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Macromedia Flash Tutorials

Macromedia Flash Tutorials
Author Name		Ian (Yan) Cowles
Total Movies		159
Duration		7 Hours

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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.

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Basic Concepts
What is Flash?
Flash Interface
Frames
Symbols
Action Scripting
Scenes
Movies
Publish
Visit my web site

Basic Functions
Setting up
Frame Rate
Views
Speed vs Quality
Using the Grid/Rulers

Drawing Toolbox
Arrow Tool
Lasso Tool
Line Tool
Text Tool
Oval Tool
Rectangle Tool
Pencil Tool
Brush tool
Ink Bottle Tool
Paint Bucket
Eyedropper Tool
Eraser Tool
Hand Tool

Colors & Fills
Solid Colors
Gradients
Lock Gradient
Transform Gradient
Alpha Settings

Originating Shapes
Initial Shape
Editing & Optimization
Lines To Fill
Expand Shape
Soften Edges
Grouping
Scale & Rotate
Importing Graphics
Illustrator & Freehand

Bitmaps
Bitmap vs Vector
Import Bitmaps
Tiled background
Trace Bitmap
Alpha Channels

Functionality
Send to Back
Lock
Flipping
Remove Transform
Remove Colours
Edit Centre
Align
Typesetting

Animating
Layers
Frames
Keyframes
Motion Tween
Tween Scaling
Tween Rotation
Shape Tween
Motion Guides
Easing In/Out
Guide Layer
Masking
Shape Hints
Onion Skinning
Frame Display

Symbols
Why use Symbols?
Creating Symbols
The Library
Editing Symbols
Animation Effects
Movie Clip Symbol
Unlink an Instance
Open as Library

Scenes
Scenes
Copy & Paste Frames
Paste in Place

Interactivity
Actions
Create Frame Action
Create Buttons
Button Actions
Test Movie/Scene
Load Movie
Unload Movie
Tell Target
Get URL
If Frame Is Loaded
Button Movie Clip

Action Scripting
Action Script Overview
Variables
If statements
Else/Else If
Trace/Comment
Error trapping
Loops
Set Property
Call statement
Text Fields
Drag Movie Clip

Using Sound
Sound
Import Sound
Keyframe Sound
Editing Sound
Looping
Button Sound
Stop All Sounds
Remove Sound
Hit Sounds
Streaming vs Event Sound

Web Optimize
Optimize Flash
Test Streaming
Bandwidth Profiler

Publishing
Publish Overview
Formats
Publish Flash
Publish HTML
Publish Projector
Publish QuickTime
Publish
Export Sequence
Export Image

Banner Ad
Create Background
Import Illustrator
New Symbol Instance
White-out
Add New Scene
Text Morph
Payoff Scene

Drop Down Menu
Getting Started
Movie Clip
Menu Contents
Retracting the Menu

Flash Form
Text Fields
Create Checkbox
Reset Button
Send Button
Recipient & Redirect
Form as Clip or

Movie Pause
Set Variable
If loop
Dupe the Loop
Extend pause

Sound On/Off switch
Single Scene
Sound in Movie Clip
On/off Button
Using Tell Target

Multiple Choice Buttons
Name Instances
Script Combi-Buttons
Process Variables
Label Frames

Drop Target
Name Instances
Droptarget Action
Remove from stage

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