Adobe Flash CS3 Introduction

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

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.

To get the most out of this course, students should be familiar with using a Windows-based computer. They should be comfortable using the Internet with Internet Explorer; familiarity with other browsers is a plus. Furthermore, students should have a basic understanding of HTML and design and media applications, such as Freehand and Fireworks.

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.

Lesson 1: Exploring Adobe Flash CS3

Topic 1A: Examine Rich Internet Applications
Topic 1B: Explore the Adobe Flash CS3 Environment
Topic 1C: Produce a Flash Application File

Lesson 2: Working with Graphics

Topic 2A: Import Graphics
Topic 2B: Create Vector Graphics
Topic 2C: Modify Vector Graphics
Topic 2D: Organise Content with Layers
Topic 2E: Modify Colours
Topic 2F: Convert Graphics to Symbols
Topic 2G: Create a Mask Effect

Lesson 3: Managing Text in a Flash Document

Topic 3A: Add Text to a Flash Document
Topic 3B: Set Font Options
Topic 3C: Add Input Text Using Flash Components
Topic 3D: Apply a Skin to a Component

Lesson 4: Adding Animations to a Flash Document

Topic 4A: Create a Frame-by-Frame Animation
Topic 4B: Create a Motion Tween Animation
Topic 4C: Create a Complex Motion Tween
Topic 4D: Control the Timeline with ActionScript
Topic 4E: Create a Shape Tween Animation
Topic 4F: Animate Using Timeline Effects

Lesson 5: Adding Interactivity to Buttons

Topic 5A: Create Buttons
Topic 5B: Control Movies with Button Behaviors
Topic 5C: Create Navigation Systems

Lesson 6: Working with Movie Clips

Topic 6A: Add Interactivity with Movie Clips
Topic 6B: Create a Flash Slide Presentation
Topic 6C: Apply Effects to Movie Clips

Lesson 7: Adding Audio to a Movie

Topic 7A: Import Audio
Topic 7B: Control Sound Playback
Topic 7C: Add Sounds with Behaviours

Lesson 8: Adding Video to a Movie

Topic 8A: Encode a Video Object
Topic 8B: Create a Video Object

Lesson 9: Publishing Flash Documents

Topic 9A: Publish a Flash Document
Topic 9B: Detect the Flash Player Version

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