Adobe Flash Training Courses

About this course

Over the last few years Flash has emerged as one of the most important design and development tools on the web, featured on an increasing number of sites around the world. Once used almost exclusively for advertising, Flash is now widely deployed as a total development environment, often replacing HTML code altogether. Now owned by Adobe, Flash boasts improved scripting (ActionScript 3) and excellent video support, making it the only choice for delivering rich audio and video media to meet the increasing demand for broadband applications and dynamic websites.

What you will learn

This course will provide you with sufficient knowledge to get started with Adobe Flash. We'll begin with an overview of the Flash environment, exploring the workspace, timeline, library and the important concepts of symbols and frames. We'll then move on to some simple examples of animation and symbol manipulation before learning how to preview and then publish your movie file. New CS4 features such as Inverse Kinematics (the Bone tool) and the new motion editor for rapid animation deployment will also be examined. Note that this course may be taken alone but progress to Level 2 (and ideally Level 3) for a more thorough treatment of the topic.

Using imported artwork

• Placing artwork into Flash
• Working with Fireworks files
• Working with Illustrator AI files
• Working with Photoshop PSD files
• Imported bitmaps

Using the library

• Working with library items
• Working with folders
• Sorting items in the Library panel
• Editing items in the library
• Renaming and deleting library items
• Finding unused library items
• Updating imported files in the Library panel
• Working with common libraries

Publishing and Exporting

• Previewing and testing
• Previewing in a web browser
• Using the movie explorer
• Speeding up movie display
• Publishing SWF files
• Embedding in a web page
• Publishing for Adobe AIR
• Exporting images and graphics

Here's what you get on a Fearless course

Course Materials

We typically supply detailed course notes or a reference text or in some cases both. Either way, we try to provide sufficient supporting material so that you can return to your work place with sufficient confidence to permit further learning.

Catering

We like to look after our customers with:

• Quality catering from local cafes
• Fresh fruit
• Filter coffee and good biscuits
• Table sweets
• Chilled water

We also accommodate special dietary requirements such as vegetarian, gluten intolerance etc.

Support

There's nothing worse than leaving a course and feeling left on your own. We like to ensure our customers have all the support and backup they need including:

• 90 days unlimited support by phone, email or instant messaging
• On-going support through our Fearless Flyer program (for an extra fee)
• A free re-sit of this course on any scheduled date in the future

You also get

• A certificate of completion
• A CD-ROM with worked examples (for most courses)

Please select your location from the list below. A PDF brochure with the course description, price and other details will appear in your browser. Alternatively, right-click on the desired link and choose "Save file (or target) as..." and save the file to your local system. Adobe (Acrobat) reader is required.

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• Adelaide
• Brisbane
• Canberra
• Hobart
• Melbourne
• Sydney

About this course

This course picks up where our Level 1 course leaves off, moving beyond the fundamental concepts of drawing, symbols, animation, motion, and the timeline through to an understanding of symbol behaviours, nested movie clips, interface design, and components Flash is increasingly used as a video (and audio) encoding platform so time will be spent on working with audio and exporting to FLV video for use on YouTube and other web-based delivery systems. While a full treatment of ActionScript is covered in our Level 3 courses and our Masterclasses, we will introduce ActionScript in this course, explaining the differences between ActionScript 2 and 3 and JavaScript, and giving you a sense of the power that ActionScript brings to the program.

What you will learn

The course begins with an examination of text in Flash, looking at text transformations, scrolling and breaking apart before moving onto an example of Flash as an interface design tool for creating interactive systems. We’ll then look at the some simple examples of ActionScript, giving you a taste of what can be achieved and setting you up for further study in this area. The use of sound and video and the process of exporting video will also be presented. Time will be spent on optimising and preparing output and creating a pre-loader to reduce (apparent) wait times, as well as the use of filters and effects and other enhancements introduced in CS4.

Optimising output

• Speeding up document display
• Optimizing graphics and animation
• Frame rate and performance
• Bitmap caching
• Components in the Flash Player
• Using runtime shared libraries
• Creating content for mobile devices

Filters and effects

• About filters
• Applying filters
• Animated filters
• Applying blend modes
• Using Pixel Bender

Here's what you get on a Fearless course

Course Materials

We typically supply detailed course notes or a reference text or in some cases both. Either way, we try to provide sufficient supporting material so that you can return to your work place with sufficient confidence to permit further learning.

