Macromedia Flash MX : Level 1
Course Description: Students will learn the fundamentals of using Flash MX to design animations for the Web. This course introduces students to creating and editing shapes, applying colors and line styles, combining shapes, importing bitmaps, and converting bitmaps to vector shapes. Course activities also cover adding and formatting text, using layers to arrange shapes, and modifying the layers. Finally, students use Onion Skin to create a frame-by-frame animation, play the animation, and work with templates.
Table of Contents
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Flash MX
- Introducing Flash
- Getting Help
- Closing files and exiting Flash
Lesson 2: Creating shapes
- Creating basic shapes
- Selecting shapes
- Viewing and editing shapes
- Handling shapes
Lesson 3: Working with colors
- Applying colors
- Creating custom colors, gradients, and line styles
Lesson 4: Manipulating shapes and images
- Combining and grouping shapes
- Using external images
Lesson 5: Inserting text
- Using the Text Tool
- Formatting text
Lesson 6: Using layers
- Introducing layers
- Modifying layers
Lesson 7: Introducing animation and templates
- Animation basics
- Creating animations
- Working with Templates