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Flash CS3 CS4 CS5 - Intro This course provides a thorough introduction to the latest version of Flash CS3 CS4 CS5, acknowledged to be the industry standard for online delivery of graphics, animation, multimedia and interactive content.   You will learn how to animate and work with a range of media, and create projects ranging from simple banners through to complete Flash based sites.       Course Duration   2 Days   Prerequisites A working knowledge of Windows is required. No experience of Flash is required.   Benefits In this course, students will explore the basics of Flash, including its tools and features. You will also create different types of animations and publish them on the web.     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’t’s 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   Click here to view our Public Schedule & Costs   Flash-Introduction