About the Flash Course
Introduction to Flash 8 with Matthew Pizzi
Introduction to Flash 8 is a series of video-based Flash tutorials course that provides designers and developers new to
the Flash environment the knowledge and practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an
engaging interface using text, graphics,animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in
ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to teaching essentials, the course focuses on teaching best practices
for creating Flash content.
More about Matthew Pizzi
Introduction to Flash 8 with Matthew Pizzi is available as part of our online training subscription service,
or it's available for purchase in DVD-ROM and CD-ROM format. These flash tutorials are approx. 8 hours.
Flash 8 Course Outline
Lesson 1 - The Flash 8 Interface
The Stage
Start Page
Panels
The Properties Inspector
Layers and the Timeline
Guides and Grid
Customize Flash
Macintosh Differences
Navigate the Document
Lesson 2 - Drawing with Flash 8
Pencil and Line Tools
Custom Strokes
Shape Drawing Tools
Paint Brush Tool
Eraser Tool
Free Transform Tool
Working with Fills
Custom Fills and Gradients
Object Drawing Model
Lesson 3 - Animating Primitive Shapes
Timeline
Frame-by-Frame Animation
Shape Tween Animation
Morphing
Shape Tween Pitfalls
Broken Tweens
Easing
Speed of Animation
Shape Hints
Lesson 4 - Library and Symbols
Convert to Symbol
Edit a Symbol
Edit Instances
Creating a New Symbol
Working with the Library
Lesson 5 - Animating Symbols
Motion Tween
Motion Tween Effects
Motion Guides
Complex Guides
Swap Symbols
Animating Text
Combine Motion & Shape Tweens
Edit Multiple Frames
Motion Tween Shortcut
Motion Tween Easing
Lesson 6 - Masks, Bitmaps, and Text
Working with Masks
Animating Masks
Setting Text
Text Options
Input & Dynamic Text Fields
Importing Bitmaps
Import a Bitmap Sequence
Bitmap Fills
Tips on Working with Bitmaps
Trace Bitmap
Lesson 7 - Buttons, MovieClips, and Nesting Symbols
Create a Button Symbol
Buttons for Interactivity
Timeline Actions
Add a Hyperlink to a Button
Graphic vs. MovieClip Symbols
Compound Animation
Graphic Symbol Properties
Control a MovieClip
Nesting Symbols
Timeline Effects
Filters
Lesson 8 - Interactive Elements
Creating a Slide Show
Advanced Slide Show
Frame Labels
Rollover Menu pt.1
Rollover Menu pt.2
Interactive Panel
Create a Pop-Out Menu
Scrolling Text
Loading Text
Load Movie Into Levels
Load Movie Into MovieClips
Load Pictures from an External Source
Preloader
Progress Bar
Lesson 9 - Working with Sound and Video
Import Sound
Add Sounds to Buttons
Background Sound
Import Video
Flash 8 Video Encoder
Lesson 10 - Publish Settings
Publish Settings
Publish HTML
Insert SWF into Dreamweaver
Flash Projectors
Flash Detection
Each lesson is broken into separate movies. Making it easier to go the through the Flash tutorials.
