Flash Training Videos - Tutorials

Author: Todd Perkins | Running Time: 4.5 hours | Training Level : Beginner

Flash is a powerful multimedia creation tool that can be used to build simple animations, full-featured applications, and everything in between. In Flash CS4 Professional Essential Training, Todd Perkins offers new Flash users a thorough explanation of the interface, tools, and techniques at the heart of any project. He shows how to use the latest iteration of the Flash drawing tools and timeline, work with text and symbols, and create tweens and other simple animations. Todd also explores multimedia elements like bitmap graphics, sound, and video. He shows how to use ActionScript 3.0 to add interactivity to Flash projects, discusses integration with other Adobe applications, and more. Exercise files accompany the course.

Author: Todd Perkins | Running Time: 2.75 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

The Internet Channel web browser for the Nintendo Wii supports Flash content, which means anyone can create games that take advantage of this console's intuitive and approachable controls. The Internet Channel only supports Flash 7, so not every modern Flash game will work. The strengths and limitations of this platform, as well as the limited input that can be detected from the Wii Remote, should be considered when creating a game. In Flash CS3 Professional: Creating Games for the Wii, Todd Perkins shares his insights on all aspects of this development process. Speaking to those with some experience in Flash CS3 and ActionScript, he demonstrates the creation of several complete games. Each game is focused on a different mode of interactivity: point-and-click, up-and-down, circular, and velocity-based. Example files accompany the course.

Author: David Tucker | Running Time: 7 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

Rich internet applications become more popular and powerful every year, but they have been limited to what can be done from within a web browser. Adobe AIR allows web developers to leverage their Flash, Flex, HTML, and AJAX skills to create multi-platform desktop applications. In AIR for Flash Developers, David Tucker uses Flash CS3 Professional to create several AIR applications, exploring the workflow and features of the AIR extension and runtime along the way. He discusses how to integrate with an operating system; how to incorporate HTML and PDFs; how to use the local SQLite database for information; how to package, distribute, and update AIR applications; and much more. Example files accompany the course.

Note: This course will be most valuable to those who are familiar with ActionScript 3.0 and XML within Flash CS3 Professional.

Author: Chris Florio | Running Time: 2 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

Flash has become one of the most popular ways to publish video on the web. It enables rich media experiences, custom playback controls, and top notch quality. In Flash CS3 Interactive Video Techniques, instructor Chris Florio highlights the tools non-programmers need to add video to projects. He also covers techniques for creating interactive video with ActionScript, including how to use cue points, dynamic masks, and custom controls. Flash CS3 Interactive Video Techniques makes integrating video a snap for everyone from novice Flash users wanting to know supported file formats to advanced Flash developers looking to create masking videos. Exercise files accompany the course.

Author: Arthur Phillips | Running Time: 6 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

This Adobe Flash Training DVD shows you how to creating brilliant Flash applications for mobile devices, learn how to scale your applications so they render correctly on a wide range of portable devices. On this Flash CS3 Training DVD, instructor Arthur Phillips tackles the challenges of developing specifically for mobile devices, including building static pages; creating navigational screens and buttons; programming gaming animation, memory and scoring; generating pages with XML; implementing video, text and graphics; and creating animations for the small screen. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Author: Dale Rankine | Running Time: 5 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

This Adobe Flash Lite training video shows you how to create applications for the increasingly popular mobile market. Learn how to develop the user interface, work with class-based development techniques and use external data and XML socket connections. Dale wraps up the lessons by teaching you how to work with external media and platforms, as well as explains some of the wider issues for developers starting out with Flash Lite and mobile content development. A great tutorial for users who need a solid fundamental understanding of Flash for mobile devices.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 9.2 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

Go beyond the basics with this in-depth look into timeline animation in Flash CS3. With your host John Ulliman, you'll learn how to create nested MovieClip animations, techniques for setting up and controlling a Shape Tween, how to build and control your characters including facial animation and walk cycles, and how to apply animation practices to your characters. Plus, you'll explore features and settings in the Flash toolkit and discover all the different ways you can animate using the timeline.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 8.5 hours | Training Level : Beginner

