Course Title: Adobe Flash CS3



Adobe Flash CS3 is the world's leading authoring tool for creating media-rich web sites, web applications, online games, streaming audio and video presentations, animated greeting cards, and much, much more. With Flash, it is easy to create sophisticated presentations incorporating pictures, animation, sound, video, and special effects. In this tutorial, author James Gonzalez applies his Flash expertise and many years of training experience to present step-by-step demonstrations and instructions covering a wide range of Flash animation and authoring techniques. At the conclusion of this tutorial, you will be well on your way to creating the engaging and interactive web content expected by today's sophisticated audiences. To begin learning Adobe Flash CS3 today, simply click on one of the movie links."


Course Author/Expert: James Gonzalez

Language: English

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 125

Course Duration: 11 hours



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Course Outline:



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About this Course


Course Overview

What is Flash & Why Use It?

File Types & Players

New in Flash CS3 Professional


The Flash Interface


Interface Overview

Timeline & Layer Controls

The Toolbar

Properties Inspector

Panels pt. 1

Panels pt. 2


Creating Simple Graphics


Graphic Creation Tools Overview

Lines & Strokes

Fills

Object vs. Merge Drawing Models

Geometric Shape Tools

Brush Tool

Pen Tool

Text Tool


Modifying Graphics


Using the Pointer / Selection Tool

Using the Sub-selection Tool

Selecting Objects with the Lasso Tool

Modifying Paths with the Selection Tools

Modifying Paths with the Pen Tool

Working with Gradients in the Color Panel

Working with the Gradient Transform Tool


Using Non-Flash Graphics


Overview: Using Non-Flash Graphics

Importing & Compressing Bitmaps

Importing Images from Fireworks

Importing Images from Photoshop

Importing Images from Illustrator pt. 1

Importing Images from Illustrator pt. 2

Converting Bitmaps into Vector Graphics pt. 1

Converting Bitmaps into Vector Graphics pt. 2

Summary: Working with Non-Flash Graphics


Symbols & Instances


Symbols Defined pt. 1

Symbols Defined pt. 2

Naming Guidelines for Instances

Creating Symbols pt. 1

Creating Symbols pt. 2

The Library

Sharing Libraries

Modifying Symbol Instances

Setting Color Styles of Instances

Applying Graphic Filters

Drop Shadow / Bevel / Blur / Glow Filters

Gradient Glow & Bevel / Adjust Colors Filters


Animation Basics


Understanding the Timeline

Understanding Frames & Keyframes

Frame-by-Frame Animation

Setting the Frame Rate

Inserting & Removing Frames

Onion Skinning


Creating Shape Tween Animations


Shape Tweening Overview

Shape Tweening Simple Shapes

Shape Tweening Lines & Fills

Shape Tweening Text

Using Shape Hints

Troubleshooting Broken Tweens


Creating Motion Tween Animations


Motion Tweening Overview

Animating the Alpha of Symbols & Text

Animating Color & Size

Rotating & Spinning Animations

Tweening Effects

Motion Guide Tweening pt. 1

Motion Guide Tweening pt. 2

Customizing Ease In/Out of Tweens pt. 1

Customizing Ease In/Out of Tweens pt. 2

Timeline Effects pt. 1

Timeline Effects pt. 2


Working with Buttons


Overview of Button Symbols

Button States

Button Types

Creating Rollover Buttons

Creating Invisible Buttons

Adding Sound to Buttons


Working with Movie Clips


Movie Clips Defined

Creating & Editing Movie Clips pt. 1

Creating & Editing Movie Clips pt. 2

Animating Buttons with Movie Clips

Applying Blending Modes to Movie Clips


Working with Text


About Flash Text

Text Anti-Aliasing

Text Types

Spell Check

Text Options & Attributes pt. 1

Text Options & Attributes pt. 2

Embedded & Device Fonts


Working with Sound


Importing Sound to the Library

Compressing Sound

Working with Sound

Modifying Sound Settings

Edit Sound with the Edit Envelope


Working with Video


About Flash Video

Importing Video

About Video Compression

Compressing Video in the Import Wizard

Editing Video in the Import Wizard

Encoding Video with the Flash Video Encoder

Third Party Encoders


Applying Behaviors


Basic Interactivity Using Behaviors

The Behaviors Panel

Events

Mouse Events

Useful Behaviors pt. 1

Useful Behaviors pt. 2


ActionScript Basics


ActionScript Defined

The Actions Panel

ActionScript 3.0 vs. 2.0

Controlling the Timeline Using ActionScript

Mouse Events

ActionScript for Linking to Other Web Pages

Copying & Converting Animations Using ActionScript


Components & Forms


About Components

UI Components

Creating a Form Using UI Components

Configuring Components


Publishing


Publishing Overview

Publishing for the Web

Publishing HTML Files

Creating Projectors

Publishing Bitmap Images

Publishing QuickTime Videos

Printing from Flash


Wrap-up


Course Wrap Up

Author Movie








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