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Adobe Flash Masterclass.

 

Flash design masterclass + Adobe Certified (ACA)

 

Scheduled training

• 2 day Flash Introduction
• 3 day Flash Designer + Adobe Certified
• 5 day Flash Masterclass + Adobe Certified
• 3 day Flash Actionscript
• 2 day Advanced Flash Actionscript
• 5 day Flash Actionscript Masterclass
• 1 day Adobe Certified Prep + Exam
• 5 day Dreamweaver and Flash Masterclass
• Roadmap to building a rich internet application

 

Private training

• 2 day Flash Introduction
• Customised course

 

 

 

scheduled training.

5 day Flash Design Masterclass + adobe certified associate (ACA).

 

 

 

• Pre-course exam objectives
  
  
• Click here to download the Visual Communication using Adobe® Flash® datasheet.

 

 

Introducing Flash CS4

• launching flash
  
• resetting the workspace
  
• exploring the welcome screen
  
• the flash files explained
  
• creating our first flash file
  
• the panels
  
• modifying the movie properties
  
• saving the file

 

Getting to Grips with Drawing

• strokes and fills
  
• solving classic problems
• Shape Interaction
  
• working in a single layer causes its problems
  
• accidental fill on fill
  
• stroke and fill interactions

 

Working in Layers

• building new layers
  
• locking previous layers to prevent modification
  
• hiding and showing layers
  
• outline view as an alternative to visibility
  
• adding shadows to our design

 

Spelling it out

• the text tool
  
• checking the properties before you type
  
• adding our text
  
• back to black
  
• changing the properties
  
• discussing the anti-alias options
  
• working with large blocks of text
  
• an example of text orientation
  
• breaking apart text and applying a stroke

 

Enhancing the Design with Images

• a simple import to stage
  
• let’s take a look at workflow
  
• a workflow for transparent content
  
• working with vector artwork

 

Being Symbolic ?

• the concept
  
• convert to symbol
  
• compare and discuss the symbol types
  
• look at color effects
  
• look at filters
  
• reuse is the key
  
• blend modes

 

Using the Mask

• importing an image
  
• creating a new layer
  
• using the grid fill deco tool
  
• turning it into a mask
  
• locking layers and preview

 

Tweening Time

• steps to happiness
  
• tweening different properties
  
• putting it into practise - let’s build a banner
  
• the magic staircase
  
• animating images
  
• cache as bitmap
  
• exploring easing and breaking up a tween

 

Publishing your Movie

• a quick look at publish settings
  
• publishing the movie
  
• reviewing the output
  

 

Back to Banners

• banner advert sizes
  
• let’s build a banner to brush up our skills
  
• alphas, movement, scale, blur
  
• placing backgrounds and borders on our banner
  
• advertisement text
  
• transparent corners
  
• creating movieclips in retrospect
  
• masking revisited
  
• using a mask in an animation
  
• how to add a simple link

 

The Building Blocks of a Simple Microsite

• building a button
  
• duplicating symbols
  
• bringing the buttons together
  
• using a movieclip for the background
  
• sketching out the design

 

Building our first page

• the home page

 

Building the other pages

• Using scenes to separate our pages
  
• getting the content in the same place
  
• duplicating the title symbol object and then swapping it out
  
• swapping out the image
  
• modifying the layout
  
• naming our scenes
  
• modifying behaviour with a sprinkling of script
  
• adding some code to make the buttons work
  

 

sneaking in a simple preloader

• adding labels to our frames as anchors
  
• changing our publish settings to enable the anchors
  
• reviewing the movie and fixing any problems

 

Publishing the Microsite

• Publish settings and the flash player version
  
• Reviewing our result

 

Banner adverts

• dimensions and file sizes
  
• working our graphics before use
  
• the kuler extension
  
• motion tweening with the motion editor and easing
  
• duplicating motion to a second symbol
  
• motion presets
  
• mask layers and movieclips in retrospect

 

Introducing Interaction

• movieclips as buttons
  
• using this to create popups
  
• blend modes and reflections
  
• instance names
  
• scaling symbols and 9-slice view
  
• the scroll pane and scrolling content

 

Frame by Frame Animation

• illustrator as a tool
  
• the import process
  
• drawn and scanned content
  
• import an image series
  
• tracing bitmaps and optimizing curves

 

