Forms

• What Are Components?
• Working with Components
• Creating a Form
• Configuring Components
• Modifying Component Themes
• Using the Macromedia Flash Exchange

15. Video

• Importing Video into Flash
• On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark Video Compression
• Flash Professional 8 Video Features
• Macromedia Flash Video (FLV)
• Importing Video
• Controlling Video with stop and go Actions
• Controlling Video by Targeting Frame Labels
• Editing Video
• Using the Flash 8 Video Encoder

16. Publishing and Exporting

• What Types of Content Can Flash 8 Publish?
• Using Flash 8 with HTML
• Creating Projectors
• Modifying Projectors with FSCommands
• To Publish or to Export?
• Exporting Image Files
• More About the Publish Settings
• Flash, HTML, GIF, JPEG, and PNG Settings
• Projector File Settings
• QuickTime Settings
• Saving Publishing Profiles
• Optimizing Movies

17.  Putting It All Together

• Understanding the Big Picture
• Examining the Scenes
• Managing and Examining Layers
• Organizing and Investigating the Library
• Using the Movie Explorer
• Building a Preloader
• The Bandwidth Profiler
• Printing from the Project File and the Macromedia Flash Player
• Exporting Scenes
• Creating Draggable Movies

18. Integration

• Importing Vector Files
• Importing Fireworks Content
• Integrating with Dreamweaver
• Importing Illustrator Content
• Importing Photoshop Content
• Creating Accessible Content