Flash
Adobe Flash has rapidly become recognized as the revolutionary vector-based design and animation software. Adobe Flash is a tool for creating animation and multimedia content that shows consistently across desktops, mobile devices, and different browsers.
Duration: 3 Months | Project: 1 Months
Lesson 1
Flash Basics :
- Creating a Flash Document
- Reviewing the Interface
- Managing the Workspace
Lesson 3
Working with Graphics :
- Creating Rectangles
- Using a Gradient Fill
- Making Selections
- Drawing Ovals
- Creating a Simple Animation
- Working with Lines
- Manipulating Objects
- Masking Objects
- Testing a Movie
Lesson 5
Creating & Managing Content :
- Touring the Flash Interface
- New Document Settings & Navigation
- Drawing & Selecting Simple Vector Shapes
- Drawing Curves with the Pen & Pencil Tools
- Exploring Other Drawing Tools
- Interaction between Shapes
- Grouping Objects
- Working in Object Drawing Mode
Lesson 7
The Timeline :
- Timeline Basics
- Create a Span of Frames & Control the Playhead
- Creating Keyframes
- Insert Blank Keyframes & Clear Keyframes
- Frame-by-Frame Animation & Onion Skin
Lesson 9
Creating A Motion Tween :
- Adding a Motion Tween
- Setting Property Keyframes for Scale & Rotation
- Creating a Motion Tween from a Shape
- Easing Keyframes
- Creating a Fade-in by Adjusting the Alpha
- Making a Motion Preset
Lesson 11
Actionscript & Behaviors :
- Introducing ActionScript
- Adding a Stop Action
- Creating Buttons & Setting Button States
- Creating Interactive Text Buttons
- Adding Site Content
- Setting up for ActionScript 2
- Adding Behaviors with ActionScript 2
- Writing ActionScript 3
Lesson 13
Publishing Your Site :
- Overview of Flash Publish Settings
- Compression in Bitmaps & Sounds
- Other Flash Publish Settings
- HTML Settings
- Publishing Your Flash Movie
- Dreamweaver(R) Integration
- Uploading Your Site to a Server via FTP
- Credits
Lesson 2
Getting Started :
- Creating Shapes
- Using the Primitive Tools
- Drawing with Pen, Pencil and Line Tools
- Editing Shapes
- Using the Selection Tools
- Managing Color and Gradients
- Importing Files
Lesson 4
Creating and Editing Symbols :
- Importing Illustrator Files
- About Symbols
- Converting Objects to Symbols
- Importing Bitmap Images
- Adding Bitmaps to a Movie Clip Symbol
- Working with Buttons
- Adding Transparency
Lesson 6
Managing Website Content :
- Working with Layers
- Using Bitmaps
- Adding Text
- Use the Regular & Primitive Shape Tools to Build a Graphic
- Creating & Adjusting a Symbol
- Transforming Objects with the Free Transform Tool
- Exploring Color Types & Gradients
Lesson 8
Motion Presets :
- Getting Started with Motion Presets
- Modifying a Motion Tween
- Stretching Tween Spans
- Save Custom Presets & Create Layer Folders
- Moving Tween Spans
- Setting Static Frames
- Building a Test Movie
Lesson 10
Animation Techniques :
- Importing Slideshow Content
- Working in a Movie Clip Timeline
- Animating the First Image in the Slideshow
- Non-linear Animation
- Swapping Objects
- Using the Distribute to Layers Command
- Adjust Timeline View Options & Animation Timing
Lesson 12
Using Sound & Video :
- Adding a Sound File to the Timeline
- Adding Sound to a Button
- Encoding Video for Import into Flash
- Set Import Options & Choose a Player Skin
- The FLVPlayback Component & Component Inspector
- Flash Video for ActionScript 2 & Older Players