Working in 3D

• first, the limitations
  
• using perspective to produce a different design
  gradient styles
  
• bitmap fills
  
• blend modes to darken into the distance
  
• movement in 3D and the motion editor
  
• rotation in 3D and the classic problem of completion
  
• publish settings and GPU acceleration

 

Working with XFL

• After Effects to Flash workflow
  
• Indesign to Flash using xfl

 

Getting it All Online

• using a swf in a dreamweaver page
  
• window modes and overlapping divs
  
• the code produced by flash and how to use it

 

The Flash Project

• creating a project
  
• separating content into separate swfs
  
• the UILoader component
  
• backgrounds and 9-slice scaling
  
• libraries and runtime sharing

 

Building Navigation

• movieclips as buttons
  
• frame labels
  
• audio on our buttons and runtime sharing
  
• grouping buttons as a navigation bar
  
• filters revisited
  
• instance names
  
• accessibility on our buttons
  
• applying a document class to intercept interaction

 

The Home Page

• static text and anti-aliasing
  
• importing an image for use
  
• converting to a movieclip to apply a filter
  
• introducing dynamic text
  
• fixing the size and making it scrollable
  
• adding the all important scroll bar
  
• making our text and images accessible
  
• considering localisation of content

 

The About Page

• working in the library
  
• producing more interesting content
  
• don’t forget accessibility and localisation
  
• using the scroll pane to make it scroll

 

The Products Page

• building another swf
  
• creating each item as a movieclip
  
• using the UILoader to load images at runtime
  
• the download preview

 

The Contact Page

• using scenes for navigation
  
• building a more interesting navigation bar with images
  
• applying a class to our buttons
  
• duplicating the scenes
  
• applying a document class to resolve navigation
  
• importing images
  
• making the map more exciting with a component
  
• building a form to collect information
  
• the importance of instance names

 

Publishing and Previewing Our Microsite

• reviewing the publish settings
  
• publishing the movie
  
• viewing in the browser

 

The Key is in the Name

• planning and communication
  
• the initial design prototype and the first development meeting
  
• symbol names and types
  
• instance names
  
• export for actionscript and eloquent structure

 

Banner Advert ClickTags

• the theory of banner advert providers
  
• an insight into the html
  
• applying a document class to our banner
  
• viewing the example online

 

A Preloader

• movie structure
  
• export for actionscript
  
• looking at the bandwidth profiler
  
• adding a preloader scene
  
• changing the compiler settings
  
• using the deco tool to produce a preloader animation
  
• linking to our document class
  
• testing the movie and simulating the download

 

A ProgressBar

• the progress bar plan
  
• working in layers
  
• instance names and registration points
  
• masks can make things look great!
  
• clever looping animation
  
• using and naming our progress bar
  
• linking to the class definition
  
• testing the movie and simulating the download

 

A Photo Gallery

• the prototype sketch
  
• preparing our photos using batch processing
  
• writing an xml file
  
• building our flash movie
  
• creating dummy movieclips
  
• dynamic text and embedding fonts
  
• adding backgrounds and borders
  
• linking in our document class
  
• testing the movie and simulating the download

 

A Presentation

• working with scenes
  
• adding some animation
  
• playing it through
  
• it would be nice to have some control
  
• applying our code from the developer
  
• exploring the functionality

 

A Simple Tabbed View

• building our tabs
  
• building our pages
  
• naming the instances
  
• linking the pages and tabs to the base class
  
• enabling the component definitions
  
• viewing the component inspector
  
• setting the parameters
  
• testing the movie

 

A 3D Carousel

• building each item as a movieclip
  
• building a popup as a named instance
  
• creating a dummy movieclip to determine width, height and position
  
• applying a background gradient
  
• compile items into a CarouselItems movieclip and export for actionscript
  
• link our carousel to the developer’s code
  
• testing the movie

 

An MP3 Player

• building our individual components
  
• bringing them together and naming the instances
  
• linking our MP3Player to the developer’s code
  
• enabling the component definition
  
• drag and drop the component into the design
  
• use the component inspector to set the mp3
• filename

 

An e-Book

• building our individual components
  
• bringing them together and naming the instances
  
• linking the document to our developer’s code
  
• testing the movie and exploring the functionality

 

A 3D Loader for Product Visualisation

• building a dummy placeholder
  
• linking to the developer’s code
  
• enabling the component definition
  
• adding the component to the movie
  
• setting the 3d filename in the component inspector
  
• testing the movie and exploring the functionality

 

Flash Adobe Certified Associate Exam

• Preparation
  
• Exam
  
• Pass or fail?