Adobe Flash CS4 / CS3 Training CD

1. Introduction

• Welcome

2. Getting Started

• The New CS3 Interface
• The New CS4 Interface (CS4)
• Setting up a Productive Workspace
• Modifying a Document's Properties
• The Stage and Pasteboard
• The Timeline and Layers
• Scenes

3. Drawing Tools

• Object and Merge Drawing (CS4)
• Drawing Basics: Rectangle Tool
• Sphere and Oval Tools
• Primitive Shapes
• Pencil and Line Tools
• Pen Tool
• Selecting and Deleting Content
• Modifying Content
• The Free Transform Tool
• Advanced Drawing Techniques
• The Art Deco Tool (CS4)

4. Colour

• Colour and Swatches Palettes
• Working with Gradients

5. Text Tools

• Text Boxes
• Text Types
• Text Formatting
• Spellchecking

6. Working with Images

• Different Types of Images
• Trace Bitmap Feature and Breaking Apart Bitmaps
• Ensuring Best Quality for Export

7. Symbols & Instances

• Creating Symbols
• Button Symbol Type and Button States
• Symbol Editing
• Overview of the Library
• Organizing the Library
• 9-Slice Scaling
• Filters and Blends
• Components

8. Concepts of Animation

• Understanding Flash Animation
• Frame by Frame Animation
• Onion Skinning
• Multiple Frames Tool
• Frame Rate
• Ways to Copy Animation

9. Shape Tweens

• Creating a Shape Tween
• Creating Shape Hints
• Multiple Shape Tweens at One Time

10. Motion Tweens (CS4)

• The New Tween Model (CS4)
• Creating a Motion Tween (CS4)
• Using Motion Paths - Part 1 (CS4)
• Using Motion Paths - Part 2 (CS4)
• Using the Motion Editor (CS4)
• Built in Motion Presets (CS4)
• Saving Motion Presets (CS4)
• Nesting Animations (CS4)

11. Masks

• Creating a Mask
• Animating a Mask

12. Overview of Actionscript

• Comparing Actionscript 1,2 and 3
• The Actions Panel
• Linking to a Specific Frame and Frame Labels
• Linking to a Website

13. Working with Sound

• Importing Sound
• Sound Types and Editing

14. Working with Video

• Embed Vs. External Video
• Using the Adobe Media Encoder (CS4)

15. Working with the Bone Tool (CS4)

• Inverse Kinetics with the Bone Tool (CS4)
• Creating Bones (CS4)
• Bone Animation (CS4)

16. Working with 3D (CS4)

• Using the 3D Rotation and Translation Tools (CS4)
• Animating in 3D (CS4)

17. Integration

• Direct Import of Photoshop Files
• Direct Import of Illustrator Files
• The Concept Behind XFL Files
• Integration with other Adobe Products (CS4)

18. Previewing

• Testing your Movie
• The Bandwidth Profiler and Simulating Download

19. Publishing

• Publish Settings
• Publishing Flash and HTML
• Publishing to a Projector File
• Exporting to Adobe Air (CS4)

20. Exercises

• Banner Intro
• Banner Exercise - Part 1
• Banner Exercise - Part 2
• Banner Exercise - Part 3
• Banner Exercise - Part 4
• Banner Exercise - Part 5
• Banner Exercise - Part 6
• Cross Fading Pictures
• Importing Dynamic Text from an External File
• Using a Custom Cursor