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Flash Introduction CS3 Training Overview
This workshop will enable you to learn the Flash environment and build your knowledge of best practice for hands on creation of Flash content.
Flash Introduction CS3 Training Course Prerequisites
Experience with either the Windows or Mac interface.
Some experience with other computer graphic principles would be an advantage but not necessary.
Introduction to Adobe Flash CS3 Course Outline
Getting Started
• Introducing Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
• Why Use Flash CS3?
• What’s New in Flash CS3?
• Flash, Flash Player, or Flash Lite?
• File Types Associated with Flash CS3
• Caution: Player Required!
• Beyond Flash CS3
Understanding the Interface
• Exploring the Welcome Screen
• Interface Overview
• Exploring the Tools Panel
• Working with the Panels
• Creating a New Custom Keyboard Shortcut
Set
Using the Drawing and Color Tools
• About vector and bitmap graphics
• Drawing Tools Defined
• Lines, Strokes, and Fills Defined
• Drawing with the Pencil Tool
• Using the Oval and Rectangle Tools
• Using the Brush Tool
• Modifying Lines and Shapes
• Modifying Strokes and Fills
• What Is the Color Panel?
• Understanding the Flash Drawing Models
• Using the Merge and Object Drawing
Models
• Grouping Objects
• Creating Gradients
• Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Modifying Paths
Working with text
• Creating text
• Setting text attributes
• Choosing a font, point size, style, and color
• Setting character spacing, kerning, and
character position
• Setting alignment, margins, indents, and line
spacing
• Setting dynamic and input text options
• Breaking text apart
Creating Symbols and Instances
• Understanding the Symbol and Instance
Structure
• Symbol Naming Conventions
• Important Timeline Vocabulary Terms
• Creating Graphic Symbols
• Creating Symbol Instances
• Editing Symbols
• Editing Symbol Instances
• Using Color Styles
• Animating Graphic Symbols
Using the library
• Working with library items
• Working with folders in the Library panel
• Sorting items in the Library panel
• Editing items in the library
• Renaming library items
• Deleting library items
• Finding unused library items
• Updating imported files in the Library panel
• Working with common libraries
Using the Timeline
• Changing the appearance of the Timeline
• Moving the playhead
• Changing the display of frames in the
Timeline
• Using frames and keyframes
• Working with frames in the Timeline
• Using the Property inspector to set frame
attributes
• Creating frame labels and comments
Using layers
• Creating layers and layer folders
• Viewing layers and layer folders
• Editing layers and layer folders
• Organizing layers and layer folders
• Using guide layers
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Animating in Flash
• Setting Document Properties
• Understanding Keyframes and Frames
• Creating Frame-by-Frame Animation with
Keyframes
• What Is the Frame Rate?
• Recommended Frame Rates
• Inserting and Deleting Frames
• Copying and Reversing Frames
• Using Onion Skinning
• Testing Movies
Shape Tweening
• What Is Shape Tweening?
• Shape Tweening Basics
• Using Shape Hints
• Creating Multiple Shape Tweens
• Understanding Layer Properties
• Shape Hinting
Working with Bitmaps
• Understanding the Benefits of Bitmaps
• Understanding Compression in Flash CS3
• Importing and Compressing Bitmaps
• Importing Bitmap Sequences
• Converting Bitmaps to Vectors
• Using Basic Masking
• Using Animated Masks
• Animating Bitmaps
Filters and Blend Modes
• What Are Blend Modes?
• Blend Mode Basics
• Working with Blend Modes
• What Are Filters?
• Working with Filters
• Colorizing a Grayscale Image
Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects
• Shape Tweening vs. Motion Tweening
• Understanding Basic Motion Tweening
• Using Tweening Effects
• Editing Multiple Frames
• Using a Motion Guide
• Using the Custom Ease Controls
• Animating Text
• Using Timeline Effect Assistants
• Animating with the Blur Filter
• Animating with the Drop Shadow Filter
Buttons
• Understanding Button States
• Understanding Button Types
• Creating Rollover Buttons
• Creating Rollover Buttons with Text
• Duplicating and Aligning Buttons
• Adding Sound to Buttons
• Creating Invisible Buttons
Movie Clips
• What Is a Movie Clip?
• Creating a Movie Clip
• Using Animated Graphic Symbols Versus
Using Movie Clip Symbols
• Creating an Animated Rollover Button
• Putting an Animated Rollover Button into
Action
Sound
• Importing Sound
• Using Different Sound Events
• Adding Sound to a Button
ActionScript
• Learn basic actionscript for buttons, stop,
play etc
Previewing and testing movies
• Previewing movies in the authoring
environment
• Previewing movies with the test movie
command
• Previewing movies in a web browser
• Saving Flash documents
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Introduction to Adobe Flash CS3 Course Materials
Students will have the option of purchasing a prescribed booklet, which will serve as a guide for the class. For further information please contact Zise.
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please note: course outlines may be subject to change
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