Macromedia

Course Outline

MacroMedia Flash - Introduction

Hands-on training in an instructor-led environment. One workstation per

delegate and exercises to consolidate learning.

Training Method:

Delegates should have some knowledge of the web and its terminology, and the

Mac OSX or Windows operating systems.

Prerequsites:

Two days

Duration:

For those delegates who wish to develop professional multimedia presentations incorporating sound

and animations using MacroMedia Flash. Upon successful completion of the course, delegates will

learn to produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video and sound.

Objectives

Designers and developers new to the Flash environment.

Designed for:

An Introduction to the Flash Interface

Working with Flash

Setting stage dimensions

Working with panels and panel layouts

Setting preferences

Identifying the development cycle

Publishing a file

Working with Graphics

Creating and importing graphic assets

Working with different graphic formats

Importing Bitmap graphics

Importing Vector graphics

Working with layers and layer folders

Using the drawing tools

Using object and merge drawing

Working with colour panels

Creating and using graphic symbols

Using the library panel

Using Text Effectively

Using the Text tool

Adding and formatting static text

Changing font rendering methods

Adding input text fields

Embedding fonts in input text fields

Using font best practices

Content

Creating Animations

Working with the timeline

Using keyframes, blank keyframes and frames

Creating motion tweens

Creating shape tweens

Creating transition effects

Using animation best practices

ActionScript with Script Assist and

Behaviours

Using ScriptAssist

Adding actions to a frame

Creating and using Button symbols

Adding behaviours to a button

Loading external SWF’s

Using Movie Clips

Creating and using Movie Clip symbols

Organising a Movie Clip timeline

Using actions to control a timeline

Using frame labels

Responding to user interactions

Adding Sound and Video

Importing sound

Changing sound properties

Adding sound to a timeline

Embedding video in a timeline

Publishing Flash Documents

Using different publishing formats

Using publishing profiles

Adding Flash player detection

Publishing for your website

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* On site training available

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