Total Training - Adobe Flash Professional CS6 Essentials

Total Training for Adobe Flash Professional CS6: Essentials will teach you how to use this powerful authoring tool to create immersive, interactive animations and multimedia content. Adobe Education Leader and instructor Debbie Keller will help you master the basics of animation and gain confidence in your Flash CS6 skills. Youll explore the interface and multimedia tools, learn how to create robust and compelling interactive experiences, and discover how to publish your content.

Highlights
Advanced typography with Text Layout Framework text.
Using the Code Snippets panel to add ActionScript to a project to create interactivity.
The difference between the 3 different types of Symbols.
Animating with Inverse Kinematics.
The different between Drawing Mode and Object Drawing Mode.
How to animate a Movie Clip and embed an animation inside the same Movie Clip.
Adding basic ActionScript with the Snippets panel to add interactivity to a Flash Project.
Publishing content with the Publish Settings dialog box.

Chapter 1: UNDERSTANDING THE FLASH CS6 INTERFACE (25 min)
New Documents & Setting Document Properties
Touring the Interface
Using Guides & Rulers

Chapter 2: WORKING WITH THE DRAWING & SHAPE TOOLS (41 min)
Drawing Shapes in Flash
Drawing with Primitive Tools
Comparing Merge Drawing Mode vs. Object Drawing Mode
Modifying Shapes with the Direct Selection Tool & Subselection Tool
Using the Deco Tool
Using Gradients & Mixing Colors

Chapter 3: WORKING WITH SYMBOLS (27 min)
Understanding the Characteristics of Symbols
Creating & Editing Symbols
Exploring Button States & the Button Library

Chapter 4: IMPORTING & MODIFYING GRAPHICS (27 min)
Importing Bitmap Graphics & Basic Shape Modifications
Importing & Working with Vector Objects
Importing an Illustrator File into Flash
Importing a Photoshop File into Flash

Chapter 5: WORKING WITH TEXT 37 min)
Selecting Text & Other Basic Techniques
Modifying Text Properties
Breaking Text Apart & Converting Text to Shapes
Working with TLF Text

Chapter 6: THE BASICS OF ANIMATION (77 min)
Timeline Basics & Using Layers
Animating Text with Shape Tweens & Creating Frames & Keyframes
Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation & Onion Skin Part 1
Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation & Onion Skin Part 2
Using Motion Tweens & Creating a Motion Tween along a Path
Working with the Motion Editor
Using Inverse Kinematics

Chapter 7: ADDING SIMPLE CONTROLS TO VIDEO WITH ACTIONSCRIPT (38 min)
Importing & Transcoding Video
Setting Import Options & Choosing a Player Skin
Using Adobe Media Encoder to Create Cue Points
Using Code Snippets & Adding Actions to Buttons
Adding Sounds to Button States

Chapter 8: PUBLISHING & EXPORTING FLASH DOCUMENTS (13 min)
Setting Accessibility Options
Overview of Flash Publish Settings
Simulating a Download & Exporting a Movie
Credits