Flash Catalyst CS5 Training: Advanced

Class description

Hands-on Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Training: Advanced

You are going to love Adobe Flash Catalyst! Its intuitive interface lets you convert Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks content to animated, interactive, Flash content for the web or desktop; without the need to write a single line of code! This 3-day intensive hands-on Flash Catalyst training will have you creating applications with features that would previously have required advanced ActionScript coding skills.

Interactive wireframes
Importing artwork
Creating components

Animation and transitions
Adding video and audio
Publishing your project

adobe course curriculum

Getting to know Flash Catalyst CS5

Key features
Flash Catalyst design workflow
Opening new and existing Flash Catalyst projects
Getting around the Design and Code workspaces
Adjusting panels
Zooming and panning the artboard
Previewing a project in a browser

Preparing, importing, and placing artwork

Preparing a design document
Choosing your design application
Planning the structure of your application
Grouping complex objects
Flattening artwork with filters and effects
Embedding images in the design document
Managing fonts when sharing files
Identifying duplicate component assets
Setting component properties
Creating sample artwork for a list of images or text
Hiding, showing, and locking layers
Exporting an FXG file from Adobe Fireworks
Importing a design document and additional images
Optimizing artwork

Managing the Library

Adding and deleting Library panel assets
Previewing files in the Library panel
Compressing images in the Library panel
Renaming project assets
Sharing project libraries
Importing and exporting a library package

Managing layers

Exploring the Layers panel
Renaming objects in the Layers panel
Optimizing complex groups
Adding and deleting layers
Stacking artwork using layers
Working with Pages and States

Page and component states

Duplicating and modifying page states
Adding and deleting states
Adding and deleting objects from page states
Creating Interactive Components

The building blocks of RIAs

Components
Interactions
Using wireframe components
Adding and modifying wireframe buttons, input fields, radio buttons, check boxes and scroll bars
Converting artwork to built-in components
Converting artwork to buttons
Creating, enabling and disabling buttons
Converting artwork to scroll bars
Working with text
Creating a scroll panel from artwork
Creating custom components
Adding interactivity
Adding page navigation
Creating conditional interactions
Linking to external content

Creating Transitions and Action Sequences

Inspecting default transition effects
Adding smooth transitions
Adjusting transition duration, timing, and easing
Adding and changing effects
Adding and editing action sequences
Adding action sequence interactions
Editing action sequences in the timeline
Flash Catalyst helper effects

Adding and controlling video and sound

Preparing video for the web
Intro to video codec?
Importing and previewing video and sound
Controlling video playback
Adding interactions to control video playback
Adding sound effects

Integrating SWF content from other Creative Suite tools

Creating SWF files for Flash Catalyst
Adding and using SWF files in Flash Catalyst
Previewing a SWF animation
Controlling the playback of SWF files
Adding a SWF file to a component
Adding effects to play an animation

Designing with data

Flash Catalyst data lists
Working with design-time data
Working with data lists
Previewing a data list
Creating a Data List component
Designing a sample record
Converting the sample record into a Data List component
Setting data list properties
Editing repeated item layout and states
Using design-time data
Replacing design-time images
Editing design-time text
Adding and deleting design-time data
Adding and removing elements in the repeated item
Using a wireframe data list
Drawing and editing artwork

Flash Catalyst drawing tools

Using the rulers, guides, and grid
Drawing basic shapes and lines
Changing stroke and fill
Adding and modifying gradient fills
Grouping and transforming objects
Applying and removing filters
Add and modify a drop shadow
Round-trip editing with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe
Photoshop
Download and install the Adobe FXG extensions for
Photoshop
Launch and edit in Adobe Photoshop

Publishing a project

Accessibility
Embedding fonts
Publishing to SWF
Publishing to the web with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Uploading files

Extending your project with Flash Builder

Binding components to a data source
Creating, Reading, Updating, and Deleting (CRUD)
Providing a keyword search
Collecting user input
Using sliders to set values
Creating printer controls
Exploring linear and iterative workflow
Preparing files for a developer
Using data lists and design-time data
Deleting unused assets
Opening a Flash Catalyst project in Flash Builder
Reviewing the final Flash Catalyst project file (FXP)
Importing FXP into Flash Builder
Comparing and integrating code between projects
Importing a Flash Catalyst library file (FXPL)
Import the FXPL
Associating the FXPL with your application

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Adobe authorized training

Mira Images

Adobe Flash Catalyst Training Advanced

Hands-on Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Adobe Certified Training: Advanced

3 day class, cost: $1199

Students receive a course text: Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5: Classroom in a Book, which includes a CD of class files.as a resource for post-training reference and practice.

All Mira Images Adobe authorized training is provided by certified instructors at our location or yours. Because we know your time is valuable,

We will never cancel your class.

The Mira Images Classroom is located just outside of Philadelphia, PA and is convenient to Harrisburg, PA; New York, NY; New Jersey; Baltimore, MD; Wilmington, DE; and Washington DC.