Flash CS5 Training: Introduction

Class description

Intro to Flash CS5 hands-on training

Extend the already robust capabilities of Flash CS5 using ActionScript 3.0 (AS3.0) to control timelines and animation, write event-handling functions, and control loading of and interaction with data, text, video, sound, and images. This 3-day class will familiarize you with coding fundamentals and take you well beyond, to open up a whole new world of possibilities that you can apply to all your projects in Flash. Topics include:

AS 3.0 syntax & structure
Animating with AS3.0
Formatting text
Drawing with ActionScript

Working with XML
Adding & controlling sound
Adding & controlling video
Creating Adobe Air applications

adobe course curriculum

Introduction to ActionScript 3.0

Adding ActionScript to the Flash timeline

Setting up the timeline
Controlling timeline playback
Writing a playback loop
Creating a count variable
Writing a conditional statement
Displaying dynamic text

Working with events and functions

Writing event listeners & event handling functions
Using ActionScript to open an external page
Creating animation using ActionScript tweens
Importing ActionScript classes
Using filters and Blend effects
Positioning in 3D space

Animating with ActionScript

Controlling MovieClip properties with ActionScript
Adding ActionScript tweens
Working with IK animation in ActionScript
Using the IKArmature and IKManager classes

Using external ActionScript files

Understanding ActionScript classes
Using access modifiers
Working with constructor functions
Creating instances of a class

Loading content with ActionScript and components

Loading SWF files into a UILoader component
Loading text from an external file

Creating ActionScript preloaders

Using the Bandwidth Profiler
Track loading with a text field and progress bar

Using Arrays and Loops

Adding MovieClip instances to the stage
Using for loops
Working with trace statements
Working with arrays

Formatting text with ActionScript

Controlling sound with ActionScript

The Sound, SoundChannel and SoundTransform classes
Creating a Sound class instance
Loading a sound into a Sound instance
Controlling the visibility of the volume and pan controls

Working with an XML playlist

Understanding the basic structure of an XML file
Creating an XML instance
Working with COMPLETE and IO_ERROR events
Creating hyperlinks using XML data

Using ActionScript and components to control video

Adding the FLVPlayback component
Setting FLVPlayback properties
Adding a slider to control transparency
Adding the ColorPicker component
Adding the FLVCaptioning component

ActionScript graphics

Drawing with ActionScript
Randomizing effects
Using the Bitmap and BitmapData classes
Examining the Pixel Bender toolkit

Printing and Sending email

Adding a simple email link
Sending email from Flash
Sending variables using the URLVariables class
Adding printing capabilities with the PrintJob class
Capturing date and time with the Date class
Using ActionScript try/catch statements

Creating Air applications

Setting the Air descriptor file options
Setting custom icons
Creating a digital signature
Working with drag events

Mira Images

Adobe Flash Training Introduction

3 day class, cost: $1199

Students receive a course text, ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS5 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.