Flash CS4 Essentials
► ObjectivesThis Flash CS4 training gives you more than a jump-start to your Flash animation journey. Get a better understanding of the Flash tools and how to use them to design your animation project.
We will explore together the new Bone and 3D animations features shipped with Flash CS4. Get a hands-on experience using the Motion Editor, Animation Paths, Masks and more. Design Flash animations and interactive web applications. Create video and mp3 music players to stream multimedia from the web.
Flash CS4 Training Outline
Flash CS4 Introduction
- Flash Welcome Screen
- Flash Panels
- Your Flash Project Type
Customizing Your Workspace
- Choosing Preset Workspaces
- Moving Panels
- Opening/Hiding Panels
- Grouping Panels
- Changing Panel Display Mode
Flash Stage
- Dimensions
- Background Color
- Frame Rate
Flash Timeline
- Animation Playhead
- Animation Frames
- Timelime Layers
- Layer Modes
- Creating Timeline Layers
- Adding Content to Layers
- Locking/Hiding/Showing Layers
- Grouping Layers
Flash Symbols & Instances
- Creating a Symbol
- Graphic Symbol
- Button Symbol
- Movieclip Symbols
- Editing Symbols
- 9-Slice Scaling
- Using a Symbol Instance
Flash CS4 Libraries
- Important Objects
- Creating Libraries
- Grouping & Nesting Symbols
- Organizing Library Assets
- Previewing Symbols
- Deleting Assets
- Author-time shared Assets
- Run-Time Shared Assets
Filters and Blend Modes
- Applying Filters
- Applying Blend Mode
Using Flash Design Tools
- Selection Tools
- Transform Tools
Drawing Tools
- Object Drawing mode
- Pencil tools
- Brush tool
- Deco Tool
- Spray Tool
- Eraser Tool
- Pen tool
Working with Color
- Stroke Color
- Fill Color
- Gradient Fill
- Color Palette
- Kuler Color Picker
Importing Files into Flash
- Importing Bitmaps into Flash
- Importing Fireworks documents
- Importing an Illustrator File
- Importing a PSD document
Managing The Stage
- Grouping Content on the Stage
- Aligning Objects by snapping
- Objects Stacking Order
- Distributing Objects to Layers
- Aligning Objects to the stage
Using Animation Masks
- Creating a Masking Layer
- Masked Animation
- Using Text as mask
- Creating a Soft Mask
- Mask without masking Layer
Introduction to ActionScript 3
- Actions Panel
- Animation Objects
- ActionScript Classes
- Object Properties
- Object Methods
- Events Handler
- ActionScript Coding Syntax
- Variables
- Data Types
- Operators
- Variable Scope
- Controlling the Timeline
Adding Audio to Flash
- Audio Formats
- Importing Audio Files
- Setting Sound Properties
- Event Sound
- Streaming Sound
- Sound Volume and Pan
- Adding Sound to a Button
- Controlling Audio with AS3
- Playing sound from the Library
- Sound Control Button
- Playing sound from outside Flash
- Turning an external sound On and Off
- Adjusting Sound Volume with AS3
- Creating a Sound Playlist
Typography
- Type Basics
- Adobe CoolType
- Typeface and fonts
- Device Fonts
- Text Fields
- HTML Text Formatting
- Text Hyperlinks
- Embedded Fonts
- Flash Text Components
- Text Symbols
Flash Video
- Video File Formats
- Encoding a Flash Video (FLV)
- Playing an FLV in Flash CS4
- Alpha Channel Video
- Full Screen Video
- Embedded Video
- Adding Cue Points
- Creating Captions
Flash Animation
- Shape Tweening
- Scaling and stretching
- Modifying Shape Tweens
- Altering Shapes
- Anchor Points & Shape Hints
- Altering Gradients
- Classic Tweening
- Tween Properties
- Classic Tween Effects
- Motion Guides
- Tweening a Mask
- Motion as Actionscript
Motion Editor Panel
- Scaling and Moving
- Built-in & Custom Eases
- Property Keyframes
- Motion Paths
- Motion Tween Properties
- Motion Presets
Inverse Kinetics
- Using The Bone Tool
- Bone Tool Properties
- Joint Rotation
- Deleting Bones
- Applying Joint Translation
- Bone Preferences
- Using The Bind Tool
Flash 3D
- What is 3D in Flash
- Vanishing Point
- 3D Rotation Tool
- 3D Translation Tool
- 3D Center Point
- Simulation a Photo Cube
Flash UI Components
- Button Component
- Checkbox Component
- Color Picker Component
- Datagrid Component
- Label Component
- List Component
- NumericStepper Component
- ProgressBar Component
- RadioButton Component
- ScrollPane Component
- Slider Component
- TextArea Component
- TextInput Component
- TileList Component
- UILoader
- UIScrollBar
Publishing Flash Movies
- Streaming
- Bandwidth Profiler
- Optimizing Your Flash Movie
- Publishing Formats
- Flash Export Settings
►► Achievements
- Designing a Flash Preloader
- Designing a Flash Video Player
- Flash MP3 Player
- Flash Web Applications
►► Flash CS4 Goodies
- To Be Sorted Out Later
