Full Course Hands on Training: Photoshop, Flash, Corel etc. – P800.00

FLASH PROFESSIONAL 8

Flash Training Outline

Understanding the Interface

o The Document Window
o The Timeline
o The Layer Controls
o The Edit Bar
o The Toolbar
o The Panels
o Keyboard Shortcuts
o Creating a New Custom Keyboard Shortcut Set

Using the Drawing and Color Tools

o Drawing Tools Defined
o Lines, Strokes, and Fills Defined
o Drawing with the Pencil Tool
o Using the Oval and Rectangle Tools
o Using the Brush Tool
o Modifying Strokes and Fills
o Understanding the Flash Drawing Models
o The Merge and Object Drawing Models
o Grouping Objects
o Creating Gradients
o Drawing with the Pen Tool
o Modifying Paths

Animation Basics

o The Timeline
o Document Properties
o Understanding Keyframes and Frames
o Frame-by-Frame Animation with Keyframes
o What Is the Frame Rate?
o Recommended Frame Rates
o Inserting and Deleting Frames
o Copying and Reversing Frames
o Using Onion Skinning
o Testing Movies

Shape Tweening

o What Is Shape Tweening?
o Shape Tweening
o Using Shape Hints
o Creating Multiple Shape Tweens
o Understanding Layer Properties

Symbols and Instances

o The Symbol and Instance Structure
o Symbol Naming Conventions
o Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms
o Creating Graphic Symbols
o Creating Symbol Instances
o Editing Symbols
o Editing Symbol Instances
o Color Styles
o Animating Graphic Symbols

Filters and Blend Modes

o What Are Blend Modes?
o Blend Mode Basics
o Working with Blend Modes
o About Filters
o Working with Filters
o Colorizing a Grayscale Image

Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects

o Shape Tweening vs. Motion Tweening
o Understanding Basic Motion Tweening
o Using Tweening Effects
o Editing Multiple Frames
o Using a Motion Guide
o Using the Custom Ease Controls
o Animating Text
o Using Timeline Effect Assistants
o Animating with the Blur Filter
o Animating with the Drop Shadow Filter

Working with Bitmaps

o Understanding the Benefits of Bitmaps
o Compression in Flash
o Importing and Compressing Bitmaps
o Importing Bitmap Sequences
o Converting Bitmaps to Vectors
o Using Basic Masking
o Using Animated Masks
o Animating Bitmaps

Buttons

o Button States
o Button Types
o Creating Rollover Buttons
o Creating Rollover Buttons with Text
o Duplicating and Aligning Buttons
o Adding Sound to Buttons
o Creating Invisible Buttons

Movie Clips

o What Is a Movie Clip?
o Creating a Movie Clip
o Animated Graphic Symbols vs. Movie Clip Symbols
o Creating an Animated Rollover Button
o Putting an Animated Rollover Button into Action

ActionScript Basics and Behaviors

o The Behaviors Panel
o The Actions Panel Defined
o Controlling the Main Timeline
o Interactivity and Actions
o Mouse, Keyboard, Movie Clip, and Timeline Events
o Controlling Movie Clips
o What Is Dot Syntax?
o Using the goto Action
o Using the Go to Web Page Behavior
o Targeting Scenes
o What Are Frame Labels, and Why Use Them?
o Creating a Pop-Up Menu
o What Is loadMovieNum?
o Loading Movies

Working with Text

o Text Field Types
o Creating, Modifying, and Formatting Text
o Working with Static Text and Device Fonts
o Using Small Type and Aliased Text
o Loading Text into Dynamic Text Fields
o Working with Dynamic Text and HTML
o Working with Input Text

Sound

o Importing Sounds
o Compressing Sound
o Creating Background Sound with Sound Effects
o Modifying Sound Settings
o Controlling Sound with On/Off Buttons
o Compression Settings for Narration
o Synchronizing Sound to Narration Cues
o Controlling Animation and Sound with Stop/Play Buttons
o Adding Volume Control

Components and Forms

o What Are Components?
o Working with Components
o Creating a Form
o Configuring Components
o Modifying Component Themes
o Using the Macromedia Flash Exchange

Video

o Importing Video into Flash
o On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark Video Compression
o Flash Professional 8 Video Features
o Macromedia Flash Video (FLV)
o Importing Video
o Controlling Video with stop and go Actions
o Controlling Video by Targeting Frame Labels
o Editing Video
o Using the Flash 8 Video Encoder

Publishing and Exporting

o What Types of Content Can Flash 8 Publish?
o Using Flash 8 with HTML
o Creating Projectors
o Modifying Projectors with FSCommands
o To Publish or to Export?
o Exporting Image Files
o More About the Publish Settings
o Flash, HTML, GIF, JPEG, and PNG Settings
o Projector File Settings
o QuickTime Settings
o Saving Publishing Profiles
o Optimizing Movies

Putting It All Together

o Understanding the Big Picture
o Examining the Scenes
o Managing and Examining Layers
o Organizing and Investigating the Library
o Using the Movie Explorer
o Building a Preloader
o The Bandwidth Profiler
o Printing from the Project File and the Macromedia Flash

Player

o Exporting Scenes
o Creating Draggable Movies

Integration

o Importing Vector Files
o Importing Fireworks Content
o Integrating with Dreamweaver 8
o Importing Illustrator Content
o Importing Photoshop Content
o Creating Accessible Content

Conclusion