
Adobe Flash Training - Fast Track Gold
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Duration: 8 days
Cost (ex VAT)
Company: £1275
Self-funding: £1085
Online: £1045
Overview of the course
Flash Fast Track – Gold is a combination of the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced courses. Our expert instructors will take you from knowing nothing or just a little about the software up to a level where you can confidently start working on your projects at advanced levels. As well as working on the design of your projects, you will be able to implement ActionScript into them right away. This course will also prepare you for the prestigious Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam.
This course is for…
Those who have no or little knowledge of Flash and want to familiarise themselves with the key concepts and fundamentals of the application.
Prerequisites
You do not need any prior knowledge of the software, in order to attend this course. However, you should have a basic understanding of your computer’s operating system – such as launching an application, creating folders, saving files and copying them onto a different drive.
About the application
Adobe Flash is the industry standard tool used to create vector and raster graphics and animations for the web. Flash lets the user create interactive banners, 2D and 3D games, web pages, micro sites and many other interactive elements for the web. With Flash, you can add interactivity to text, images, banners and make the most of the user input via the mouse, camera or microphone.
- The general user interface
- Working with panels
- The folder structure
- Creating new files
- Saving different formats
- Fills and Strokes
- Basic shapes
- Using the drawing tools
- Using the Text Tool
- Adjusting text properties
- Different types of text
- Working with Photoshop
- Importing other vector art
- File properties
- What are Symbols?
- Creating and Converting to Symbols
- Different Symbol types
- Filters
- Blending modes
- Understanding the masking concept
- Bitmap images
- Using multiple masks
- Animating objects
- Understanding timelines
- Keyframing
- Tweening
- Conventions
- Alpha channels
- Animating contents of a banner
- Interactive banners
- Working with Buttons
- Reducing download time
- Creating pre-loaders
- Settings
- Exporting a movie
- Different file types
- Modifying the final output
- Using different symbols
- Working with pop-ups
- Utilising the Library Panel
- Creating a scroll panel
- Compressing videos with Adobe Media Encoder
- Compression settings
- Embedding videos into Flash projects
- Streaming services
- Understanding the differences between video and audio files
- Importing sound clips
- Basic properties
- Adjusting volume
- Sound Effects
- Adding sound to a button
- Working with the Pen Tool
- Modifying existing paths
- Using Bezier Handles
- Easing the Animations
- Custom motion paths
- Using the Bones Tool
- Rigging a character
- Understanding joints
- Different poses
- Looping an animation
- Understanding the 3D environment
- Working in perspective
- 3D properties of objects and the scene
- Motion editor
- Moving objects in 3D
- 3D Carousel
- GPU acceleration
- Working with Photoshop
- Working with Illustrator
- Working with After Effects
- Working with InDesign
- Dreamweaver integration
- Creating a basic presentation with animation
- Interacting with presentations
- Working with templates
- Image sequences
- Graph editor
- Keyframe interpolation
- Round-tripping between Flash and After Effects
- Using XFL for InDesign Export
- Pros/Cons of XFL
- Building navigation
- Frame labelling
- Instance names
- Grouping buttons to create a navigation bar
- Contact pages forms
- Using interactive maps
- Submitting information
- Collecting information
- Using pre-loaders
- Bandwidth Profiler
- Using the Deco Tool
- Creating a progress bar
- Stylising the progress bar
- Progress bar Properties
- Testing the components
- Creating an e-book
- Creating an audio player
- Creating a photo gallery
- Creating a presentation
- What is ActionScript?
- Using ActionScript to enhance the workflow
- Solving ActionScript problems
- Basic properties
If you can’t find a suitable date here, or no dates appear below, please contact us and we can arrange a Tailored Training course for you.
Group Bookings
If you make a booking for three or more people to the same course, you can claim an additional 15% discount for each student from the original price of this course.
Education and Non-profit Organisations
If you are working for a non-profit organisation or an educational establishment, you can claim an additional 15% discount on all our courses.
Training Credits
Our Training Credits Scheme is the most cost-effective way to train your entire team. With this scheme, you buy training days up front and use them over one year. To see full details, visit our Training Credits Page.
Early Bird
If you book this course at least three months in advance, you can claim 15% discount from the original price.
Students and Freelancers
We know how difficult it can be to try and self-fund a course – that’s why we introduced a 15% discount to all university students and those who work as freelancers.
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