Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Essentials

DISC 1

Chapter 1: GETTING STARTED (54 min)

• Moving around in the Workspace
• Using the Basic Drawing Tools
• Comparing Vector & Bitmap Graphics
• Selecting Elements on the Stage
• Using Groups
• Using Drawing Object Mode
• Using Layers
• Using the Transform Tools

Chapter 2: USING THE VECTOR DRAWING TOOLS (79 min)

• Understanding the Basics of Vectors
• Creating Curved Lines
• Combining Corner & Smooth Points
• Adding, Deleting & Converting Anchor Points
• Switching between the Pen Tools on the Fly
• Drawing with the Pen Preview Enabled
• Using the Free-Form Tools
• Controlling Strokes & Fills
• Expanding on Strokes & Fills
• Modifying Strokes
• Using the Color Mixer Panel
• Working with Gradients
• Creating Symbols
• Adjusting Symbol Properties

Chapter 3: IMPORTING GRAPHICS (60 min)

• Importing Bitmaps
• Compressing Bitmaps
• What Affects Bitmap Compression
• Making Movie Clips from Bitmaps
• Using a Bitmap Fill
• Importing from Photoshop®
• Masking Layers
• Tracing a Bitmap
• Importing Illustrator® Files

Chapter 4: ANIMATING VIA THE TIMELINE (64 min)

• Introducing Frame Animation
• Adding & Removing Frames
• Adding Keyframes
• Animating with Keyframes
• Moving Keyframes
• Copying & Pasting Keyframes
• Creating a Motion Tween
• Setting Tweens
• Fixing a Bad Tween
• Applying Tweens
• Creating a Shape Tween
• Applying Shape Hints
• Creating Additional Movie Clips
• Using a Path in a Tween

Chapter 5: WORKING WITH TEXT (61 min)

• Installing Fonts
• Using Grids & Guides
• Creating a Web Layout from a Photoshop File
• Importing a Photoshop File into Flash
• Saving a Template
• Using the Text Tool
• Working with Text Properties & Filters
• Explaining Anti-Alias & Font Settings
• Animating Text
• Setting Up the Contact Page
• Separating Text Characters
• Animating Letters
• Looking at the Dynamic Text Field
• Creating a Scrollbar
• Final Comments & Credits

DISC 2

Chapter 1: CREATING INTERACTIVE BUTTONS (74 min)

• Creating Buttons
• Programming Button States
• Building a Multi-Layer Button
• Modifying the Color of Other Button States
• Make Buttons from Movie Clips & Add a Glow Effect
• Add Actions to the Timeline in the Actions Panel
• Adding Actions to Buttons in the Behaviors Panel
• Importing Text from a Photoshop® File
• Setting Up Website Navigation
• Loading External SWF Files
• Creating a SWF File to Load into the Home Movie
• Adding External Loads to Keyframes

Chapter 2: INCLUDING SOUND (34 min)

• Introducing Sounds
• Setting Up Sound Properties
• Adding Sound to the Timeline
• Setting Keyframe Sound Properties
• Using the Sync Settings
• Adding Sounds to Buttons
• Controlling Sound Using Behaviors

Chapter 3: INCLUDING VIDEO (36 min)

• Using the Video Import Wizard
• Encoding FLV Files
• Choosing the Controller Skin
• Using the FLV Components
• Using the Flash Video Encoder
• Animating a Movie File

Chapter 4: OPTIMIZING & PUBLISHING (37 min)

• Preparing to Publish
• Looking at the Flash Tab in the Publish Settings
• Adjusting the HTML Settings
• Finishing Up the Publish Settings
• Publishing Using Dreamweaver®
• Posting Your Files on the Server
• Synchronizing Changes
• Final Comments & Credits