Flash CS3 Masterclass

Cut-it Training
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Learn Flash from intro to an advanced level in just 5 days.

Imagine being able to produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound for your next Flash website. And later - be able to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash all after just 5 days of training.



LEARN HOW TO:

Use Flash, the industry’s most advanced authoring environment to create interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content.

PREREQUISITES:

Basic system knowledge

COURSE CONTENT:
Working in Adobe Flash
Setting Stage dimensions

Working with panels and panel layouts

Setting preferences

Identifying the development cycle

Publishing a file

Creating and Importing Graphic Assets
Working with different graphic formats

Importing Bitmap vs Vector graphics

Working with Layers and Layer folders

Using the Drawing tools

Using object and Merge drawing

Working with the Colour panels

Creating and using graphic Symbols

Using the Library panel

Using Text Effectively
Adding and formatting Static text

Changing font Rendering methods

Adding input text fields

Embedding fonts in input text fields

Using font best practices

Creating Animations
Working with the Timeline

Using Keyframes, blank Keyframes & Frames

Creating motion or shape Tweens

Creating transition Effects

Using animation best practices

ActionScript with Script Assist and Behaviours
Using Script Assist

Adding actions to a Frame

Creating and using Button Symbols

Adding behaviours to a Button

Loading external SWFs

Using Moving Clips
Creating and using Movie Clip symbols

Organizing 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

Using the FLVPlayback component

Publishing Flash Documents
Using different publishing formats

Using publishing profiles

Adding Flash Player detection

Publishing for deployment

Controlling Visual Objects with ActionScript
Using the Actions and Help panels

Declaring Variables and their data types

Using the trace function & code hinting

Assigning instance names and using them to assign runtime property values

Using the with operator

Introducing core properties of visual built-in classes: Movie Clip, Button, and Text Field

Controlling Text Field content, Button and Movie Clip position and visual state

Introducing core properties of non-visual built-in classes: Math

Using mathematical operators

Understanding data type conversion

Using and Writing Functions
Working with Adobe Flash Player global functions

Converting values returned from functions

and assigning them for display Writing user defined functions

Returning, or not returning, data from a function

Understanding variable scope

Adding code within a Movie Clip timeline

Understanding object methods

Introducing core methods of visual built-in classes: Movie Clip and Text Field

Controlling the Movie Clip play head

Loading external Movie Clip content

Understanding cross-domain security issues

Exporting and attaching Movie Clip symbol instances at runtime

Writing and using user defined functions to create visual content

Understanding depth

Dynamically referring to instance names and property names at runtime

Using Text, Dates, Math, and Paths
Controlling Text Field formatting through code

Creating and formatting Text Fields at runtime

Using Date objects

Working with String concatenation

Generating random numbers and integers using the Math class

Understanding relative path names

Controlling nested Movie Clip objects

Understanding and Handling Events
Understanding event driven programming

Working with event handler syntax

Introducing core events of visual built-in classes: Button, Movie Clip, and Text Field

Understanding the this keyword inside an event handler

Creating rollover effects

Responding to Text Field focus events

Calling a single function from multiple handlers

Referring to a parent object from within an event handler

Colour, Sound, and Data with Built-In Classes
Understanding complex (aggregate) Variables

Working with Arrays & generic Objects

Transforming Movie Clip objects using Transform and Colour Transform objects

Generating random colour transformations

Using Sound objects

Creating audio feedback with event-driven sounds linked from the Library

Making Decisions and Repeating Yourself
Using loops and arrays to attach, name, and control Movie Clip objects

Using loops to create, name, and control Text Fields to display data object values

Understanding conditional code execution

Surveying the comparison and logical operators

Using if/else comparison to toggle Movie Clip visual states

Animating with Adobe Flash ActionScript
Dragging and dropping a Movie Clip object

Testing for collision between Movie Clip objects

Initializing attached Movie Clip objects

Controlling visual change rate

Testing and responding to position at runtime
...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:0870 766 0869

School Address:

Mavcom Ltd,
262 Highbury New Park,
London.
N5 2LH
UK

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