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Training Course Summary:

Macromedia Flash 8: Rich Content Creation provides students with no prior Flash experience the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich media containing animation, sound, and video.

Who Should Attend:

This course is for people new to Flash (or who have used it only to build applications) that want to use it to build rich media applications that effectively use animation, sound, and video.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Unit 1: Introducing the Course
Understanding the course format
Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
Looking at the course outline
Unit 2: Working in Flash
Setting Stage dimensions
Working with panels and panel layouts
Setting preferences
Identifying the development cycle
Publishing a file
Unit 3: Creating and Importing Graphic Assets
Working with different graphic formats
Importing bitmap graphics
Importing vector graphics
Working with layers and layer folders
Using the drawing tools
Using object and merge drawing
Working with the Color panels
Creating and using Graphic symbols
Using the Library panel
Unit 4: Using Text Effectively
Using the Text tool
Adding and formatting static text
Changing font rendering methods
Adding input text fields
Embedding fonts in input text fields
Using font best practices
Unit 5: Creating Animations
Working with the Timeline
Using keyframes, blank keyframes, and frames
Creating motion tweens
Creating shape tweens
Creating transition effects
Using animation best practices
Unit 6: Adding ActionScript with Script Assist and Behaviors
Using Script Assist
Adding actions to a frame
Creating and using Button symbols
Adding behaviors to a button
Loading external SWFs
Unit 7: Using Moving Clips
Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
Organizing a Movie Clip Timeline
Using actions to control a Timeline
Using frame labels
Responding to user interactions
Unit 8: Adding Sound and Video
Importing sound
Changing sound properties
Adding sound to a Timeline
Embedding video in a Timeline
Using the FLVPlayback component
Unit 9: Publishing Flash Documents
Using different publishing formats
Using publishing profiles
Adding Flash Player detection
Publishing for deployment