Flash CS3 - Level 1

Duration:

Instructor-led Classroom Learning - 2.00 Day(s)
Online Anytime - Self Paced
Mentored Learning - Flexible

Overview:

In this course, students create Flash-based movies that contain graphics, text, and animations.

Who Should Attend:

A professional who wants to develop multimedia and distribute it on the web for electronic communications. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and design- or media-focused departments within larger corporations.

At Course Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - explore the types of applications you can build, how the user interface can be used, and how to create Flash movies. - create and manipulate graphics in your Flash document. - add text and Flash components to your Flash document. - animate graphics using different techniques. - add interactivity to your Flash document using buttons. - work with movie clips. - add audio to a movie. - add video to a movie for creating dynamic animations in Flash. - publish Flash documents.

Prerequisite Comments:

Students should also have a basic knowledge of the Internet.
Be familiar with web pages technologies, such as HTML and CSS.
Students should have experience with Windows operating system

Outline:

Lesson 1: Exploring Adobe Flash CS3
Examine Rich Internet Applications
Explore the Adobe Flash CS3 Environment
Produce a Flash Application File

Lesson 2: Working with Graphics
Import Graphics
Create Vector Graphics
Modify Vector Graphics
Organize Content with Layers
Modify Colors
Convert Graphics to Symbols
Create a Mask Effect

Lesson 3: Managing Text in a Flash Document
Add Text to a Flash Document
Set Font Options
Add Input Text Using Flash Components
Apply a Skin to a Component

Lesson 4: Adding Animations to a Flash Document
Create a Frame-by-Frame Animation
Create a Motion Tween Animation
Create a Complex Motion Tween
Control the Timeline with ActionScript
Create a Shape Tween Animation
Animate Using Timeline Effects

Lesson 5: Adding Interactivity to Buttons
Create Buttons
Control Movies with Button Behaviors
Create Navigation Systems

Lesson 6: Working with Movie Clips
Add Interactivity with Movie Clips
Create a Flash Slide Presentation
Apply Effects to Movie Clips

Lesson 7: Adding Audio to a Movie
Import Audio
Control Sound Playback
Add Sounds with Behaviors

Lesson 8: Adding Video to a Movie
Encode a Video Object
Create a Video Object

Lesson 9: Publishing Flash Documents
Publish a Flash Document
Detect the Flash Player Version