Creative Suite Web Design Masterclass (Dreamweaver And Flash)

Requirements:

• Have experience with Windows operating systems or the Macintosh operating system.


• Use and have knowledge of the web environment and web browsers.


• Have a basic understanding of document formatting programs, such as Microsoft Word.


• Web terminology.

Course objectives:
In this course, you will examine the basics of Flash CS3 and Dreamweaver CS3 with a focus on best practices and design. What You Will Learn:

• Adobe Dreamweaver Interface Basics
• Creating a website
  
• Controlling document structure
  
• Intro to Cascading Style Sheets
  
• Adding Graphics
  
• Building Successful Site Navigation
  
• Designing Pages with CSS
  
• Fireworks CS3 -Dreamweaver CS3 integration
  
• Creating Templates and Site Maintenance
  

Course content:
Course Summary
From Zero to Hero in just 5 days!
The Web Design Master Class is a combination of the DreamWeaver Website Development and Flash Rich Content Creation courses.
Adobe DreamWeaver CS3: Website Development
This course is designed to teach ne- web developers ho- to create web-sites using Adobe DreamWeaver CS3. The course is task-based, with students learning by doing. Students will build a website for a fictitious restaurant, Cafe Townsend. Along with covering the basics of Adobe DreamWeaver CS3, the course focuses on best practices and design, stressing the importance of usability, optimization, and performance.
Adobe Flash CS3 - Rich Content Creation
Imagine being able to produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound for your next Adobe Flash website - all after just 2 days of training!!
That's what Academy Class's Flash training course holds in store for you.
This is an introductory course that provides designers and developers ne- to the Flash environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Adobe Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in Adobe Flash ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to teaching essentials, the course focuses on teaching best practices for creating Adobe Flash content.
With this training course, you can use Flash, the industry's most advanced authoring environment to create interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content.
With Flash Professional CS3, creative professionals design and author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation for truly unique, engaging websites, presentations or mobile content.
Adobe Flash is the standard for web animation and multimedia. More and more websites are using this powerful technology to add interest and functionality. Learn to create interactive, animated content, publish a Flash movie and add it to an HTML page. Topics include frames, libraries, movie properties, shape morph, layers, tweening, and sound. Flash helps you put your website on the move.
Course Content
Part One
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - Web Development - Introduction
Introducing the Course

• Understanding the course
  
• Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
  
• Reviewing the course format
  
• Outlining the course content
  
• Understanding static page architecture
  

Getting Started

• Introducing Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
  
• Learning the interface
  
• Defining a local site
  
• Creating a website
  

Adding Content to a Site

• Adding content
  
• Controlling document structure
  
• Making lists
  
• Adding horizontal rules
  
• Adding special characters
  

Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets

• Formatting text
  
• Introducing cascading style sheets
  
• Creating styles
  
• Exporting CSS rule definitions
  
• Creating class styles
  
• Attaching external style sheets
  
• Creating advanced styles
  
• Creating a ne- external style sheet
  
• Displaying styles
  
• Understanding cascading order and inheritance of styles
  
• Creating internal styles with the Property inspector
  

Working with Graphics

• Using graphics on web pages
  
• Placing graphics on the page
  
• Modifying image properties
  
• Editing images
  
• Doing roundtrip editing with Fireworks
  
• Customizing the Insert bar
  
• Adding Flash content
  
• Adding Flash Video
  

Creating Animations

• Working with the Timeline
  
• Using Keyframes, Blank Keyframes, and Frames
  
• Creating Motion Tweens
  
• Creating Shape Tweens
  
• Creating Transition Effects
  
• Using Animation Best Practices
  

ActionScript with Script Assist and Behaviors

• Using Script Assist
  
• Adding Actions to a frame
  
• Creating and Using Button Symbols
  
• Adding Behaviors to a Button
  
• Loading External SWF's.
  

Using Moving Clips

• Creating and Using Movie Clip symbols
  
• Organizing a Movie Clip Timeline
  
• Using Actions to Control a Timeline
  
• Using Frame Labels
  
• Responding to User Interactions
  

Adding Sound and Video

• Importing Sound
  
• Changing Sound Properties
  
• Adding Sound to a Timeline
  
• Embedding Video in a Timeline
  
• Using the FLVPlayback Component
  

Publishing Flash Documents

• Using Different Publishing Formats
  
• Using Publishing Profiles
  
• Adding Flash Player Detection
  
• Publishing for Deployment
  

Part Two -Adobe Flash CS3 - Rich Content Creation
Introducing the Course

• Understanding the course format
  
• Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
  
• Looking at the course outline
  

Working in Adobe Flash

• Setting Stage dimensions
  
• Working with panels and panel layouts
  
• Setting preferences
  
• Identifying the development cycle
  
• Publishing a file
  

Creating and Importing Graphic Assets

• Working with different graphic formats
  
• Importing bitmap graphics
  
• Importing vector graphics
  
• Working with layers and layer folders
  
• Using the drawing tools
  
• Using object and merge drawing
  
• Working with the Colour panels
  
• Creating and using Graphic symbols
  
• Using the Library panel
  

Using Text Effectively

• Using the Text tool
  
• Adding and formatting static text
  
• Changing font rendering methods
  
• Adding input text fields
  
• Embedding fonts in input text fields
  
• Using font best practices
  

Creating Animations

• Working with the Timeline
  
• Using keyframes, blank keyframes, and frames
  
• Creating motion tweens
  
• Creating shape tweens
  
• Creating transition effects
  
• Using animation best practices
  

Adding Adobe Flash ActionScript with Script Assist and Behaviors

• Using Script Assist
  
• Adding actions to a frame
  
• Creating and using Button symbols
  
• Adding behaviors to a button
  
• Loading external Adobe Flash SWFs
  

Using Moving Clips

• Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
  
• Organizing a Movie Clip Timeline
  
• Using actions to control a Timeline
  
• Using frame labels
  
• Responding to user interactions
  

Adding Sound and Video

• Importing sound
  
• Changing sound properties
  
• Adding sound to a Timeline
  
• Embedding video in a Timeline
  
• Using the Adobe FLVPlayback component
  

Publishing Adobe Flash Documents

• Using different publishing formats
  
• Using publishing profiles
  
• Adding Adobe Flash Player detection
  
• Publishing for deployment