Bigrockdesigns training course in Flash8 techniques is a great way for those with none or little knowledge of the software to acquire more advanced skills. The course will guide you step by step through a number of complete projects, each covering a wide range of techniques to help you become more proficient with Flash 8. These include reproducing a masking, preloader's, scrolling text and much more
Course Outline
1. Flash Environment
File types
Bitmaps vs. vectors
Flash 8 vs. Flash Professional 8
What's new in Flash Professional 8
2. Interface
The Start page
The default workspace
Interface management
Essential preferences
Finding help
3. Drawing and Colour
Drawing with the Pencil tool
Modifying lines
Drawing with the Pen tool
The Oval and Rectangle tools
The Free Transform tool
Modifying and optimising shapes
The Brush tool
The Lasso tool
The Eyedropper tool
Using the Colour Mixer and creating gradients
Adding and importing colours to the Colour Swatches panel
Grouping and un grouping objects
Object-based undo
4. Animation Essentials
Movie properties and frame rate
Timeline, frames, and keyframes
Deleting, copying, and reversing frames
Testing movies
Frame by frame animation
5. Shape Tweens
Shape tweening
Shape hinting
Shape tweening text
Editing multiple frames
Animating gradients
6. Libraries, Symbols, and Instances
Creating Symbols
Alternate methods for creating and editing Symbols
Working with the Library
7. Motion Tweens
Basic motion tweens
Tweening effects
Editing multiple frames
Motion Guides
Motion tweening text
Easing
Custom easing controls (Pro only)
8. Timeline Effects
Adding, editing, and removing Timeline Effects
9. Masking
Masking
Animated masks
10. Type
Text overview
Text options
Aliasing options
Spell checking, and Find and Replace
11. Bitmaps
Importing and compressing
Bitmap sequence
Bitmap fills
Tracing bitmaps
Changing opacity of bitmaps
12. Filters and Blend Modes
Working with Filters
Working with Blend Modes
13. Buttons
Button types
Basic buttons
Rollover button
Rollover button with down state
Invisible button
14. Movie Clips
What are Movie Clips?
Modifying Movie Clip instances
Animated rollover buttons
15. ActionScript Essentials
Time-based vs. user-based actions
Actions panel
Script Assist
Stop on frame
GetURL
Slide show
Creating a pop-up menu pt. 1
Scrolling text
Controlling Movie Clips
What are Scenes?
Loading SWF's
Loading JPEGs, GIFs, and PNG's
What is a preloader?
Building a simple preloader
Behavior's
16. Components
What are Components?
The UI Scrollbar Component
17. Sound
Importing sounds
Supported formats
Sound on buttons
Music on/off button
18. Video
who should do this course
This course is ideal for the individual with a general knowledge of computers and wishes to learn to update a website without learning a complex design application.
