Flash - Introduction

Course Details

Adobe Flash has long been recognised as the premier graphics animation application for serious web and multimedia interactive publishers.


On our courses both keyboard and mouse skills are taught. All courses are instructor led and include comprehensive notes.


OVERVIEW

  • Flash and its uses

FLASH NAVIGATION

  • Opening and saving files
  • Moving around the document
  • Importing and converting graphic files
FLASH ESSENTIALS
  • Flash basics and the Flash editor
  • The Timeline and the stage
  • Grids, rulers and guides and snap
  • Working with Views and Panels
DRAWING
  • The Toolbox
  • Setting stroke and fill attributes
  • Line, oval, rectangle, brush, pen and pencil tools
  • Using the paint bucket and text tools
  • Setting character and paragraph attributes

SELECTING AND MODIFYING

  • Using the lasso, rectangle and magic wand tools
  • Moving and resizing
  • Copy, move and paste special
  • The eraser and faucet tools
  • Colour mixer, picker and gradients
  • Converting lines to fills
  • Customising colour sets
  • Setting selection preferences
SYMBOLS
  • Creating symbols
  • Converting graphics to symbols
  • Converting symbols to graphics
  • Copy, edit and modify symbols
  • Importing graphics into Flash
  • Convert bitmaps into vector graphics
  • Modifying and using bitmaps as fills
  • Copy, edit and modify symbols
  • Importing graphics into Flash
LIBRARIES
  • Understanding the use of libraries
  • Library vies, hierarchy
  • Creating shared libraries
  • Venue

    Ntec Tertiary Group NZ
    25 Federal St
    Corner Swanson and Federal Streets
    Auckland

    Dates