Adobe Flash Beginner to Intermediate Training - 2 Days

Platform: Windows PC and Apple Mac

Courseware: Comprehensive training manual provided per person

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Windows or Apple Mac operating system

Software Version: Training available for Flash CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3, 8, MX 2004, MX

Course Overview:
Adobe Flash is the industry standard for delivering rich graphic content over the web incorporating
animation, sound and user interactivity. This two day Flash training course will introduce delegates
to the main features in Flash including vector graphics, interactivity, animation, video and publishing
Flash movies into a web page.

Flash Beginner to Intermediate Training Outline

The Flash Environment

About vector and bitmap images
About animation/swf’s
The Flash interface
Setting up a new movie
Setting properties and preferences

Drawing and Painting Tools

Using the drawing/colour tools
About overlapping objects
Using the colour palettes
Working with fills and strokes
Selection/sub-selection tools
Resizing/reshaping objects
Using the Bezier tool

Transforming Objects

Multiple selections
Copy/paste/cut/stacking
Resize and rotate
Aligning objects
Flipping and skewing

Importing Artwork

Adding image content
Editing images in Flash
Converting bitmaps to vectors
Converting images to symbols for animation

Working with Type

Creating/manipulating text boxes
Device fonts
Character/paragraph palettes
Text options
Static and dynamic text boxes
Adding URL’s to text

Using Layers

Why use layers
Creating/deleting/naming layers
Setting layer properties
Changing layer order

Symbols and Instances

Why use symbols
Types of symbols
Using the library
Creating an instance of a symbol
Changing symbol/instance attributes
Creating a button symbol
Adding rollover effects

Animating

About the timeline
About keyframes
Shape tweening
Motion tweening
Using easing
Using special effects
Animating multiple layers
Animating text
Shape hinting
Adding motion guides

Adding Sounds

Sound formats
Importing sounds
Using the sound library
Applying sounds
Modifying sounds

Movie Clip Symbols

Why use movie clips
Creating a movie clip
Adding movie clips to animations
Converting animations to movie clips

Publishing and Exporting

Saving a movie
Exporting a movie
Publishing/publish settings
Optimising file size
Testing download performance

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