Adobe Flash Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to flash

1.       Creating a New Flash File

2.       Exploring Flash Interfaces

3.       Working with Workspace

4.       Navigating to a Different Workspace

5.       Managing the Workspace

6.       Setting the Stage, Saving the Flash File

Module 2: Getting started with drawing tools.

1.       Exploring Drawing Modes in Flash

2.       Using Drawing Modes

3.       Working with Drawing Tools in Flash

4.       Using the Pen Tool, Using the Text Tool

5.       Using the Line Tool, Using the Rectangle Tool

6.       Using the Pencil Tool, Using the Brush Tool

7.       Using the Deco Tool, Using the Bone Tool

8.       Using the Paint Bucket Tool, Using the Eyedropper Tool, Using the

9.       Eraser Tool

10.   Using Colors in Flash, Creating Gradients

11.   Using Opacity of Gradients

12.   Adding Filters, Mirror option

Module 3: Working with objects and text.

1.    Selecting Objects in Flash, Using Selection Tool

2.    Using Lasso Tool, Moving an Object

3.    Copying an Object, Deleting an Object

4.    Editing Objects

5.    Transforming Objects

6.    Modifying an Object with Envelope Modifier

7.    Scaling an Object, Rotating object

8.    Flipping an Object

9.    Working with Text in Flash

10. Creating Text fields

11. Editing Text Field

Module 4: Working with timeline.

1.       Working with Frames and Key frames

2.      Changing the Length of a Frame Sequence

3.      Working with Layers and Layer Folders

4.      Creating a Layer, Locking and Unlocking a Layer

5.      Hiding a Layer, Creating a Layer Folder

6.      Renaming a Layer or a Layer Folder

7.      Copying and Pasting a Layer' s Content

Module 5: Using symbols, instances, and the library.

1.      Exploring the Types of Symbols

2.      Creating Symbols

3.      Creating Symbols from Existing Objects

4.      Creating New Symbols

5.      Converting an Animation to a Movie Clip

6.      Duplicating a Symbol, Modifying Symbols

7.      Editing in the Symbol-editing Mode

8.      Edit in Place, Edit in a New Window

9.      Working with Instances, Inserting Instances

10.  About the LIBRARY Panel in Flash

11.  Using the Common Libraries of Flash

12.  Creating Your Own Library

13.  Using Symbols from Other Flash File

14.  Animating Camera with Path

Module 6: Working with sounds and video.

1.      Working with Sounds in Flash

2.      Importing a Sound File

3.      Adding Sound to the timeline

4.      Adding Sound to a Movie clip

5.      Editing Sounds, Working with Video in Flash

6.    Importing a Video File, Editing a Video File

Module 7: Creating animation.

1.      Understanding the Tweened Animation

2.      Creating Motion Tweens

3.      Setting the property of a Layer

4.      Editing the Motion Path of a Motion Tween

5.      Motion Presets in Flash, Previewing a Motion

6.      Preset

7.      Saving a Tween as a Custom Motion Preset

8.      Deleting a Motion Preset, Creating a Classic

9.      Tween

10.  Creating Classic Tween Motion Along a Path

11.  Frame-by-frame Animation

12.  Creating Frame-by-frame Animations

13.  Using Onion Skinning, Shape Tweening in Flash

14.  Creating a Shape Tween, Shape Hints in Flash

15.  Understanding Mask Layers

16.  Creating a Mask Layer

17.  Exporting and Saving animations

Module 8: Creating Advanced Animation

1.     Understanding Bones, Adding Bones to Symbols

2.    Adding Bones to Shapes

3.    Animating an Armature

4.    Animating an Armature in the Timeline

5.    Animating an Armature in Runtime

6.    Converting an Armature into a Movie Clip or

7.    Graphic Symbol

8.    Exploring 3D Animation

9.    Using 3D Rotation Tool

10. Using 3D Translation Tool

11. Exporting and Saving animations

Module 9: Working with action script.

1.    About Action Script, Action Script Versions

2.    Working with Action Script

3.    ACTIONS Panel Overview

4.    Displaying the ACTIONS Panel

5.    Script Pane, Panel Menu, Actions Toolbox

6.    Script Navigator, Resizing the Actions Toolbox

7.    or Script Pane

8.    About the Script Assist Mode

9.    Adding Action Script to Frames

10. Using Action Script with Buttons

11. Using Action Script with a Movie Clip

12. Creating Animated Masks with Movie Clips

13. Dragging Movie Clips

14. Exporting and Saving animations.

Module 10: Publishing and exporting the flash files

1.       Understanding Publishing

2.       Working with Publish

3.       Settings, Working with Publish Profiles

4.       Exporting SWF Files from Flash File

5.       Understanding Export File Formats

6.       Exporting the Flash Files

7.       Exporting and Saving animations