Macromedia Flash 5

Audience

The audience for this course includes End Users and Application Developers. Students should have basic knowledge of computer graphics HTML and Web-page design.

Objective

• Create and preview movies and set attributes of text.
• Create and modify shapes.
• Create symbols and modify objects and graphics in Flash 5.
• Edit and modify layers create different types of animation and buttons in Flash 5.
• Optimize and publish Flash movies.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Flash 5: An Introduction

• Identify the elements of the Flash 5 interface used in a specified situation.
• Set Flash 5 preferences by using the menu bar.
• Set the properties of a Flash 5 movie by using the menu bar.
• Preview a specified Flash 5 movie by using the menu bar.
• Create a shape by using the tools on the Toolbar.
• Convert a line to the Fill style by using the Toolbar.
• Expand a shape by using the Toolbar.
• Soften the edges of a specified shape by using the Toolbar.
• Apply stroke and fill to a specified shape by using the Arrow Tool.
• Set the properties of the text in a movie by using the Panels menu.
• Set the attributes for the text in a movie by using the Text Options Panel.

Unit 2: Flash 5: Symbols Objects and Graphics

• Create a symbol in a movie by using the menu bar.
• Edit a symbol in a movie by using the menu bar.
• Arrange objects in a movie by using the Toolbar.
• Transform objects in a movie by using the menu bar.
• Align objects in a movie by using the Toolbar.
• Identify the advantages of breaking apart objects in a specified situation.
• Modify the properties of a bitmap by using the Import dialog box.
• Convert a bitmap into a vector graphic by using the menu bar.

Unit 3: Flash 5: Layers Animation and Buttons

• Edit a layer by using the menu bar.
• Modify the properties of a layer by using the context menu.
• Create frame-by-frame animation by using the Onion Skin technique.
• Create motion-tweened animation in a predefined path by using the menu bar.
• Create shape-tweened animation by using the Window menu.
• Create an animation by using the masking technique.
• Add audio to an animation by using the menu bar.
• Modify the state of a button by using the Timeline.
• Assign an action to a button by using the menu bar.

Unit 4: Flash 5: Optimizing and Publishing

• Match the guideline for optimizing a movie with the situation in which the guideline should be followed.
• Display the download performance of a movie by using the Bandwidth Profiler.
• Compress an audio file by using the context menu.
• Set publishing options for a movie by using the menu bar.
• Export a Flash movie by using the menu bar.
• Identify the components involved in planning a specified Flash 5 project.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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