Course Title: Macromedia Flash MX for Designers



Macromedia Flash MX is a wonderful tool for the creation of incredible web sites. Virtual Training Company's tutorial is aimed at designers, those who create graphical Flash content, such as animations, interactive web navigation controls, interactive web sites, games, and movies. Rick Martin, your instructor, starts off slowly by introducing you to the interface, setup, and the basics of Flash you need to know to get started, such as the difference between vector and bitmap graphics. He guides you through the many tools available. From there, he takes you through panels, timelines, and creating artwork. You will also learn to import sound, control movie clips, activate buttons, and much more. Get started right away by clicking one of the movie topics below.


Course Author/Expert: Rick Martin

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 123

Course Duration: 10.5 hours



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Introduction


Welcome and About This CD

Flash Overview

What's New in Flash MX pt. 1

What's New in Flash MX pt. 2


Interface and Setup


Interface Overview

Grid

Rulers and Guides

Preferences

Editing Preferences


Flash Basics


Vector Graphics vs. Bitmap Graphics

Symbols and Instances

Shared Libraries

ActionScript

Previewing Your Movies

Naming Conventions


The Toolbox


Toolbox Overview

Arrow Tool

Subselection Tool

Line Tool

Lasso Tool

Pen Tool

Text Tool

Oval and Rectangle Tools

Pencil Tool

Brush Tool

Free Transform Tool

Fill Transform Tool

Ink Bottle, Paint Bucket and Eyedropper Tools

Eraser Tool

Hand and Zoom Tools

Color Selection


The Panels


Panels Overview

Toolbars

Help Panels

Library

Common Libraries

Properties

Align

Color Mixer

Color Swatches

Info

Scene

Transform

Actions

Reference

Debugger and Output

Movie Explorer

Accessibility

Components and Component Parameters

Sitespring


The Timeline


Overview and Customizing the Timeline

Layers

Frames and Keyframes Overview

Working With Frames and Keyframes

Tweening Overview

Motion Tweening

Shape Tweening

Shape Hints

Motion Guides

Onion Skinning

Frame Labels, Comments and Named Anchors

Frame Actions

Mask Layers


Creating and Editing Artwork


Basic Drawing and Editing

Editing Symbols

Editing Instances vs Drawn Shapes

Transform Menu

Draw a Flower pt. 1

Draw a Flower pt. 2


Working with Bitmaps


Bitmap Overview

Modifying Bitmaps

Tracing Bitmaps


Working with Video


Video Overview

Modifying and Controlling


Working with Text


Text Overview

Text Options

Modifying Text

Text From External Sources


Working with Sound


Importing and Placing

Sound Options

Compression


Graphic Layout


Graphics Interaction

Instance Interaction and Stacking

Grouping and Aligning


Flash Architecture


Architecture Overview

Scenes

Movie Clips

Instance Names

Flash Hierarchy

Targeting

Controlling Movie Clips


Interactivity


Simple Buttons

Animated Buttons

Activating Buttons

Custom Cursors

Drag and Drop

Variables


A Simple Flash Website


Nav Panel

Nav Buttons

Content Movie Clip

Duplicate Content

Variables and Welcome Message

Frame Labels

First Button Actions

Duplicate Button Actions

Controlling Variables


More ActionScript


The Flash Object

Functions


Components


Components Overview

Built-in Components

Additional Components

Components In A Feedback Form


Preloaders


Preloaders Overview

Simple Preloader

Progress Bar Preloader

Percentage Preloader


Optimizing and Publishing


Good Practices

Bandwidth Profiler

Publishing Formats

Flash Publish Settings

HTML Publish Settings

HTML Code


Where Now?


Author Contact









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