Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - Flash Introduction
Please note that this course has recently been expanded and developed. To read the latest outline for this course, please see our Adobe Flash Animation & Design training course.When a dynamic and attention-grabbing effect is required for your website, the indisputable tool of choice is Adobe (formely Macromedia) Flash. Flash is a designers dream: it can be used for a wide variety of creative purposes: from interactive web site design, to character animation and video creation. Flash is also widely used in a general sense to produce eye-catching animations, banners and other 'creatives' designed to spice up otherwise static web sites and presentations.
Our Flash Animation and Design course is styled very much like our other Elstree Film Studios courses in that we take you straight to the heart of the software with a series of powerful lessons. In clearly demonstrated steps you will be shown how to create inspiring and effective animations using the versatility of Flash, and several of the special techniques you can employ in order to grab and retain your audience's attention.
Flash Animation and Design is a complete introduction that provides designers and developers new to the Flash environment with the knowledge and hands-on experience they need to create rich Flash content. In addition to teaching the essentials of the software, the course also focuses on best practices for creating Flash content. Course users learn both the basics and several advanced animating techniques, the end result being the ability to create of your own animated content and flash banners, just like the professionals!
Related courses also include our Adobe Flash Advanced and Adobe Flash ActionScript training courses.You may also attend all three of our Flash courses within one discounted package: please see our Complete Adobe Flash Training Course.
Duration: 1 day.
Prerequisites: This course is for beginners: designers and developers new to Flash who want to learn the interface and its commonly used features. To gain the most from this class, students should be familiar with Windows and with the web and its terminology.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
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Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to CS3, CS4 and CS5 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. Our Apple training courses utilise Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).
Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.
Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Flash
- Flash history
- Flash capabilities and current uses
- Flash file formats .fla/.swf
Working in Flash
- An introduction to the Flash Interface
- Working with panels and panel layouts
- Setting preferences
- Identifying the development workflow
- Publishing a file
- Creating a flash template
Creating and Importing Graphic Assets
- Working with different graphic formats
- Importing bitmap and vector graphics
- Working with layers and layer folders
- Using the Flash drawing tools
- Using object and merge drawing
- Using the Library panel
- Working with the Colour panels
Colour Modes
- Flash colour modes
- Solid Mode
- Linear Mode
- Radial Mode
- Bitmap mode
- Using the Gradient tool
- Introduction to Kuler
Using Type Effectively
- Using the Text tool
- Text Types: Static, Dynamic, Input
- Anti-Aliasing font
- Embedding Fonts
- Best practices when using fonts
Creating Animations
- Animation types
- Working with the Timeline
- Using keyframes, blank keyframes, and frames
- Creating motion tweens
- Creating shape tweens
- Creating Motion Presets
- Using animation best practice
Introduction to Symbol types
- Graphics, Buttons and Movie Clips
- Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
- Using frame labels
- Responding to user interactions
- Building a animated banner
- Banner sizes and dimensions
- Stage sizes and properties
Adding Sound
- Importing sound
- Adding sound to buttons
Adding Basic Actionscript
- Adding actions to a frame
- Creating and using Button symbols
- Responding to button clicks
- Stop and Play the timeline
Exporting Movies
- Export options
- Embedding Options
