Flash CS3 Professional Fundamentals

with:

Todd Perkins

Flash CS3 Professional Fundamentals focuses on the animation and storytelling aspects of Flash, from animating objects to manipulating animation. Covering the core skills needed for starting an animation project, such as drawing, tweening, and using the timeline, as well as the common pitfalls that new users often experience, instructor Todd Perkins simplifies and streamlines even the most complex concepts. Exercise files accompany the tutorial.

Released on: 12/6/2007

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Table of contents

Introduction
	Welcome	0:21	0.5 MB
	Understanding this title	0:56	1.9 MB
	Understanding Flash CS3's new features	2:28	4.0 MB
	Using the exercise files	0:24	0.5 MB
1. Flash Isn't Just for Animation Anymore
	Understanding What Flash Can Do	3:08	6.5 MB
2. Getting Started
	Bitmap vs. vector graphics	2:06	1.6 MB
	Understanding Flash file types	2:23	2.0 MB
	Exploring the Welcome screen	2:14	2.6 MB
	Creating a new Flash file	2:00	2.3 MB
	Exploring the Flash interface	2:29	2.5 MB
	Exploring the toolbar	4:16	4.2 MB
	Working with panels	2:55	3.7 MB
	Understanding the Flash animation workflow	5:25	7.1 MB
3. Using the Drawing and Color Tools
	Understanding lines, strokes, and fills	1:25	1.6 MB
	Drawing with the Pencil tool	6:03	6.7 MB
	Using the Oval and Rectangle tools	6:33	7.0 MB
	Using the PolyStar tool	1:15	1.5 MB
	Modifying lines and shapes	3:13	3.4 MB
	Modifying strokes and fills	6:52	7.5 MB
	Selecting lines, strokes, and fills	4:25	5.0 MB
	Using merge and object drawing	5:53	7.2 MB
	Grouping objects	1:57	2.3 MB
	Using the Free Transform tool	4:40	5.7 MB
	Understanding layers	2:00	2.2 MB
	Creating gradients	5:10	6.6 MB
	Drawing with the Pen tool	5:15	6.1 MB
	Using the Brush tool	3:45	3.9 MB
4. Animating in Flash
	Understanding the timeline	2:33	2.9 MB
	Setting document properties	2:08	2.4 MB
	Understanding keyframes and frames	2:41	3.1 MB
	Creating a frame with frame animation	7:48	10.7 MB
	Modifying the frame rate	3:58	5.5 MB
	Inserting and deleting frames	5:03	6.3 MB
	Using onion skinning	5:24	7.4 MB
	Selecting and moving frames	4:42	5.8 MB
	Copying and reversing frames	2:59	4.2 MB
5. Creating Shape Tweens
	Understanding shape tweens	2:22	2.6 MB
	Creating a shape tween	2:51	3.4 MB
	Using shape hints	2:57	3.9 MB
	Creating multiple shape tweens	4:30	7.0 MB
	Common shape tween pitfalls	2:50	3.1 MB
6. Creating Symbols and Instances
	Understanding symbols and instances	1:56	2.2 MB
	Symbol naming conventions	1:19	1.5 MB
	Creating graphic symbols	7:20	9.4 MB
	Editing symbols	2:43	3.4 MB
	Editing symbol instances	3:41	4.9 MB
	Using color styles	2:22	2.8 MB
	Animating graphic symbols	6:01	8.1 MB
7. Motion Tweening
	Shape tweening vs. motion tweening	1:10	1.0 MB
	Creating a basic motion tween	2:56	3.4 MB
	Applying easing	2:31	2.8 MB
	Using the custom easing controls	9:07	12.4 MB
	Editing multiple frames	2:48	3.3 MB
	Using a motion guide	5:12	6.1 MB
	Using timeline effects	4:16	7.4 MB
	Common motion tween pitfalls	4:14	4.8 MB
