Flash cs4 Training: Introduction

Class description

The industry leading interactive content creation tool, Flash CS4 incorporates vector drawing, animation, video, and ActionScript coding capabilities to generate rich Flash content for the web, mobile devices and interactive PDFs. Bring your ideas to life with animation techniques ranging from simple point-to-point motion to simulation of life-like movement using inverse kinematics. This 3-day intensive hands-on Flash training provides an introduction to Flash for designers and developers new to the Flash environment. You'll get comfortable with essential concepts, from timeline animation to ActionScript basics for adding interactivity. Topics include:

Creating & editing symbols
Demystifying the timeline
Animating in 3D
Using inverse kinematics

Adding interactive navigation
Including sound & video
Foundation ActionScript
Publishing Flash for the web

adobe course curriculum

Getting acquainted

Getting to know the work area
Working with the library panel
Using the property inspector
Understanding the timeline
Using the tools panel

Working with graphics

Understanding strokes & fills in shape creation
Working with gradients
Applying transparency
Adding and editing text
Importing Photoshop & Illustrator content

Creating and editing symbols

Button, movieclip & graphic symbols
Creating, editing & managing symbols
Working with symbol instances
Using filters and Blend effects
Positioning in 3D space

Adding animation

Animation fundamentals: key frames, frame rate and tweens
Animating position and transformations
Animating filters and transparency
Changing the path of motion
Understanding the motion editor
Creating nested animations
Easing
Animating 3D motion

Articulated motion and morphing

Articulated motion with inverse kinematics
Armature options
Adding bones & restricting joints
Morphing with shape tweens
Using shape hints

Using ActionScript 3.0 to create interactive navigation

Introduction to ActionScript 3.0
Creating a stop action
Making buttons work
Stopping and playing the timeline

Working with sound and video

Intro to Flash video
Using the Adobe media encoder
Understanding encoding options
Playback of external video
Embedding video

Publishing Flash documents

Testing a Flash document
Publishing a movie for the web

Mira Images

Adobe Flash Training Introduction

3 day class, cost: $1125

Students receive a course text, Adobe Flash CS4 Professional: Classroom in a Book, which includes a CD of class files. These resources provide students with a valuable tool for post-training practice, using familiar files and lessons.

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.