Flash CS4 Training DVD - Level 1 £41.59

This fantastic DVD will get you up and running using Flash. It has some great tips and tricks even for those already using the software. See all of the features in five-ten minutes bite size chunks. This is also a useful reminder after hands-on courses.

Modules

1. Introduction to the workspace - How to create a new document. What everything means, what it does and how to set up your workspace.
2. The drawing and transform tools - An in-depth run through of all of the drawing tools available in your toolbox. Learn about creating lines, shapes, gradients, strokes and fills.
3. Importing images - Learn about which file formats to import and how to edit and improve their quality.
4. Tweened animation - Create a motion tween using layers and keyframes, symbols, changing instances. Creating simple tween animations and motion guides.
5. Nesting movie clips - Learn to the differences and allocate movies, graphics and symbols, edit instances and layers.
6. Nested animation - An indepth look at how to nest animations within each other to create more complicated effects.
7. Basic Actionscript and Functions - This great little tutorial explains about Actionscript and Functions, how they work, how to write it and why.
8. Assigning actionscripts to layers and keyframes - This follows on from the previous module, learn to add variables and more functions. An introduction to Event listeners.
9. Filters and Masking - This is a run through of some of the great filters and masks available and how to apply them to add interesting effects.
10. Creating interactivity - How to add interactivity by adding event listeners to movies and buttons, correct naming conventions and MouseEvents.
11. Working with video - See how to bring in your videos, edit them in the most effective way reducing file sizes and add skins.
    
12. Publishing your Flash files - Learn how to correctly set up your publishing settings to get the effects you want on your website through Dreamweaver.

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