8. Working with Bitmaps
	Understanding the benefits of bitmaps	0:49	1.0 MB
	Importing and compressing bitmaps	4:19	6.1 MB
	Importing bitmap sequences	2:31	3.9 MB
	Converting bitmaps to vectors	2:38	3.6 MB
	Using basic masking	4:54	6.2 MB
	Using animated masks	1:56	2.8 MB
	Animating bitmaps	3:43	5.8 MB
9. Working with Text
	Understanding text field types	1:28	1.5 MB
	Creating, modifying, and formatting text	4:17	5.1 MB
	Creating fixed and variable-width text fields	3:13	3.7 MB
	Changing the orientation of a text field	1:15	1.6 MB
	Creating a hyperlink in a text field	2:20	3.1 MB
	Working with static text and device fonts	1:32	1.7 MB
	Using small type and aliased text	2:00	2.5 MB
	Animating text	2:08	2.6 MB
10. Buttons
	Understanding button states	1:30	1.5 MB
	Creating rollover buttons	3:27	3.7 MB
	Creating rollover buttons with text	1:55	2.3 MB
	Creating invisible buttons	5:39	6.5 MB
11. MovieClips
	Understanding MovieClips	2:01	2.9 MB
	Creating a MovieClip	1:20	1.6 MB
	Using animated graphic symbols vs. MovieClips	4:18	5.9 MB
	Animating a MovieClip symbol containing a nested animation	1:31	2.2 MB
	Creating an animated rollover button	4:29	5.3 MB
12. Filters and Blend Modes
	Understanding blend modes	2:53	3.3 MB
	Using blend modes	1:35	2.0 MB
	Understanding filters	1:12	1.3 MB
	Applying a filter to a button	3:15	3.8 MB
	Using filters with MovieClips	1:18	1.5 MB
	Colorizing a grayscale image	4:25	7.1 MB
	Animating with a blur filter and static text	4:25	7.1 MB
	Animating with the drop shadow filter	2:33	3.4 MB
13. ActionScript 3.0 Basics
	Understanding ActionScript 3.0	1:38	1.9 MB
	Stopping a movie from looping	5:58	7.8 MB
	Understanding events	1:46	2.4 MB
	Adding a listener to a button	7:18	7.7 MB
	Understanding functions	2:02	2.1 MB
	Writing a function	3:30	3.6 MB
	Using a button to stop an animation	2:03	2.6 MB
	Using a button to play an animation	3:56	4.7 MB
	Using a button to navigate	4:37	6.9 MB
14. Working with Sound
	Importing sounds	1:52	2.8 MB
	Compressing sound	3:04	4.6 MB
	Creating background sound with sound effects	1:41	3.0 MB
	Modifying sound settings	3:26	4.1 MB
	Setting compression for narration	1:15	1.7 MB
	Synchronizing sound to narration cues	2:36	4.0 MB
	Adding sound to buttons	1:03	1.3 MB
15. Working with Video
	Importing video	3:54	6.8 MB
	Understanding video compression	3:26	4.8 MB
	Controlling playback	1:29	2.4 MB
	Building a custom video player	4:06	6.0 MB
	Using the Flash video encoder	1:39	2.7 MB
	Using the FLVPlayback component	3:37	6.5 MB
	Editing video	2:45	5.5 MB
16. Publishing and Exporting
	Understanding publishing options	1:27	1.9 MB
	Using Flash and HTML	4:38	7.0 MB
	Creating projectors	1:41	3.0 MB
	Modifying projectors	4:25	8.3 MB
	Exporting an animated GIF	1:40	2.8 MB
	Exporting static images	1:58	3.3 MB
	Saving publishing profiles	2:42	4.2 MB
	Optimizing movies	4:38	5.7 MB
17. Integration
	Importing Photoshop content	5:31	7.9 MB
	Importing Illustrator content	4:28	6.4 MB
	Integrating with Dreamweaver CS3	3:12	4.7 MB
Conclusion
	Goodbye	0:23	0.5 MB