These Adobe Flash tutorials will give you the skills to hence your website and create amazing animated videos and provide your users with rich interactive content. Now is the time to give it a zap of creativity with animated objects and sound effects. Whether you are a web designer or game developer, you will learn the necessary techniques to get your project rolling. Discover how to design fun, creative, interactive websites through structured and easy to follow lessons. With help from a pro, you'll be able to expand your knowledge as you learn to utilize all of the amazing techniques with these Adobe Flash CS3 tutorials. This training course is presented in HD quality video and comes complete with practical working files.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 6 hours | Training Level : Beginner

Create amazing video effects and harness the power of the Adobe CS3 suite from the videographers’ perspective, this Adobe Flash CS3 Training video shows you how to narrow down options and select the best tool to get the job done right! Start by creating professional video projects in Adobe Premiere with transitions and effects that shine. Then, explore the power of After Effects when you animate text and graphics. You will also discover how to output your final projects in Encore as Flash files. These tutorials are presented using HD video and are available via online subscription.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 8.35 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

These Adobe ActionScript 3 tutorials focus on data handling and user interface (UI) design with. With John Ulliman as your guide, this video series provides plenty of hands-on experience as you learn how to design a typical shopping application, handle external graphic data, and learn how to draw and manipulate graphs and display text data. You'll also look at different types of data and how to load and use them in your Flash applications, and discover how to use the new Component elements in Flash CS3. A great Flash ActionScripting training CD for the user who has already mastered the basics.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 8.5 hours | Training Level : Beginner

These comprehensive ActionScript tutorials are an ideal primer, this training series shows you how to make your Flash applications more dynamic by using the scripting language to add interactivity and control effects. If you are already familiar with ActionScript 2 from Flash 7 or 8, our video tutorials help you make the switch with minimum effort with updates about the new changes in naming, syntax and Class structure.Note: If you would like to learn how to use ActionScript 1 or 2, we have two series that cover these topics. While these tutorials are demonstrated in Flash 8 Pro, your applications still work just as well with Flash CS3 Professional:Advanced Flash Professional 8: ActionScriptAdvanced Flash Professional 8: Next Level ActionScript.This Training Course is presented in HD quality video.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 9.7 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

Advance your knowledge with these ActionScript 3 Tutorials by taking a specific look into Animation and Game Design. Instructed by John Ulliman, this training series which is available online, goes step-by-step through the new ActionScript 3 structure and classes. You'll also get some hands-on experience by building several typical games using Flash CS3 and ActionScript. Plus, you will also learn how to build your own ActionScript 3 custom class files. A great training video for users who would like to expand their Flash programming skills.

Author: Todd Perkins | Running Time: 6.5 hours | Training Level : Beginner

This Fundamental Adobe Flash CS3 Training DVD focuses on the animation and storytelling aspects of Flash, from animating objects to manipulating animation. These tutorials Cover the core skills needed for starting an animation project, such as drawing, tweening, and using the timeline in Flash, as well as the common pitfalls that new users often experience, instructor Todd Perkins simplifies and streamlines even the most complex Flash concepts. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Author: Todd Perkins | Running Time: 5.25 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

Through several hands-on Adobe Flash CS3 tutorials, instructor Todd Perkins shows how to best build dynamic, streamlined sites using Flash CS3 Professional. This comprehensive training DVD shows how to create custom keyboard shortcuts, apply advanced text techniques such as animating scrolling text with custom easing controls, and using advanced animation techniques. This Advanced Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Training DVD covers many challenging features, including adding complex interactivity to a Flash CS3 project and getting Flash content on a phone. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Author: John Ulliman | Running Time: 10 hours | Training Level : Advanced - Expert

Become a pro with ActionScript by watching interactive, work-along lessons that walk you through the necessary steps of using the built-in classes, new objects, or making your own custom classes and components. You'll also learn the new advanced features of Flash Pro 8 that are only available to ActionScript users including the Drawing API, Bitmap API, and the matrix transformations and displacements. Plus, you'll get a preview of how to use ActionScript in development of mobile applications.