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Macromedia Flash 4 Course

Author : Ian (Yan) Cowles

6hrs (156 Lessons) 1999-10-12

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Course: Macromedia Flash 4
Author: Ian (Yan) Cowles
SKU: 33091
ISBN: 1889347833
Work Files: Yes
Captions: No
Subject: Internet & Web Design
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Course outline

Basic Concepts

What is Flash? (02:48)

Flash Interface (04:22)

Frames (01:34)

Symbols (01:23)

Action Scripting (01:57)

Scenes (01:20)

Movies (01:04)

Publish (01:02)

Visit my web site (00:23)

Basic Functions

Setting up (01:29)

Frame Rate (00:44)

Views (00:51)

Speed vs Quality (00:54)

Using the Grid/Rulers (01:04)

Drawing Toolbox

Arrow Tool (01:17)

Lasso Tool (01:29)

Line Tool (02:01)

Text Tool (01:54)

Oval Tool (00:53)

Rectangle Tool (00:54)

Pencil Tool (01:24)

Brush tool (02:44)

Ink Bottle Tool (00:40)

Paint Bucket (00:56)

Eyedropper Tool (00:52)

Eraser Tool (01:15)

Hand Tool (00:25)

Colors & Fills

Solid Colors (02:24)

Gradients (03:14)

Lock Gradient (01:02)

Transform Gradient (01:45)

Alpha Settings (02:36)

Originating Shapes

Initial Shape (02:56)

Editing & Optimization (02:40)

Lines To Fill (00:40)

Expand Shape (00:44)

Soften Edges (00:50)

Grouping (01:16)

Scale & Rotate (02:03)

Importing Graphics (01:28)

Illustrator & Freehand (01:54)

Bitmaps

Bitmap vs Vector (01:30)

Import Bitmaps (00:51)

Tiled background (02:33)

Trace Bitmap (03:15)

Alpha Channels (01:36)

Functionality

Send to Back (02:21)

Lock (00:49)

Flipping (00:28)

Remove Transform (00:43)

Remove Colours (00:12)

Edit Centre (01:19)

Align (03:48)

Typesetting (02:08)

Animating

Layers (05:51)

Frames (01:48)

Keyframes (04:03)

Motion Tween (01:56)

Tween Scaling (01:48)

Tween Rotation (00:51)

Shape Tween (02:47)

Motion Guides (06:19)

Easing In/Out (01:08)

Guide Layer (00:58)

Masking (05:19)

Shape Hints (02:30)

Onion Skinning (02:14)

Frame Display (00:58)

Symbols

Why use Symbols? (00:46)

Creating Symbols (04:44)

The Library (02:30)

Editing Symbols (01:41)

Animation Effects (03:31)

Movie Clip Symbol (04:47)

Unlink an Instance (00:50)

Open as Liary (00:55)

Scenes

Scenes (02:09)

Copy & Paste Frames (01:58)

Paste in Place (01:33)

Interactivity

Actions (01:28)

Create Frame Action (03:34)

Create Buttons (06:06)

Button Actions (02:44)

Test Movie/Scene (01:27)

Load Movie (04:20)

Unload Movie (02:28)

Tell Target (03:21)

Get URL (01:49)

If Frame Is Loaded (03:10)

Button Movie Clip (01:22)

Action Scripting

Action Script Overview (01:32)

Variables (03:17)

If statements (02:49)

Else/Else If (01:55)

Trace/Comment (02:20)

Error trapping (03:06)

Loops (06:07)

Set Property (03:31)

Call statement (03:50)

Text Fields (03:08)

Drag Movie Clip (04:17)

Using Sound

Sound (01:00)

Import Sound (01:49)

Keyframe Sound (01:46)

Editing Sound (02:16)

Looping (01:08)

Button Sound (01:17)

Stop All Sounds (02:00)

Remove Sound (00:44)

Hit Sounds (02:12)

Streaming vs Event Sound (01:52)

Web Optimize

Optimize Flash (03:02)

Test Streaming (01:32)

Bandwidth Profiler (01:38)

Publishing

Publish Overview (01:26)

Formats (01:32)

Publish Flash (05:11)

Publish HTML (03:00)

Publish Projector (01:23)

Publish QuickTime (00:21)

Publish (03:12)

Export Sequence (01:35)

Export Image (00:35)

Banner Ad

Create Background (04:00)

Import Illustrator (01:58)

New Symbol Instance (01:53)

White-out (02:30)

Add New Scene (01:40)

Text Morph (02:04)

Payoff Scene (04:31)

Drop Down Menu

Getting Started (00:51)

Movie Clip (04:13)

Menu Contents (04:42)

Retracting the Menu (04:45)

Flash Form

Text Fields (05:37)

Create Checkbox (05:14)

Reset Button (03:54)

Send Button (01:20)

Recipient & Redirect (01:59)

Form as Clip or (00:38)

Movie Pause

Set Variable (03:27)

If loop (02:29)

Dupe the Loop (01:28)

Extend pause (00:49)

Sound On/Off switch

Single Scene (01:19)

Sound in Movie Clip (04:09)

On/off Button (02:09)

Using Tell Target (03:08)

Multiple Choice Buttons

Name Instances (03:16)

Script Combi-Buttons (04:12)

Process Variables (02:37)

Label Frames (02:23)

Drop Target

Name Instances (01:24)

Droptarget Action (02:08)

Remove from stage (01:03)

Credits

About the Author (00:09)