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Flash MX 2004 Training
Hosted by David Humes
Approx. 8 hrs. of Flash training on 4 CD-ROMs

Presented by Flash expert and Adobe Certified Expert (ACE), David Humes, this Flash training provides students with comprehensive video lessons in a step-by-step, easy to understand format. The lessons are designed to take you from start to finish, beginning with an introduction to Flash and concluding with three engaging projects titled, “Animated Greeting Card with Sound”, “Make a Preloader”, and “Animated Navigation Bar” (see details below), which will put to practice what you have learned from the course. After completing this course, you will have the knowledge needed to quickly get started creating interactive, rich media content with Flash MX 2004.

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Flash MX 2004 Training Series

Multimedia CD-ROM Based Training:
With CD-ROM based training, the lectures were video taped and then digitized and presented to you in Full Motion Video, Audio, & Graphics.

System Requirements: 486/100 mhz (minimum), CD-ROM Drive,
16 MB RAM, Sound Card. Available Hard Disk Space 50 MB. Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, or Windows XP.

Flash Trainer: David Humes
David is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in Photoshop, a Certified Practitioner of NLP, and an expert in Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, web design, print design, Adobe InDesign, and QuarkXPress. David has conducted training seminars for Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. Army, Roche Pharmaceuticals, the training staff of ITT Technical Institute, and countless others. Since 1988, he has been involved in desktop publishing and computer graphics. His experience from presenting over 600 full-day seminars to thousands of attendees in 48 of the 50 states and throughout Canada has helped him breakdown complex concepts into language that anyone can understand.

Multimedia CD-ROM Based Training:
With CD-ROM based training, the lectures were video taped and then digitized and presented to you in Full Motion Video, Audio, & Graphics.

System Requirements: 486/100 mhz (minimum), CD-ROM Drive,
16 MB RAM, Sound Card. Available Hard Disk Space 50 MB. Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, or Windows XP.

Course Outline - Flash MX 2004 Training
Approx. 8 hrs. of training on 4 CD-ROMs

Level 1

Introduction to Macromedia Flash MX

• Raster vs. Vector
• File Types
• Customizing Shortcuts
• Must Know Shortcuts
• What’s Possible in Flash

Using the Flash Interface

• Stage and Work Area
• Understanding Layers
• Panels

Adjusting the Movie Properties

• Cropping Your Stage
• Grids and Guides

Importing Images

• Raster Images (GIF, JPEG & TIF)
• Vector Images (PDF, EPS, PSD, PNG)
• Pros/Cons of each Image

Converting Raster Images Into Vectors

• How Shapes are Different In Flash
• Mixing Colors
• Saving and Loading Colors
• Using the Align Panel

Level Summary

Level 2

Tools

• Subselection Tools
• Stroke Tool Options
• Free Transform Too
• Ink Bottle & Paint Bucket
• Erasure, Hand & Zoom Tools

Transforming Options

Creating Animation

• Frame by Frame Animation
• Onion Skinning
• Reverse Frames
• Editing Multiple Frames

Tweening

• Shape Tween
• Easing
• Morphing Shapes

Gradients

• Making Custom Gradients
• Animating a Gradient

Level Summary

Level 3

Text

• Single or Multiline Text
• Field Options
• Formatting Options
• Device Fonts
• Text Links
• Spelling Setup and Spell Checking
• Find and Replace
• Morphing Text into Shapes or vice versa

Library

• Intro to the Library

Bitmap Images

• Editing Bitmaps

Symbols and Instances Demystified

• Motion Tween
• Button Symbols

Publishing Your Movie

Level Summary

Level 4

Animate Along A Path

• Orient to Path

Intro to Action Scripting

• Time-based
• User-based

Project 1: Animated Greeting Card with Sound

• Fading In and Out Flying Text
• Making a Slide Show from Scratch
• Sound
• Make a Sound Off Button

Project 2: Make a Preloader

• Multiple Scenes
• Bandwidth Profiler

Project 3: Animated Navigation Bar

Level Summary