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Adobe Flash CS4 Bootcamp

 

Adobe Flash CS4 Bootcamp
Training
Duration: 5 days
Adobe Flash Professional

Course Synopsis: Adobe Flash CS4 Professional software is the most advanced authoring environment for rich, interactive content creation. During this five day
bootcamp course, students will build a Flash CS4 based website with interactivity, video, components, and animation. This class also introduces the students to the fundamentals of using ActionScript for intermediate to advanced techniques. This is an introductory course and no prior knowledge of Adobe Flash is necessary. This class is a discounted combination of the Flash Intro and Advanced classes. For cancellation purposes, each separate component is treated as a separate class.

Who Should Attend: This course is for Flash designers and developers who need to create professional animations, design interactive websites, and incorporate audio and video into self-contained presentations. The training covers using the drawing and color tools, mastering the essentials of animation, and working with type, graphics, sound, and video.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn:
• Drawing and Color Tool Basics
• Creating and Editing Symbols
• Using the Timeline and Layers
• Learning the Basics of Symbols and the Flash Library
• Using Filters and Blend Modes
• Animation with the Timeline in Flash CS4
• Working with Sound and Video
• Introduction to ActionScript 3.0
• Writing a Custom Class
• Using Advanced Graphics and Animation Tools

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Flash ActionScript, Illustrator and Fireworks. Please take a look at the other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.


Adobe Flash CS4 Bootcamp

 

LESSON 1
Getting To Know the Work Area
Working with the Library Panel
Understanding the Timeline
Organizing Layers in a Timeline
Using the Property Inspector
Using the Tools Panel
Undoing Steps in Flash
Previewing your Movie
Publishing your Movie
Resources for Using Flash
Checking for Updates


LESSON 2
Working with Graphics
Understanding Strokes and Fills
Creating Rectangles
Using a Gradient Fill
Making Selections
Drawing Ovals
Making Patterns
Creating Curves
Creating Transparencies
Creating and Editing Text


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


LESSON 4
Adding Animation
Understanding the Project File
Animating Position
Changing the Pacing and Timing
Animating Transparency
Animating Filters
Animating Transformations
Changing the Path of Motion
Swapping Tween Targets
Creating Nested Animations
Using the Motion Editor
Easing
Animating 3D Motion
Previewing the Animation


LESSON 5
Articulated Motion and Morphing
Inverse Kinematics
Constraining Joints
Inverse Kinematics with Shapes
Armature Options
Morphing with Shape Tweens
Using Shape Hints


LESSON 6
Creating Interactive Navigation
About Interactive Movies
Designing a Layout
Creating Buttons
Introduction to ActionScript 3.0
Adding a Stop Action
Creating Event Handlers for Buttons
Creating Destination Keyframes
Playing Animation at the Destination
Animated Buttons


LESSON 7
Working with Sound and Video
Using Sounds in Flash
Understanding Flash Video
Using the Adobe Media Encoder
Encoding Options
Playback of External Video
Working with Video and Transparency
Embedding Flash Video


LESSON 8
Using Components
The Components Panel
Adding a Text Component
Using Components for Interactivity


LESSON 9
Loading and Controlling Flash Content
Loading External Content
Removing External Content
Controlling Movie Clips
Creating Masks


LESSON 10
Publishing Flash Documents
Testing a Flash Document
Understanding the Bandwidth Profiler
Adding Metadata
Publishing a Movie for the Web
Alternative Publishing Options


LESSON 11
Introduction to ActionScript 3.0
A Brief History of Flash ActionScript
ActionScript for New Programmers
Moving from Version 1.0 and 2.0

LESSON 12
Navigating the Flash Timeline
Placing Code in the Flash Timeline
Programming Best Practices
Working with Events and Functions
Creating Event Listeners and Event
Handlers
Creating Navigation with a Button




LESSON 13
Creating Animation with ActionScript
Reviewing the Starting File
Controlling MovieClip Properties
Creating Animation with ActionScript
Creating ActionScript in External Files
Creating Instances of a Class File

LESSON 14
Using ActionScript Components to
Load Content
Creating an Instance of the List
Component
Setting Component Parameters
Using the UILoader Component
Adding a CHANGE Event Listener
Loading SWF Files into a UILoader
Creating the Gallery File
Adding a Scroll Bar to the Text Field


LESSON 15
Creating Preloaders in ActionScript
Tools in the Testing Environment
Creating a Progress Bar for Loading
UILoader Progress Tracking
Controlling Frames of a MovieClip


LESSON 16
Using Arrays and Loops in AS 3.0
Adding MovieClip Instances to Stage
Generating Multiple Instances with a
Loop
Adding Event Listeners to the Block
Instances
Animation Using ENTER_FRAME
Adding the testDone() Function

LESSON 17
Creating a Radio Button Quiz
Creating a New ActionScript File
Setting Up the RadioButton Quiz
Class
Adding Variables
Creating the Quiz Functionality
Formatting Text with AS 3.0
Creating the Quiz
Creating the Final Function
Integrating Your New Class in the
Main Project File


LESSON 18
Controlling Sound with AS 3.0
Adding Sliders to the Project
Sound, SoundChannel, and Sound-
Transform Classes
Setting the Song Titles Using a Loop
Making the Sliders Visible
Programming Buttons with AS 3.0
Volume and Pan Controls
ID3 Tags of an MP3 File
Adding a Text Format Object
Adding the Slider Controls


LESSON 19
Working with an XML Playlist
Understanding XML
Replacing the SongList Array with an
XML Instance
Loading with the URLLoader Class
Responding to COMPLETE and
IO_ERROR Events
Moving the Event Listeners into a
Function
Creating Hyperlinks Using XML Data
Navigating Through the Song List


LESSON 20
Using ActionScript and Components
to Control Video in Flash
Adding the FLVPlayback Component
Setting the FLVPlayback Properties
Controlling the Video Playback
Working with Color
FLVCaptioning Component
Playing Multiple Video Files from an
XML Playlist
Using the Full-Screen Publish Settings


LESSON 21
Inverse Kinematics in Flash CS4
Working with IK Animation in AS 3.0
Creating Sound and SoundChannel
Instances
Playing and Stopping the Sound Effects
Accessing the User’s Webcam or Video
Camera Using ActionScript
Using the Bitmap and BitmapData
Classes
Examining the Pixel Bender Toolkit

LESSON 22
Printing and Sending Email with
ActionScript
Adding a Simple Email Link
Sending Email from Flash
Adding Printing Capabilities with the
PrintJob Class


LESSON 23
Creating Adobe AIR Applications with
Flash and ActionScript 3.0
AIR-Specific ActionScript
Flash Publish Settings for an AIR
Project
Including a File in the AIR Application
Creating an AIR Application
Listening for Drag Events





 

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