Learn Flash MX

Learn Flash Training MX Online, Web Animation with Macromedia Flash 5 MX
Class Name

Web Animation with Flash MX/MX 2004

With the help of Katherine Ulrich's book, weekly lessons, visits to sites that exemplify current the current flash topics, we will be covering techniques to create what is most enjoyed throughout the web: FLASH animated web sites. This class sheds a needed light into the complex world of web animation. Don't know what Flash is? Visit http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/ and rush back here to get into what is considered to be the most important revolution in web design these days.
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Outline
Week 1: Flash Basics
  • Find your way around the flash environment
  • Be able to draw and modify simple graphics
  • Create more complex graphics on a single layer
  • Create transparent objects
  • Understand grouping and stacking order
Week 2: Symbols and Basic Animation
  • Create graphics on multiple layers
  • Understand and organize layers
  • Work with different types of layers
  • Create and use symbols
  • Use non-flash graphics
  • Create basic frame-by-frame animations
Week 3: Motion and Shape Tweening
  • Be able to animate with motion tweening
  • Move, rotate, scale and create color effects for your graphics
  • Move objects along a path you define
  • Morph shapes into other shapes
  • Create shapes that move as they change
Week 4: More Complex Animations
  • Understand how to create scenes
  • Animate multiple tweens
  • Reverse frames
  • Use movie clip symbols
  • Create animated masks
  • Be able to create more complex animations
Week 5: Basic Actions and Introduction to Buttons
  • Understand the Actions panel
  • Understand some of the basics and possibilities of actionscripting
  • Add actions to frames
  • Assign frame labels and comments
  • Create named anchors
  • Control movie playback
  • Create basic buttons
  • Assign actions to your buttons
  • Create your own slideshow
Week 6: Delivering your Movies and Conclusion
  • Be able to deliver movies to your audience
  • Control movie placement in your browser
  • Work with flash player settings
Prerequisites
  • This class deals with the most advanced tool (Flash) on the most advanced medium (the Internet). It is therefore necessary to understand well how computers and the internet work (It will be assumed that students can upload files to the internet).
  • Programming-wise: a bit of HTML. It surely can't hurt to know more advanced HTML/DHTML and even JavaScript as Flash requires some of these for certain situations but it is not necessary for the purposes of this class since Flash writes its own HTML and JavaScript codes (up to a certain degree). The instructor will cover how to tweak lightly with these codes for certain effects in the final lessons.
Requirements
  • WEBSPACE: Each week you will have to upload your assignments to the internet so that your teacher may view them. This means you all must have some storage space on the internet. This storage space must be configured (MIME-Type) to handle Shockwave Flash files (.swf) and native Flash files (.fla). If you don't have web space to store your files on, you can get enough megabytes of free space with http://www.geocities.com.
  • System Requirements: Flash 5 and Flash MX work on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. As a Flash author, you must consider not only the requirements for creating and viewing Flash movies, but also the requirements for viewers of your movie. The following lists MINIMUM system requirements for both activities on both platforms
  • To create and edit Flash movies on a MAC:
    Processor: Power Macintosh
    Operating System: MacOS 8.5 or later
    RAM: 32 MB
    Free disk space: 40 MB
    Monitor: 256 colors, 800X700 resolution

  • To create and edit Flash movies in Windows:
    Processor: 133-MHz Pentium
    Operating System: Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me or NT 4.0 or later
    RAM: For Windows 95 and 98, 16 MB (24 recommended); for Windows NT, 24 MB (32 MB recommended)
    Free disk space: 40 MB
    Monitor: 256 colors, 800X700 resolution.
Class Books
Students will need to buy one of the following books:
Required Book: Macromedia Flash MX for Windows and Macintosh [
Or: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh ]
Course Price
  • Price: $100.00 US
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Additional Information:
This online course is limited to 60 participants. Your place in the course is confirmed by your payment. Introductory courses are intended for students with no experience in the subject matter and are seeking beginner level training.

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Instructor: Stephane Richer
Stephane RicherStephane Richer is the president of a print and web design company called Noise Communications based in Montreal. Stephane comes from the print design world where he evolved during the 1980's. In the 90's he turned to digital presentations and web design. After years of focusing on HTML/DHTML/CSS designs, Stephane switched to Macromedia's Flash when it was in its 3rd version. He now considers Flash to be one of the most important design tools for creating stunning designs for the web. He has been teaching Flash at our organization since January 2000. In 2001, he started teaching Fireworks and Director classes as well.

Instructor: Damien Hatcher
Damien HatcherDamien Hatcher is a web designer who uses primarily flash at noise communication, based in Montreal. He has a B.A in English Literature and has been teaching at our organization since January 2000. Do not hesitate to contact him if you have any questions regarding the flash courses.

Testimonial:
'This course was eminently challenging, wonderfully presented and thoroughly fulfilling. I will be registering for the Master Class and look forward to it with both dread and great anticipation. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in understanding and creating flash movies.' -- Tani Freiwald

'Stephane and Damien seem to be very knowledgeable in Macromedia Flash. They were very helpful and patient in helping us understand the concepts and reiterate the basic concepts when we tended to detour!' -- Theresa Jobatehr


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