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Macromedia Flash MX Tutorials

Macromedia Flash MX for Designers Tutorials
Author Name   Rick Martin
Total Movies   127
ISBN   1930519532
Duration   10.5 Hours

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These Macromedia Flash MX tutorials for beginners will soon have you using all the tools and creating some cool web applications, this program can also make files for play back on CD or by a exe file. Due to the output being in the vector format the file size is small and it prints out as well as any PDF document. By following these Macromedia Flash MX tutorials you will be able to use all the new features of which there are any, like a true professional. Learn all about the timeline, adding ActionScripting, Movie clips, dot notation, sound files and a lot more.

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.


The links below are free Macromedia Flash MX tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University

Introduction
  Welcome and About This CD
  Flash Overview
  What's New in Flash MX pt. 1
  What's New in Flash MX pt. 2

Interface and Setup
  Interface Overview
  Grid
  Rulers and Guides
  Preferences
  Editing Preferences

Flash Basics
  Vector Graphics vs. Bitmap Graphics
  Symbols and Instances
  Shared Libraries
  ActionScript
  Previewing Your Movies
  Naming Conventions

The Toolbox
Toolbox Overview
Arrow Tool
Subselection Tool
Line Tool
Lasso Tool
Pen Tool
Text Tool
Oval and Rectangle Tools
Pencil Tool
Brush Tool
Free Transform Tool
Fill Transform Tool
Ink Bottle, Paint Bucket and Eyedropper Tools
Eraser Tool
Hand and Zoom Tools
Color Selection

The Panels
Panels Overview
Toolbars
Help Panels
Library
Common Libraries
Properties
Align
Color Mixer
Color Swatches
Info
Scene
Transform
Actions
Reference
Debugger and Output
Movie Explorer
Accessibility
Components and Component Parameters
Sitespring

The Timeline
Overview and Customizing The Timeline
Layers
Frames and Keyframes Overview
Working With Frames and Keyframes
Tweening Overview
Motion Tweening
Shape Tweening
Shape Hints
Motion Guides
Onion Skinning
Frame Labels, Comments and Named Anchors
Frame Actions
Mask Layers

Creating and Editing Artwork
Basic Drawing and Editing
Editing Symbols
Editing Instances vs Drawn Shapes
Transform Menu
Draw a Flower pt. 1
Draw a Flower pt. 2

Working with Bitmaps
Bitmap Overview
Modifying Bitmaps
Tracing Bitmaps

Working with Video
Video Overview
Modifying and Controlling

Working with Text
Text Overview
Text Options
Modifying Text
Text From External Sources

Working with Sound
Importing and Placing
Sound Options
Compression

Graphic Layout
Graphics Interaction
Instance Interaction and Stacking
Grouping and Aligning

Flash Architecture
Architecture Overview
Scenes
Movie Clips
Instance Names
Flash Hierarchy
Targeting
Controlling Movie Clips

Interactivity
Simple Buttons
Animated Buttons
Activating Buttons
Custom Cursors
Drag and Drop
Variables

A Simple Flash Website
Nav Panel
Nav Buttons
Content Movie Clip
Duplicate Content
Variables and Welcome Message
Frame Labels
First Button Actions
Duplicate Button Actions
Controlling Variables

More ActionScript
The Flash Object
Functions

Components
Components Overview
Built-in Components
Additional Components
Components In A Feedback Form

Preloaders
Preloaders Overview
Simple Preloader
Progress Bar Preloader
Percentage Preloader

Optimizing and Publishing
Good Practices
Bandwidth Profiler
Publishing Formats
Flash Publish Settings
HTML Publish Settings
HTML Code

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