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Course Overview Flash is the professional standard authoring tool for producing high-impact Web experiences. Flash has now become the industry standard application for the development of 'rich media' online content. This course will work with symbols and instances, create extensive Timelines with independent animations, build more complex navigation controls, work with sound, and optimize movies for viewing. After completing this course, delegates will know how to incorporate symbols and instances into their Flash projects; better organize their larger projects through the use of scenes and frame labels; add interactivity and sound elements to their Flash animations and know how to test and publish their Flash movies. Audience This course is course is intended for delegates with some experience creating Flash animations, who want to build more efficient, optimized animations that allow for greater user interactivity. Skills Gained By the end of the course the delegate will be able to: - Identify the advantages that symbol use has in building a Flash movie
- Identify, create and manage symbols within a movie using the Library palette.
- Use scenes to organize content in large complex Timelines
- Create frame labels to mark critical points in your Timeline
- Add advanced playback controls and interactive elements to a Flash movie
- Use sounds within a project
- Test a movie while simulating a slow connection
- Identify factors that increase a movie's size and download time
- Publish a movie using many of Flash's numerous publishing options
Prerequisites Attendance of the Flash 8 Introduction course or equivalent knowledge. Course Outline (Course Topics may vary at the Trainer's Discretion) Layers - Using layers
- Modifying layers
- Grouping
- Adding a Mask Layer
- Animating a Mask
Symbols and Instances - Graphic Symbols
- Movie Clip Symbols
- Controlling Movie Clips
- Button Symbols
- Button Types
- Rollover and Down States
- Animated Buttons
- Hidden Buttons
- Managing Symbols and Instances
- Animating symbols
- Working with instances
Action Scripts - Using Common Action Script Commands
- Working with actions
- Advanced Interactivity
- Create an Interactive Slide Show
- Build Pop up menus
- Use Scripts to control Scrolling Text
- Creating Forms
Sounds - Adding sound objects
- Working with sound objects
- Importing sounds
- Event vs. Streaming Sounds
Movies - Testing movies
- Publishing movies
- Evaluating download performance
- Optimization factors
- Exporting movies
Shape and Text Objects - Shape Tween
- Shape Hints for Morphing
- Text Morph
Colours and Gradients - Create a custom colour
- Edit Colour Gradients
- Animating a Gradient
Import Bitmap and Video - Using Images in Flash
- Importing and Compressing
- Tracing Bitmaps
- Video Compression Basics
- File Formats
Scenes - Using Scenes in Flash
- Adding and Editing a Scene
- Action Script with Scenes
- Building a Web Site with Flash
Publishing Techniques Follow On Courses Other Microsoft Office, Adobe or Macromedia based courses that are relevant to your job.
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