Flash 5

Platform: PC

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Macromedia^® Flash™ is fast becoming the standard for Web animation. The series below takes you through the basics of creating symbols and instances, adding frames, tweening, and beginning to work with buttons.

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A. Introduction

		Key #	Length
1.	Docking and undocking the Timeline	945	0:30
2.	Positioning the Timeline on the left or the top	946	0:38
3.	Setting the size of the movie stage	947	0:58
4.	Creating lines	948	1:18
5.	Formatting lines	949	1:19

B. Drawing and Selecting

		Key #	Length
1.	Creating custom line strokes	950	1:20
2.	Curving line segments	951	1:43
3.	Drawing curves	952	1:31
4.	Docking and undocking the tools	953	0:53
5.	Creating graphic shapes	954	1:40
6.	Working more with graphic shapes	955	1:17
7.	Using the Brush tool	956	2:08
8.	Using the Paint Bucket tool	957	0:53
9.	Introducing the basics of selecting objects	958	2:11
10.	Using the Lasso tool	959	1:37
11.	Resizing objects	960	0:34
12.	Applying strokes and no strokes	961	1:32
13.	Rotating and flipping objects	962	0:58
14.	Using the eraser	963	1:32
15.	Copying and pasting attributes	968	0:46

C. Gradients

		Key #	Length
1.	Creating gradients	964	1:27
2.	Creating custom gradients	965	1:32
3.	Saving gradients	966	0:34
4.	Deleting stored gradients	967	0:36

D. Grouping and Stacking

		Key #	Length
1.	Grouping objects	969	2:10
2.	Stacking objects	970	2:51
3.	Aligning objects	971	2:45

E. Text

		Key #	Length
1.	Applying text basics	972	1:53
2.	Formatting text	973	1:35
3.	Modifying text margins and alignment	974	1:44
4.	Scaling and rotating text	975	0:59

F. Layers

		Key #	Length
1.	Exploring the basics of layers	976	2:11
2.	Working with Layer properties	977	1:58
3.	Using shortcuts for working with Layer properties	978	1:13
4.	Discovering the basics of guide layers	979	1:55
5.	Discovering the basics of mask layers	980	1:33

G. The Symbol Library

		Key #	Length
1.	Using the library	981	1:24
2.	Organizing library items	982	0:51
3.	Creating symbols	983	2:29
4.	Modifying instances	984	1:23
5.	Editing a symbol	985	1:09
6.	Converting a bitmap image to a vector image	986	2:01
7.	Using a bitmap image as a fill color	987	0:59

H. Animating

		Key #	Length
1.	Setting Movie properties	988	1:07
2.	Adding frames to an animation	989	1:38
3.	Adding blank key frames and more	990	1:03
4.	Selecting and labeling frames	991	1:23
5.	Creating basic key frame animations	992	1:16
6.	Using the Onion Skinning feature	993	1:21
7.	Testing your movie	994	0:47
8.	Moving and copying frames	995	1:14
9.	Creating a new scene	996	1:28
10.	Creating a movie clip symbol	997	1:56
11.	Using the Movie Explorer	998	2:44
12.	Creating a motion tween	999	2:30
13.	Using onion skinning to refine a tween	1000	1:39
14.	Adding key frames to an animation tween	1001	1:18
15.	Tweening object rotation	1002	1:34
16.	Tweening object spin	1003	2:18
17.	Tweening object size	1004	2:01
18.	Creating a path to guide a tween	1005	2:30
19.	Using easing to refine a tween	1006	2:34
20.	Orienting a tweened object to a path	1007	1:59
21.	Creating a shape tween	1008	2:06
22.	Using hints when creating a shape tween	1009	2:37
23.	Reversing frames	1010	1:42

I. Buttons and Sounds

		Key #	Length
1.	Creating a button symbol	1011	3:17
2.	Creating an animated button symbol	1012	3:01
3.	Assigning an action to a button	1013	2:14
4.	Understanding the basics of adding sound	1014	1:39
5.	Adding sound to a button state	1015	2:10

Tutorial series by Jim Norwood

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