Course Description: This course covers the basics of Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, a program used to create animations, games, and user interfaces. Beginning with a simple introductory animation project, this course introduces the concepts and techniques necessary to get the most out of this software tool.

Author: Scott Anderson

Runtime: 5hr. 37min.

Lessons: 50

Lessons		Time (Min:Sec)

Chapter 1: Introduction to Flash
Understanding the Workspace PREVIEW, CLICK HERE		06:09
Introduction to Tools and Shapes PREVIEW, CLICK HERE		04:21
Symbols and the Library PREVIEW, CLICK HERE		04:16
Tweening and Motion Guides		06:18
Movie Clip Control and Interactivity		07:53
Interactivity		10:53
Publishing		04:25
Chapter 2: Getting Objects onto the Stage
The Toolbox		01:52
The Rectangle Tool and Other Shape Tools		13:55
The Selection Tool and Shape Manipulation		11:31
Introduction to Layers		07:20
The Line, Pencil, and Pen Tools		06:47
The Paint Bucket, Deco, and Ink Bottle Tools		05:32
The Brush and Eraser Tools		06:38
The Text Tool		03:18
Colors and Gradients		05:27
Rulers and Grids		04:33
Chapter 3: Animating Objects
Symbols and Instances		04:43
Manipulating Symbol Instances		03:43
Editing Symbols		10:45
Motion Tweens and Easing		08:36
Motion Guides and the Motion Editor		04:38
Layers, Keyframes, and Multiple Instances		09:42
Complex Motion—Tweens within Tweens		10:11
Shape Tweens		06:13
Multilayered Objects and Tweens		09:46
Chapter 4: ActionScript Part 1 - Movie Clip Control
The Actions Panel and the Movie Explorer		04:46
Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript		08:56
Functions and Methods		02:47
Movie Clip Control with ActionScript (Part 1)		11:14
Movie Clip Control with ActionScript (Part 2)		10:33
Chapter 5: ActionScript Part 2 - Programming Concept
Conditional Statements		09:07
Looping Statements		03:50
Chapter 6: ActionScript Part 3 - Events & Interactivity
Event Concepts		01:04
Movie Clip Events		06:14
Mouse and Keyboard Events (Part 1)		09:15
Mouse and Keyboard Events (Part 2)		08:38
Buttons		01:38
Button Timelines		04:29
Dynamic Text Fields and Forms		06:58
Chapter 7: Importing Files
Non-Flash Graphics		03:59
Working with Sound		09:59
Working with Video		02:37
Chapter 8: Exporting Files
Publishing Overview		01:17
Publishing Defaults—SWF and HTML Files		04:07
Other Publishing Options		02:00
Chapter 9: File Organization
Flash Files Review		01:36
Uploading to the Server		01:36
Chapter 10: Users of Previous Versions
Differences in Flash CS4		04:56
Working with ActionScript 3.0		04:15