Lesson Structure

There are 12 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction to Flash
   • Introduction, Vector graphics, Bitmap graphics, Streaming, How flash works, Upgraded features
2. Using the Flash editor
   • Creating a new document, Setting preferences, Editing, Clipboard, Action script editing, Zooming, Scenes, Objects, Moving the stage, Grids, Guides, Rulers, Timeline, Keyframes, Layers, Frame labels, etc.
3. Drawing & Colour
   • Toolbar, Basics of drawing in flash, Pencil tool, Drawing lines and shapes, Brush tool, Masks, etc
4. Working with objects & symbols
   • Objects, Arrow tool, Lasso tool, Symbols, Assets, Library, etc
5. Working with text
   • Static text, Embedded and Device Fonts, etc
6. Working with graphics
   • Turning bitmaps into vector graphics, Using bitmaps as fills, Modifying bitmap fills, The magic wand.
7. Animation
   • Frame by frame animation, Tweened animation, Setting up a movie, Animating, Layers, Adding a background, Creating timeline effects.
8. Actionscript
   • Creating interaction, Planning scripts for a movie, Object oriented programming, The movie clip object.
9. Using audio in your movies
   • Unsynchronised sound, Synchronised sound, Importing sounds, Adding sounds to frames, Adding sounds to buttons, Using event sounds, Start sounds, Streaming sounds, Stopping sounds, Looping sounds, Editing sounds.
10. Using video in your movies
    • Quality, Keyframe interval, Scale, Importing audio, Working with video, Importing video.
11. Components
    • The check box, Importing text scroll bar, Creating a form, Adding a check box, Adding a combo box, Push buttons, Configure components, Write action script to gather data, Action script for the entire movie, Action script to each key frame, Testing the movie.
12. Publishing
    • How to prepare your finished movie for distribution via the Internet, CD and other formats. You will also learn techniques for optimising your movies so they perform efficiently and on multiple system configurations.

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Flash

In the 1990’s, most websites were simply made up of static graphics, text and sometimes simple animations (called animated Gifs) which made many sites nothing more than glorified brochures and text heavy resources. With the birth of the ‘New Media’ industry, new tools were developed to make the internet a much more interactive and entertaining medium – one of these tools was Macromedia Flash.

Flash enabled website designers and developers to create complex animations, incorporate decent quality sound and develop unique and experimental interfaces for their online projects. Using vector graphics and special compression techniques, Flash allows websites to show high quality graphics, play great sound and add ‘extra dimensions’ of interactivity without choking up bandwidth. This has made Flash one of today’s most popular website development and design tools.

Flash uses an internet friendly technology called ‘streaming’. Streaming enables information to be displayed as it is downloading, rather than only displaying once downloading has completed. This enables a well-designed Flash project to seem to load instantly or very quickly while in fact it is downloading information as the user views it.

A good example of this technology is ‘streaming audio’ where you can listen to music while it is downloading across the internet instead of waiting for it to completely download.

Learn more about this topic and much more with this Flash course.

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• It is not just a course, it is a package of learning that includes – course notes, tutor feedback, self-assessment tests, research tasks and assignments.
• Our tutors are all experts in their field, with years of experience in their field.
• They are also keen and enthusiastic about their subject and enjoy working with students to improve their knowledge and skills.
• Courses are also updated regularly to meet the demands of the changing needs for knowledge and to keep our courses up to date.

What Next?

Flash was a cutting edge software tool in the past, that almost disappeared for a while, until it was realised that old software that operated using flash was unlikely to ever disappear completely. It became evident that this "legacy" program would continue to need programmers who understand it so they can continue to work with that old programming.

Get skills in creating Flash CS animations and graphics.

By studying this course, you will learn more about using Flash for projects. A great introductory course to this legendary, legacy authoring tool.

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