Flash Instructions Free Flash Video Tutorials

Flash has always been a program that has delivered the best applications either web, desktop or mobile content Flash gives you it all. Flash CS3 is the latest and greatest from 2007 and has been the best release from 2007 and earlier. I have been working on this website with it, learning Actionscript 3.0 and doing so much more with this flexible program. The true meaning of this program is simply amazing and with AS3 (Actionscript 3.0) you now have the ability to create desktop applications with web development knowledge, this makes Flash CS3 the final vote for the peoples choice.

1. Introduction

Introduction to Flash CS3 series
 

2. The essentials

Creating new documents
The default workspace
Making workspace that fits
Tabbed mode and maximize mode
 

3. Drawing Flash CS3 Style

Creating basic shapes and primitive shapes
Discovering the pencil and line tool
Using the improved Pen tool
Changing the colours
Raw shapes and primitive objects
Manipulating content
Using the brush tool
Using the Flash eraser tool
Different drawing modes
 

4. Editing Colour

The basics of colours swatch's
Using the colours mixer panel
Editing with the gradient transform tool
 

5. Working with the Timeline

Creating layers
Adding, deleting, and creating folders
Using frames and keyframes / definition
Editing multiple frames
Copying and pasting frames
Understanding scenes
 

6. Working with Symbols

Differences between raw objects and symbols
Creating and editing Symbols
How do the Symbols work
Using the Library panel
Transformation of Symbols
 

7. Testing and Publishing Flash Files

Choosing the right format

Changing the files settings
Testing your Flash file
 

8. Working with images in Flash CS3 professional

Vector vs bitmap
How to import images and use image compression
Importing Photoshop files
Importing Fireworks files
Tracing bitmaps
Breaking apart bitmaps
 

9. Using Filters and Blend Modes

Using filters
Special filter options
Using blend modes
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10. Animation in CS3

Creating a shape tweening
Creating a Motion tween
Controlling a shape tween with shape hints
Controlling a motion tween with custom easing
Using motion guides and settings
Animating filters, position, scale, color and filters
 

11. Working with Text

Text field types
Controlling all text properties
Setting up and Spell checking
Find and Replace
 

12. Using Sound CS3 style

Importing sound and adding it to the timeline
Using the basic effects
Differance between Event and Streamed sound
Changing the sound settings
Custom editing sound in Flash
 

13. Video work flow

The differance between embedded and external
Embedding the videos with new import feature
Adding in cue points and dow
Playing external videos with the FLVPlayback component
 

14. Introduction to ActionScript 3.0

Taking a look at the Actionscript panel
Changing the properties of Actionscript panel
Creating simple frame scripts
Using instance names and changing the properties of strings
Creating a simple application
 

15. Final word

My final thoughts on Flash CS3 professional essential training
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