Adobe Flash CS4: Rich Content Creation

Website Designs now demand more innovative and eye catching presentation. The told within Flash CS4 help one to create and manipulate a wide variety of objects ranging from a simple graphic design to a complex animation sequence. This course is meant for anyone who has no exposure to the features and functions of Flash CS4 The topics covered provide the critical skills you need to create objects and animations in Flash CS4.

Whilst there is no certification attached to this course our tutor is a certified Adobe Trainer.

Course Content

Introduction to Adobe Flash - Customising the workspace, Zoom and scroll, Setting up document properties

Creating Objects - Drawing tools, Strokes and fills, Gradients and the Colour window, Alpha? settings for drawn objects, The other tools, Working with text, Font rendering options, Tool modifiers, Importing from Illustrator

Timeline - Working with layers, Key frames vs. Normal frames

Working with Images - Adding imported images, Converting images to vector, Adding a motion tween to an image, Alpha, brightness, tint and more

Creating Animations - Shape tweens, Motion tweens, Object Guide Paths, Masks, Creating an animation with drawn objects, Creating a photo-montage animation, Publishing a movie, Preview options

Building a Flash website - Design & Planning a Flash Website

Using the Library - Graphic, movie clip and button symbols, Creating a movie Preloader, Using the ?Align? tools

Movie Components - Creating a Template, Adding Scenes to a movie, Adding custom page elements, Adding action script to scenes, Creating button graphics, Adding interactivity to buttons, Email and URL links, Adding sounds to buttons and layers

Getting it Online - Placing the movie into Dreamweaver, Adding Flash Video