Flash Masterclass Training

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What is Flash Masterclass Training?

Adobe Flash Masterclass is the industry standard for delivering rich graphic content over the web incorporating animation, sound and user interactivity.

Flash has evolved to satisfy the need for web designers to create ever more complex and visually engaging content whilst maintaining an efficient and effective download capability.

This One day website design training course will introduce delegates to the main features in Flash including vector graphics, interactivity, animation, video and publishing Flash movies into an HTML page.

We also provide private and in-company Flash courses. Call +44 (0)1273 622272 to discuss.

HTML5 and CSS3 are starting to be supported by more browsers. Because these technologies - (along with other interactive scripting languages like JavaScript and jQuery) - allow web designers to create interactive vector animations and support video without plugins, some argue that Flash is dying.

Whilst Flash use is certainly changing (you don't see many navigation elements designed in Flash now, because of iOS's lack of support), it is an exaggeration to say that Flash has died.

At present, HTML5 and CSS3 cannot provide anywhere near the level of interactivity possible with flash - there is no Audio & Video control (beyond simple triggering) and no motion tweening.

Flash has evolved over the years to changing demands, and will continue to do so for some time yet.

Silicon Beach Training recommends that all delegates familiarise themselves with the Flash interface before attending.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this Adobe Flash Masterclass training course, the delegate will be able to:

Create and edit vector graphics.
Create interactive page elements.
Create custom animations.
Incorporate sound into animations and web pages.

Who is this course for?

Designers and developers who are new to Flash and want to learn about vector graphics, interactivity, animation, video and publishing Flash movies into an HTML page.

Introduction to Flash

The Flash Interface
Flash and HTML
How Flash movies work - streaming and vectors
Finding your way around Flash
What Flash can and can't do

Flash basics

Setting Movie properties
Using Vector-based paint and draw tools
Creating & editing shapes and working with shapes and elements
Grouping elements
Using panels and shortcuts for efficiency.

Creating vector graphics

Lines and brush strokes
Drawing lines, rectangles and ovals
Smoothing/straightening lines and curves
Using grids and rules
Aligning objects
Using gradients and fills
Creating and editing custom colours and fills
Using colours to create 3d and light effects

Text

Creating and editing text
Breaking apart and reshaping text
Adjusting weighting, font, style and alignment

Transformations

Rotating, skewing, scaling and flipping
Free Transform

Layers and Keyframes

Locking layers and colour coding layers
Using Mask and masked layers
Understanding frames and keyframes

Creating simple animations

Using the Timeline Frames and keyframes
Using the onion skin and outline colours mode
Frame by frame animations

More animation features

Creating tweened animations
Shape and motion tweening
Creating animations along a path

Symbols and Instances

Working with symbols
Creating and editing symbols
Assigning properties to instances
Using the Edit symbol Commands
Applying transparency to colours and gradients

Images

Direct import of layered images from other Adobe products such as Photoshop
Do’s and don’ts when importing images

Interactivity

Explaining actions and event-handlers
Types of actions
Adding actions to buttons and keyframes
Giving control to the user
Nesting symbols
Creating animated buttons
Making interactive links to other scenes and URLs

Sound

Importing sound
Adding sound to a scene and adding sound to buttons
Synchronising sound
Streaming audio with MP3 compression

Video

Flash video codecs explained
Video streaming modes explained
Using the video import wizard
How to deploy video

Components

Introduction to components
Changing component parameters
Changing the appearance of components

Management

Using the library to organise elements
Using the Movie Explorer to keep track of elements

Testing and Publishing

Using the bandwidth profiler
Streaming and streamlining your movie
Using the Publish command
Inserting a preloader

Excellent tutor with magnificent knowledge. Clear instructions and very enjoyable.

Kevin McDonnell - St Thomas More High School

There was a good balance between tutor led examples and freedom to try things on your own. Great foundation for animation and web design.

Steve Oliver - Chelsea Building Society

Really helped me to understand the programme & what is possible on a basic level to more complicated work. The build up from the basics to more complicated work helped me to get to grips with Flash.

Simon Smith

Nick is a great trainer who tailored the course exactly to our needs and requirements. His subject knowledge is excellent and this combined with his professional and friendly manner resulted in a really useful training session.

Sarah Chell - St Thomas More High School