flash authoring & editing
Adobe Flash is very powerful software capable of producing simple banner animations through to full blown interactive applications.
There are often many of ways of achieving the same goal in Flash. Any method I show you is just one of many - but along the way I will ensure you understand the essential elements required accelerate your own studies.
For some people Flash presents a steep learning curve. The reality is quite different when you know the difference between Movies, Buttons and Graphics . . .
Overview of the typical areas I can help with
- Overview of when to use Flash & what it can do
- Setting up a new file & it's properties
- Understanding the differences between vectors and bitmaps
- Understanding aliased and non-aliased fonts
- Importing images, video and audio
- Updating externally edited images and audio
- Overview of the architecture of a Flash movie
- Understanding the main timeline and sub-timelines
- Using the drawing tools
- Understanding and creating Graphics, Buttons and Movie symbols
- Editing Graphics, Buttons and Movies in place
- Animating elements
- Using fonts in Flash
- Loading and unloading layered movies
- Setting up loading bars (progress bars)
- Setting up basic actionscript on frames
- Setting up basic navigation actionscript on buttons
- Controlling animations with simple button and frame actionscripts
- Sending emails from Flash
- Linking to websites and external files
- Publishing Flash movies
- Inserting Flash into an HTML page with Dreamweaver
Training rates are £160.00 (no VAT applicable) per session - each session is 4 HOURS.
Please contact me to discuss your requirements.
Please note: I am not officially accredited by Adobe to provide Adobe Flash training. The skills I teach are those any experienced user of the software should be able to share. I have a current full disclosure CRB certificate.
