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Macromedia Flash



Course Highlight
• The Macromedia Flash MX development environment
• Graphics and text
• Layers, frames, and the Timeline
• Flash (Animations)
• Masks
• Symbols, instances, and libraries
• Animations, including frame-by-frame, motion tweens, and shape tweens
• Motion guides
• Shape hints
• Document structure
• Actions and ActionScript
• Navigation buttons
• Sound Publishing
• Hands-on, Lecture and Demonstration
• Project Work for Flash MX
• Course Completion Certificate

You should be able to:
• Develop efficient, compact Macromedia Flash movies using Macromedia Flash MX
• Create, import, and work with graphics
• Import graphics from Macromedia FreeHand
• Work with text
• Use layers and frames
• Use masks
• Create and use symbols, libraries, and instances
• Build frame-by-frame animations
• Motion tween
• Shape tween
• Work with motion guides
• Create navigation buttons
• Use the Movie Explorer
• Work with simple ActionScript commands
• Use components
• Add sounds to documents
• Import Video
• Use a preloader component
• Publish a Macromedia Flash MX document in HTML using Dreamweaver
• Implement basic principles of optimization and performance

Course Structure
Introduction to Computer Animations
• Introduction to Macromedia Flash MX
• The Macromedia Flash MX interface
• Creating a new Macromedia Flash MX document
• Developing in Macromedia Flash MX

Creating Simple Graphics and Text
• Using graphics
• Importing graphics
• Using text
• Masking

Adding Simple Animation
• Working with symbols, libraries, and instances
• Creating frame-by-frame animation
• Motion tweening
• Using motion guides
• Shape tweening
• Adding stop actions

Using Symbols and Libraries
• Graphic symbols
• Button symbols
• Movie clip symbols
• The structure of a Macromedia Flash MX document
• Working with libraries

Enhancing Functionality Using Actions and ActionScript

• Using ActionScript
• Creating interactive buttons
• Linking to a URL.


Creating Compact Movies
• Using the Load Movie action to create more efficient documents
• Using shared libraries to create smaller Macromedia Flash MX documents

Adding Sound and Video
• Adding sound
• Modifying the sound level
• Adding video
• Using Components
• The Bandwidth Profiler

Publishing
• Factors to consider before publishing
• Techniques for optimizing movies
• Publishing