Description

Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash Professional provides a comprehensive authoring environment for creating digital animation and interactive Web sites. Flash is widely used to create engaging applications rich in video, sound, graphics, and animation. You can create content in Flash or import it from other Adobe applications such as Photoshop or Illustrator, quickly design simple animations, and use Adobe ActionScript to develop sophisticated interactive projects.

COURSE OUTLINE Adobe Flash

GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKSPACE

• Working with the Library Panel
• Understanding the Timeline
• Organizing Layers in a Timeline
• Using the Properties Inspector
• Using the Tools Panel
• Undoing Steps in Flash
• Previewing Your Movie
• Publishing Your Movie
• Saving Your Movie

WORKING WITH GRAPHICS

• Understanding strokes and fills
• Creating shapes
• Making Selections
• Editing Shapes
• Using Gradient and Bitmap Fills
• Making Patterns and Decorations
• Creating Curves
• Creating Transparencies
• Creating and Editing Text

CREATING AND EDITING SYMBOLS

• Importing Illustrator Files
• About Symbols
• Creating Symbols
• Importing Photoshop Files
• Editing and Managing Symbols
• Changing the Size and Position of Instances
• Changing the Color Effect of Instances
• Understanding Blend Effects
• Applying Filters for Special Effects
• Positioning in 3D Space

ADDING ANIMATION

• Understanding the Project File
• Animating Position
• Changing the Pacing and
• Animating Transparency
• Animating Filters
• Animating Transformations
• Changing the Path of the Motion
• Swapping Tween Targets
• Creating Nested Animations
• Using the Motion Editor & Easing
• Animating 3D Motion
• Previewing the Animation

ARTICULATED MOTION AND GRAPHING

• Articulated Motion with Inverse Kinematics
• Constraining Joints
• Inverse Kinematics with Shapes
• Armature Options
• Morphing with Shape Tweens
• Using Shape Hints
• Simulating Physics with Inverse Kinematics

CREATING INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION

• Creating Buttons
• Understanding Action Script 3.0
• Preparing the Timeline
• Adding a Stop Action
• Creating Event Handlers for Buttons
• Creating Destination Key-frames
• Creating a Home Button
• Playing Animation at the Destination
• Animated Buttons

LOADING AND CONTROLLING FLASH CONTENT

• Loading External Content
• Removing External Content
• Controlling Movie Clips
• Creating Masks

USING TEXT

• Understanding TLF Text
• Adding Simple Text
• Adding Multiple Columns
• Wrapping Text
• Hyperlinking Text
• Creating User-input Text
• Loading External Text

WORKING WITH SOUND AND VIDEO

• Understanding the Project File
• Using Sounds
• Understanding Flash Video
• Using Adobe Media Encoder
• Understanding Encoding Options
• Playback of External Video
• Working with Video and Transparency
• Using Cue Points
• Embedding Flash Video