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We currently offer the following Flash workshops:
Flash CS4 Professional, Level 1
Flash CS4 Professional, Intermediate
-- NEW WORKSHOP!
Flash CS4 Professional, ActionScript
Flash CS4 Professional
Flash is an extremely powerful graphics program that allows you to create
dynamic, interactive animated content for everything from basic linear
animations to entire web sites.
Flash provides Web developers and designers with greater control over the
display of their works than would otherwise be possible.
When designing Web pages without Flash, the end result is at the mercy of the
browser on which the user views the site. Using Flash allows the designer
to determine exactly how the site will function and appear, regardless of the
browser used.
Why? Because it's the "Flash Player" that's
responsible for displaying your Flash files, and not the individual browser
software. Over 95% of Web browsers are now "enabled" with a
version of the Flash
player, which for several years has been included in major Web browsers,
system software, and often ships standard on new computers, as well as being
easily downloaded from the Macromedia site. Flash movie files are
often smaller in size than other graphic formats, leading to faster download
times.
With Flash, not only can you create animated movies from scratch, but you can also import
graphic content created with other programs and use Flash to animate it.
Adobe Illustrator, in particular, has very
comprehensive and flexible Flash output options.
Our expanded (9-hour) "Level 1" Flash workshop is suitable both for first time users AND for
those who wish to brush up or add to their basic Flash skills (and a few
not-so-basic skills as well!)
Since Flash is in part a graphics program, after a general
introduction, we'll introduce Flash's graphic
tools, importing and creating graphics, custom colors, and converting graphics
to symbols. We'll also work with text, including "input text" that allows
the viewer to enter information via the keyboard.
With all these objects and text on your stage, learning to work with "layers"
in your Flash movie is essential. You'll create multiple layers, and be
able to lock/unlock your layers, as well as work with layers in both "outline"
and "mask" modes. If this
all sounds similar so far to what you can do with programs such as
Adobe Illustrator, you're absolutely right. In fact,
Illustrator can be used to create the objects (and
layers) that you later animate in Flash.
We'll then move on to animation by creating several types
of animation, from the "simplest" frame-by-frame animation, through "motion-tweened"
and "shape-tweened" animations (in which Flash does most of the work), and
see how Flash CS4 has dramatically simplified working with "motion paths." A
brief introduction to ActionScript (Flash's "programming language") will bring the Level 1 workshop to a
close.
General outline of topics to be covered:
- Exploring the Adobe Flash Environment
- Define Flash
- Explore the Flash Interface
- Explore and Customize the Panels in Flash
- Working with Drawing and Painting Tools
- Compare the Drawing Modes of Flash
- Use Drawing and Painting Tools
- Use the Pen Tool
- Manipulating Objects
- Use the Selection Tools
- Overview of Layers
- Work with Interacting Objects
- Transform Objects
- Understanding Vector and Bitmap Images
- Compare Vector Images and Bitmap Images
- Work with Bitmap Images
- Working with Text
- Overview of Text Fields and Attributes
- Create Text Fields
- Convert Text into Shapes
- Working with Symbols and Instances
- Create a Symbol
- Create a Symbol Instance
- Using Animation Basics to Create Animations
- Create Animations with Frames and Keyframes
- Work with Frames
- Create a Motion Tween Animation
- Create a Shape Tween Animation
- Using Layers
- Work with Multiple Layers
- Create a Mask Layer
- A Brief Introduction to ActionScript
- Understand the Basics of ActionScript
- Use ActionScript Elements
Flash CS4 Professional, Level 1
also applicable for users of earlier versions
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of using your PC (Windows or Mac)
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 9
UIUC CEUs: 0.9
CPDUs: 9 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 9 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $178 (includes expanded "2-day" workbook)
Dates: Nov. 9 & 10, 2009 (MTu);
Times: Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your own, 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code: W-2876-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-2877-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Registration Form
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Develop more sophisticated Flash projects with the techniques and tools
you’ll discover in our new “Intermediate” Flash workshop. Learn to
create your own design patterns and to use Flash projects to manage
multiple document files. Work with movie clip & button symbols,
creating, nesting, and swapping symbols. Create advanced animations with
“inverse kinematics,” 3-D transforms, and effects. Add motion to
animations. Import and add audio to your Flash movie. Work with Flash
“components”, and explore the basics of using ActionScript. Publish your
movie in different formats, adding metadata, and exploring accessibility
features in Flash. Flash CS4 Professional, Intermediate
Prerequisite: A Flash Level 1 workshop, or equivalent experience
with Flash.
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 9
UIUC CEUs: 0.9
CPDUs: 9 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 9 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $178 (includes expanded "2-day" workbook)
Dates: Nov. 16 & 17, 2009 (MTu);
Times: Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your own, 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code: W-2880-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-2881-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Registration Form
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Note: This description may be revised slightly once updated updated CS4 workbooks
become available.Learn how to use ActionScript (Flash's "programming language") to add
more complex interactivity to Flash movies. You'll add components
from the Actions Panel, store data in variables, check for movie clip
collisions, create dynamic text fields, and much more. You'll also build a
navigation system, gather data using a form, connect your Flash movie to
external data, and submit user data with a submit button.
General outline of topics to be covered:
- Using ActionScript
- Add Components from the Actions Panel
- Trace a String
- Populate a Text Area with ActionScript
- Store Data in Variables
- Manipulating Components with ActionScript
- Create an Event Handler
- Create a Form with Interactive Components
- Use Conditional Logic in ActionScript
- Working with Movie Clips
- Create a Movie Clip
- Check for Movie Clip Collisions
- Attach a Movie Clip from the Library Panel
- Adding Data Using Built-in Classes
- Create a Dynamic Text Field
- Read Data from a Text File
- Reusing Code with Functions
- Streamline Code Using Built-in Functions
- Create User-Defined Functions
- Reference an External ActionScript File
- Connecting to External Data
- Examine Dynamic Content in Flash
- Add Data to an XML File
- Load Data from an External Data Source
- Create Dependent Components
- Building a Navigation System
- Display SWFs Using Buttons
- Add a Submenu Using Buttons
- Managing User Data Using Forms
- Gather User Data Using a Form
- Create a Submit Button
- Submit User Data
Flash CS4 Professional: ActionScript
Prerequisite: A Flash Level 1 workshop, or equivalent experience
with Flash.
Instructor: Peter Kimble, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
Hours: 9
UIUC CEUs: 0.9
CPDUs: 9 (Illinois teachers are eligible to earn 9 CPDUs for this
workshop)
Fee: $178 (includes expanded "2-day" workbook)
Dates: Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2009 (MTu);
Times: Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch on your own, 11:30 - 1:00)
Windows User Registration Code: W-2884-E
Mac User Registration Code: M-2885-E
Location: UI Armory Building,
Suite 156 (use NE entrance to Armory)
Registration Form
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