Flash CS4: Rich Media Content (Intro)

DESCRIPTION
Working in Flash

• The Adobe Flash CS4 interface
  
• Customising the interface
  
• Creating a new Flash document
  
• Setting stage dimensions
  
• Working with panels and panel layouts
  
• Setting preferences
  
• Identifying the development cycle
  
• Working with vectors
  
• Publishing a file
  

Creating and importing graphic assets

• Working with different graphics formats
  
• Importing bitmap graphics
  
• Using the Flash import wizard
  
• Layering Flash elements
  
• Organising using the Layer folder
  
• Using the drawing tools
  
• Using Object and Merge drawing
  
• Using the Deco tool
  
• Working with the colour panels
  
• Creating a colour swatch
  
• Using the library panel
  

Using text effectively

• Using the text tool
  
• Adding and formatting static text
  
• Changing font rendering methods
  
• Static and dynamic text
  
• Embedded vs device fonts
  
• Font properties
  
• Working with anti-aliased text
  
• Text components in Flash
  
• Adding Input Text fields
  
• Embedding fonts in Input Text fields
  
• Using font best practices
  

DAY TWO

Creating animations

• Working with the Timeline
  
• Using keyframes, blank keyframes and frames
  
• Motion tweening
  
• Shape tweening
  
• Creating transition effects
  
• The new motion tween model
  
• Applying tweening to objects
  
• Photoshop to Flash workflow
  

Using the Bones tool

• Animating with bones
  

Working with Behaviours

• Using Script Assist
  
• Adding actions to a frame
  
• Using button symbols
  
• Adding behaviours to a button
  
• Loading external SWFs
  

Using Movie Clips for interactive rich media

• Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
  
• Organising 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
  
• Adobe Device Central
  

DAY ONE

Introduction

• Course objectives
  

Working in Flash

• The Adobe Flash CS4 interface
  
• Customising the interface
  
• Creating a new Flash document
  
• Setting stage dimensions
  
• Working with panels and panel layouts
  
• Setting preferences
  
• Identifying the development cycle
  
• Working with vectors
  
• Publishing a file
  

Creating and importing graphic assets

• Working with different graphics formats
  
• Importing bitmap graphics
  
• Using the Flash import wizard
  
• Layering Flash elements
  
• Organising using the Layer folder
  
• Using the drawing tools
  
• Using Object and Merge drawing
  
• Using the Deco tool
  
• Working with the colour panels
  
• Creating a colour swatch
  
• Using the library panel
  

Using text effectively

• Using the text tool
  
• Adding and formatting static text
  
• Changing font rendering methods
  
• Static and dynamic text
  
• Embedded vs device fonts
  
• Font properties
  
• Working with anti-aliased text
  
• Text components in Flash
  
• Adding Input Text fields
  
• Embedding fonts in Input Text fields
  
• Using font best practices
  

DAY TWO

Creating animations

• Working with the Timeline
  
• Using keyframes, blank keyframes and frames
  
• Motion tweening
  
• Shape tweening
  
• Creating transition effects
  
• The new motion tween model
  
• Applying tweening to objects
  
• Photoshop to Flash workflow
  

Using the Bones tool

• Animating with bones
  

Working with Behaviours

• Using Script Assist
  
• Adding actions to a frame
  
• Using button symbols
  
• Adding behaviours to a button
  
• Loading external SWFs
  

Using Movie Clips for interactive rich media

• Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
  
• Organising 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
  
• Adobe Device Central