Adobe Flash CS4 / CS3 Training DVD - UK Delivery Only

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Adobe Flash CS4 / CS3 training Video on DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

These Adobe Flash CS4 / CS3 tutorials make learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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1. Introduction

• Welcome

2. Getting Started

• The New CS3 Interface
• The New CS4 Interface (CS4)
• Setting up a Productive Workspace
• Modifying a Document's Properties
• The Stage and Pasteboard
• The Timeline and Layers
• Scenes

3. Drawing Tools

• Object and Merge Drawing (CS4)
• Drawing Basics: Rectangle Tool
• Sphere and Oval Tools
• Primitive Shapes
• Pencil and Line Tools
• Pen Tool
• Selecting and Deleting Content
• Modifying Content
• The Free Transform Tool
• Advanced Drawing Techniques
• The Art Deco Tool (CS4)

4. Colour

• Colour and Swatches Palettes
• Working with Gradients

5. Text Tools

• Text Boxes
• Text Types
• Text Formatting
• Spellchecking

6. Working with Images

• Different Types of Images
• Trace Bitmap Feature and Breaking Apart Bitmaps
• Ensuring Best Quality for Export

7. Symbols & Instances

• Creating Symbols
• Button Symbol Type and Button States
• Symbol Editing
• Overview of the Library
• Organizing the Library
• 9-Slice Scaling
• Filters and Blends
• Components

8. Concepts of Animation

• Understanding Flash Animation
• Frame by Frame Animation
• Onion Skinning
• Multiple Frames Tool
• Frame Rate
• Ways to Copy Animation

9. Shape Tweens

• Creating a Shape Tween
• Creating Shape Hints
• Multiple Shape Tweens at One Time

10. Motion Tweens (CS4)

• The New Tween Model (CS4)
• Creating a Motion Tween (CS4)
• Using Motion Paths - Part 1 (CS4)
• Using Motion Paths - Part 2 (CS4)
• Using the Motion Editor (CS4)
• Built in Motion Presets (CS4)
• Saving Motion Presets (CS4)
• Nesting Animations (CS4)

11. Masks

• Creating a Mask
• Animating a Mask

12. Overview of Actionscript

• Comparing Actionscript 1,2 and 3
• The Actions Panel
• Linking to a Specific Frame and Frame Labels
• Linking to a Website

13. Working with Sound

• Importing Sound
• Sound Types and Editing

14. Working with Video

• Embed Vs. External Video
• Using the Adobe Media Encoder (CS4)

15. Working with the Bone Tool (CS4)

• Inverse Kinetics with the Bone Tool (CS4)
• Creating Bones (CS4)
• Bone Animation (CS4)

16. Working with 3D (CS4)

• Using the 3D Rotation and Translation Tools (CS4)
• Animating in 3D (CS4)

17. Integration

• Direct Import of Photoshop Files
• Direct Import of Illustrator Files
• The Concept Behind XFL Files
• Integration with other Adobe Products (CS4)

18. Previewing

• Testing your Movie
• The Bandwidth Profiler and Simulating Download

19. Publishing

• Publish Settings
• Publishing Flash and HTML
• Publishing to a Projector File
• Exporting to Adobe Air (CS4)

20. Exercises

• Banner Intro
• Banner Exercise - Part 1
• Banner Exercise - Part 2
• Banner Exercise - Part 3
• Banner Exercise - Part 4
• Banner Exercise - Part 5
• Banner Exercise - Part 6
• Cross Fading Pictures
• Importing Dynamic Text from an External File
• Using a Custom Cursor