Beginning Macromedia Flash

Introduction
Vector Art (advantages)
Graphic Tools & Color Attributes
File Setup & Sizes
Frames & Libraries
Classroom Exercise(s) - Small exercises creating simple images, graphics using graphic tools and color attributes.

Using Layers - Part 1
Layers - functions, editing, placement
Frames - frames & keyframes
Images, sound files, movies in layers (overview)

Working with Objects:
Selecting objects
Scaling objects
Rotating & Flipping Moving, Coping, Deleting
Classroom Exercise(s) - Exercises in object creation and manipulation, adding objects to layers.

Using Layers - Part 2
Working with Objects II
Editing Objects
Importing Graphics
Creating Buttons
Introduction to forms
Classroom Exercise(s) - Exercises in editing objects, importing to libraries, editing features, creating buttons

Animation Overview
Animation using Layers
Introduction of Scenes
Key Frames
Animation Along Paths
Classroom Exercise(s) - Taking previously created images - objects and applying animation features, creating tweened animation, Animation objects along a path.

Creating .swf Files
Actions overview
Assigning Actions to Buttons and Frames

General Publish Settings
Exporting
Display Quality
Frame Rate
Sound Quality
Jpeg & GIF Exports
Publishing Files
Classroom Exercise(s) - Adding actions to buttons and frames from previous sessions, exporting files to .swf files for web usage.

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