Flash CS5 ActionScript
Class timetable | Course outline
Course Description
This course is designed for Flash animators seeking to learn Flash ActionScript 3, and thereby build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash content.
This course teaches students ActionScript topics that will remove a reliance on Timeline.
Students will learn to generate dynamic design and navigation elements that cannot be created without ActionScript.
Prerequisties
Students should have already completed Flash CS5 Fundamentals or have equivalent experience prior to enrolling. This is a Flash programming class, and not suitable for people that do not like programming.
| Chicago | Mar 21 - 23 | Register |
| Los Angeles | Mar 26 - 28 ! | Register |
| Chicago | May 9 - 11 | Register |
| Los Angeles | Jun 11 - 13 | Register |
| Chicago | Jul 9 - 11 | Register |
* Class almost full ! Class guaranteed to run † Class is full
Navigating the Flash Timeline
- Getting started
- Placing code on the Flash timeline
Working with Events and Functions
- Creating event listeners and event handling functions
- Creating navigation with a button click
Creating Animation with ActionScript
- Reviewing the starting file
- Controlling MovieClip properties with ActionScript
- Creating animation using ActionScript tweens
Creating ActionScript in External Files
- Creating an ActionScript file
- Creating instances of a class file in Flash
- Creating an instance of the List component and setting its parameters
- Adding an instance of the UILoader component
- Adding a CHANGE event listener to the List component
- Loading SWF files into a UILoader component
- Creating the gallery file
- Adding a scroll bar to the text field
- Tools in the testing environment
- Creating a text field and progress bar to track loading
- Inserting ActionScript to track progress of the UILoader component
- Controlling the frames of a MovieClip to reflect loading progress
- Adding MovieClip instances to the stage from the Library
- Generating multiple instances with a for loop
- Adding event listeners to the Block instances
- Creating animation using ENTER_FRAME
- Adding the testDone() function
- Creating a new ActionScript file
- Setting up the RadioButtonQuiz class
- Adding variables to the RadioButtonQuiz class
- Creating the quiz functionality
- Formatting text with ActionScript
- Creating the quiz
- Creating checkAnswer()—the final function
- Integrating your new class into the Flash project
Controlling Sound with ActionScript
- Adding sliders to the project
- The Sound, SoundChannel, and SoundTransform classes
- Setting the song titles using a for loop
- Making the sliders invisible until needed
- Programming the buttons to select songs
- Controlling the visibility of the volume and pan controls
- Adding a listener for the ID3 tags of an MP3 file
- Adding a text format object
- Adding the slider controls
Working with an XML Playlist
- Understanding the basic structure of an XML file
- Examining the starting file
- Replacing the songList array with an XML instance
- Loading an external playlist using the URLLoader class
- Responding to COMPLETE and IO_ERROR events
- Moving the event listeners into the xmlLoaded() function
- Updating the chooseSong() function
- Creating hyperlinks using XML data
- Navigating through the song list
- Some suggestions to try on your own
- Adding the FLVPlayback component
- Setting FLVPlayback properties in Flash
- Adding ActionScript control of FLVPlayback properties
- Working with color
- Adding the FLVCaptioning component
- Playing multiple video files from an XML playlist
- Using the full-screen publish settings
Delving Deeper into Graphics and Animation with ActionScript
- Inverse kinematics in Flash CS4
- Working with IK animation in ActionScript
- Creating Sound and SoundChannel instances
- Playing and stopping the sound effects
- Accessing the user's webcam or video camera using ActionScript
- Using the Bitmap and BitmapData classes
- Examining the Pixel Bender Toolkit
Printing and Sending Email with ActionScript
- Adding a simple email link
- Sending email from Flash
- Adding printing capabilities with the PrintJob class
- AIR-specific ActionScript
- Flash publish settings for an AIR project
- Including a file in the AIR application
- Creating an AIR application
- Listening for drag events
What's included
Adobe Flash Training Manual
CD Rom with Student Files
Adobe Certificate of Course Completion
6 Months FREE Repeat Policy
2 AMC Movie Vouchers
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