Adobe Flash CS3 Tutorial

About this Course
Course Overview
What is Flash & Why Use It?
File Types & Players
New in Flash CS3 Professional

The Flash Interface
Interface Overview
Timeline & Layer Controls
The Toolbar
Properties Inspector
Panels - Lesson 1
Panels - Lesson 2

Creating Simple Graphics
Graphic Creation Tools Overview
Lines & Strokes
Fills
Object vs. Merge Drawing Models
Geometric Shape Tools
Brush Tool
Pen Tool
Text Tool

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Modifying Graphics
Using the Pointer / Selection Tool
Using the Sub-selection Tool
Selecting Objects with the Lasso Tool
Modifying Paths with the Selection Tools
Modifying Paths with the Pen Tool
Working with Gradients in the Color Panel
Working with the Gradient Transform Tool

Using Non-Flash Graphics
Overview: Using Non-Flash Graphics
Importing & Compressing Bitmaps
Importing Images from Fireworks
Importing Images from Photoshop
Importing Images from Illustrator - Lesson 1
Importing Images from Illustrator - Lesson 2
Converting Bitmaps into Vector Graphics - Lesson 1
Converting Bitmaps into Vector Graphics - Lesson 2
Summary: Working with Non-Flash Graphics

Symbols & Instances
Symbols Defined - Lesson 1
Symbols Defined - Lesson 2
Naming Guidelines for Instances
Creating Symbols - Lesson 1
Creating Symbols - Lesson 2
The Library
Sharing Libraries
Modifying Symbol Instances
Setting Color Styles of Instances
Applying Graphic Filters
Drop Shadow / Bevel / Blur / Glow Filters
Gradient Glow & Bevel / Adjust Colors Filters

FLash CS3 Animation Basics
Understanding the Timeline
Understanding Frames & Keyframes
Frame-by-Frame Animation
Setting the Frame Rate
Inserting & Removing Frames
Onion Skinning

Creating Shape Tween Animations
Shape Tweening Overview
Shape Tweening Simple Shapes
Shape Tweening Lines & Fills
Shape Tweening Text
Using Shape Hints
Troubleshooting Broken Tweens

Creating Flash Motion Tween Animations
Motion Tweening Overview
Animating the Alpha of Symbols & Text
Animating Color & Size
Rotating & Spinning Animations
Tweening Effects
Motion Guide Tweening - Lesson 1
Motion Guide Tweening - Lesson 2
Customizing Ease In/Out of Tweens - Lesson 1
Customizing Ease In/Out of Tweens - Lesson 2
Timeline Effects - Lesson 1
Timeline Effects - Lesson 2

Working with Buttons
Overview of Button Symbols
Button States
Button Types
Creating Rollover Buttons
Creating Invisible Buttons
Adding Sound to Buttons

Working with Movie Clips in FLash
Movie Clips Defined
Creating & Editing Movie Clips - Lesson 1
Creating & Editing Movie Clips - Lesson 2
Animating Buttons with Movie Clips
Applying Blending Modes to Movie Clips

Working with Text
About Flash Text
Text Anti-Aliasing
Text Types
Spell Check
Text Options & Attributes - Lesson 1
Text Options & Attributes - Lesson 2
Embedded & Device Fonts

Working with Sound
Importing Sound to the Library
Compressing Sound
Working with Sound
Modifying Sound Settings
Edit Sound with the Edit Envelope

Working with Video
About Flash Video
Importing Video
About Video Compression
Compressing Video in the Import Wizard
Editing Video in the Import Wizard
Encoding Video with the Flash Video Encoder
Third Party Encoders

Applying Behaviors
Basic Interactivity Using Behaviors
The Behaviors Panel
Events
Mouse Events
Useful Behaviors - Lesson 1
Useful Behaviors - Lesson 2

Flash CS3 ActionScript Basics
ActionScript Defined
The Actions Panel
ActionScript 3.0 vs. 2.0
Controlling the Timeline Using ActionScript
Mouse Events
ActionScript for Linking to Other Web Pages
Copying & Converting Animations Using ActionScript

Components & Forms
About Components
UI Components
Creating a Form Using UI Components
Configuring Components

Flash Publishing
Publishing Overview
Publishing for the Web
Publishing HTML Files
Creating Projectors
Publishing Bitmap Images
Publishing QuickTime Videos
Printing from Flash

Wrap-up
Course Wrap Up
Author Movie