Course ID: 21437 | Course Duration: 3 Days | CEUs: 0
 
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Flash Essentials 3-Day Class Training Class

Course ID: 21437 		 
 
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Flash Essentials 3-Day Class Training Seminar

Description:
  • Hands on, practical approach to efficient learning of Flash CS3 to create web presentations and websites.
  • Please note that advanced drawing techniques will not be covered in full detail because we have found that most participants only need to use images and basic objects to create animations and websites.
Class Type:
  • Can retake the class, for free, up to 3 months.
  • Free forum support for 1 year after class
  • Small, intimate, friendly classes of 4 to 9 people
  • Free Q&A sessions twice a month
  • Hands on, goal based
  • Fast computers
  • Comfortable chairs, convenient location
  • Patient, Fun, Experienced Trainer
  • Classes do not get cancelled
When you are finished with this class you will be able to:
  • Create engaging Flash animations
  • Create websites with navigation
 
     
     
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Outline


Lesson 1- Background Information and Introduction
  • Flash CS3. The differences.
  • Project, Player, or Projector?
  • File Types Associated with Flash CS3
  • Caution: Player Required!
  • Interface
  • The Document Window
  • The Timeline
  • The Layer Controls
  • The Edit Bar
  • The Toolbar
  • The Panels
  • Expanding, Collapsing, Hiding, and Closing Panels
Lesson 2- Drawing overview
  1. Using the Drawing and Color Tools
  2. Drawing Fundamentals
  3. Shortcut Keys overview
  4. Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
Lesson 3- Animation Basics and Shape Tweening
  • The Timeline
  • Projects and Movies
  • Document Properties
  • What Is a Keyframe?
  • Keyframes
  • Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes
  • Understanding Frame Rate
  • What Is the Frame Rate?
  • Inserting and Deleting Frames
  • Copying and Reversing Frames
  • Testing Movies
  • Shape Tweening
  • What Is Shape Tweening?
Lesson 4- Symbols and Motion Tweening
  • Inserting Graphics
  • Symbols and Instances
  • Movie Clips
  • What Is a Movie Clip?
  • The Symbol and Instance Structure
  • Symbol Naming Conventions
  • Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms
  • Motion Tweening
  • Timeline Effects
  • Shape Tweening Versus Motion Tweening
Lesson 5- Adding Interactivity
  • Buttons
  • Button States
  • Button Types
  • ActionScript Basics and Behaviors
  • Where Do I Place ActionScript?
  • The Actions Panel Defined
  • The Behaviors Panel
  • Interactivity and Actions: Events and Event Handlers
  • Mouse Events
  • Goto, stop, loadMovieNum actions
  • Keyboard Events
  • Movie Clip Events
  • Timeline Events
  • What Is Dot Syntax?
  • Loading Movies
Lesson 6- Adding Video and Sound
  • Importing Video into Flash CS3
  • Sorenson Spark Video Compression
  • Frame Labels
  • The QuickTime Dialog Box
  • The Customize Editing Screen in the Video Import Wizard
  • What Is Sorenson Squeeze?

Lesson 7-Publishing and Exporting

  • What Types of Content Can Flash CS3 Publish?
  • To Publish or to Export?
  • Exporting Image Files
  • More About the Publish Settings
  • Flash Settings
  • HTML Settings
  • GIF Settings
  • JPEG Settings
  • PNG Settings
  • Projector File Settings
  • QuickTime Settings
  • Saving Publishing Profiles
  • Top Tips for Optimizing Movies

Lesson 8- 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

Lesson 9- 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
  • Placing movies into Dreamweaver and HTML

Lesson 10- Building a Preloader

  • Previewing What You Are Building
  • Getting Started
  • Working with onLoadProgress

Lesson 11- Building a Slideshow

  • Previewing What You Are Building
  • Setting Up
  • Loading the First Slide
  • Loading the Total Slides Variable
  • Adding the Next Slide Button's Functionality
  • Adding the Previous Slide Button's Functionality
  • Adding the Slideshow Descriptive Text
  • Adding the Current Slide Counter

Lesson 12- Completing a hands on Project
Personal Questions and review

Lesson 13 - Resources

  • Flash CS3 Resources
  • Macromedia Flash CS3 Application Development Center
  • Macromedia Online Forums
  • Macromedia Exchange for Flash
  • Macromedia TechNotes
  • Third-Party Web Sites
  • Flashforward
  • Books for Further Learning about Flash CS3

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  Audience  
  Examples of people who will benefit greatly from this class:

* Those who have some design experience but no interactive media experience
* Those who want to create their own animated website

  
     
  Pre-requisites  
  Basic computer skills  
     
     
 
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