Catering

We like to look after our customers with:

• Quality catering from local cafes
• Fresh fruit
• Filter coffee and good biscuits
• Table sweets
• Chilled water

We also accommodate special dietary requirements such as vegetarian, gluten intolerance etc.

Support

There's nothing worse than leaving a course and feeling left on your own. We like to ensure our customers have all the support and backup they need including:

• 90 days unlimited support by phone, email or instant messaging
• On-going support through our Fearless Flyer program (for an extra fee)
• A free re-sit of this course on any scheduled date in the future

You also get

• A certificate of completion
• A CD-ROM with worked examples (for most courses)

Please select your location from the list below. A PDF brochure with the course description, price and other details will appear in your browser. Alternatively, right-click on the desired link and choose "Save file (or target) as..." and save the file to your local system. Adobe (Acrobat) reader is required.

View PDF Brochure for

• Adelaide
• Brisbane
• Canberra
• Hobart
• Melbourne
• Sydney

About this course

The Flash environment can be mastered visually but to really unlock the power of this application you need to delve into the ActionScript language. This course is designed to take you from simple animation, movement and effects to dynamic application development and true interactivity. ActionScript is an Object Oriented programming language which can be used to develop a wide range of sophisticated web applications and online solutions in any number of environments. It can be used with other web technologies such as XML and PHP for rich data presentation, or it may be used in more creative contexts for interactive multimedia delivery. We take hands on approach to the subject, allowing our students to create actual Flash applications during the course, and regardless of your specific context, you'll find this one day course will take your knowledge to the next level and take the mystery out of this very powerful application language.

What you will learn

ActionScript is a comprehensive language and you cannot expect to be a master in one day, but we can take your knowledge to a level where you can explore the depths of ActionScript with a solid understanding of its structure and syntax. We start with a brief review of the Flash interface that relates to ActionScript and quickly move on to application design and architecture. Movieclips are specific containers within Flash and are the cornerstone of most ActionScript applications, so these are discussed in detail, followed by a detailed discussion on Object Orientated Principles (OOP). After understanding these core principles of ActionScript, we move on to syntax, basic commands, interactive elements and start to create code. Dynamic content is then addressed by looking at loading text and graphics into our Flash applications at run time. This is followed by sections on video, sound and the differences between the different versions of ActionScript. We finish up by looking at debugging code and the publishing aspects of Flash.

Flow Control

• Conditional “if/else” statements
• Looping and the “for” command
• Other flow control techniques

Preparing to code

• Creating the application structure
• Actionscript vocabulary – in-built classes
• Understanding actionscript construction
• Understanding Eventhandlers
• Syntax – understanding the rules

Setting up a basic website

• Importing assets into Flash
• Components – buttons and textfields
• Basic preloader and the bandwidth profiler
• Advanced preloaders and animation

Here's what you get on a Fearless course

Course Materials

We typically supply detailed course notes or a reference text or in some cases both. Either way, we try to provide sufficient supporting material so that you can return to your work place with sufficient confidence to permit further learning.

Catering

We like to look after our customers with:

• Quality catering from local cafes
• Fresh fruit
• Filter coffee and good biscuits
• Table sweets
• Chilled water

We also accommodate special dietary requirements such as vegetarian, gluten intolerance etc.

Support

There's nothing worse than leaving a course and feeling left on your own. We like to ensure our customers have all the support and backup they need including:

• 90 days unlimited support by phone, email or instant messaging
• On-going support through our Fearless Flyer program (for an extra fee)
• A free re-sit of this course on any scheduled date in the future

You also get

• A certificate of completion
• A CD-ROM with worked examples (for most courses)

Please select your location from the list below. A PDF brochure with the course description, price and other details will appear in your browser. Alternatively, right-click on the desired link and choose "Save file (or target) as..." and save the file to your local system. Adobe (Acrobat) reader is required.

View PDF Brochure for

• Adelaide
• Brisbane
• Canberra
• Hobart
• Melbourne
• Sydney