Adobe Flash Introduction (2 days)

This Flash course is suitable for users completely new to Flash. It shows users how to use the Flash vector drawing tools, how to create animations and build interactive presentations. Delegates will also learn how Flash allows you to manipulate sound and video to create multimedia applications.

Learning the Flash Interface

Getting started, Creating a new Flash document, Managing your workspace, Setting document preferences and properties, Exploring the panels in the Flash interface, Using layers

Graphics in Flash

The Tools panel, Drawing in Flash, Your turn: let's have a campfire, Working with color in Flash, Using bitmap images in Flash

Symbols and Libraries

Symbol essentials, Symbol types, 9-slice scaling, Sharing symbols, Filters and blend modes, Managing content on the stage, Masks and masking

Text

Fonts and typefaces, Adobe CoolType, Working with device fonts, Embedding fonts, The two text engines: TLF and Classic, Types of text, Hyperlinks and TLF, Checking spelling, Scrollable text

Animation

Shape tweening, Classic tweening, Using animation, Programmatic animation, Animating with the Motion Editor panel, Managing property keyframes, Motion paths, Motion presets, Inverse kinematics (IK)

Audio in Flash

Flash and the audio formats, Adding audio to Flash, Using audio in Flash

Video

Video on the Web, Video formats, Encoding an FLV, Playing an FLV in Flash, When video is not video, Embedding video, Adding cue points

Interactivity

Working with multiple scenes, Creating buttons, Editing button states, Creating rollover effects, Setting button actions, Setting frame actions

Output

Available output options, Testing movie download time, Publish settings, Creating an SWF file, Adding a Flash movie to a web page

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