Flash 8 Advanced Design
2 days | 9:30am - 4:30pm | $1095
Macromedia Flash 8: Advanced Design provides Flash designers
with prior ActionScript experience the knowledge and hands-on
practice they need to build more flexible and dynamic
design-based Flash content. This course focuses on teaching
students more advanced ActionScript topics that will remove
a reliance on Timeline-based visual tools. Students will
learn to generate dynamic design and navigation elements
that cannot be created without ActionScript.
Audience
This course is for Flash designers who have some experience
with ActionScript but want to learn more advanced topics
and features to enhance their designs. To gain the most
from this class you should already have:
Experience
creating Flash designs and animation using the Timeline.
Equivalent
knowledge from the Macromedia Flash 8: Rich Content Creation
course.
Equivalent
knowledge from the Macromedia Flash 8: ActionScript course.
At
least one year of Flash design experience.
Course Outline
Unit 1: Introducing the Course
Introducing
the course
Understanding
the course format
Discussing
the course objectives
Reviewing
the course prerequisites
Reviewing
the course outline
Unit 2: Architecting a Flash Application
Architecting
with layers
Architecting
with Movie Clips
Placing
code in external ActionScript files
Introducing
object oriented programming concepts
Working
with Flash classes
Writing
methods, functions and event handlers
Referencing
dynamic variables using bracket notation
Extending
the Movie Clip class
Detecting
Movie Clip interactions with hitTest()
Unit 3: Working with Graphics
Learning
about Flash drawing models
Using
filters
Using
blends
Creating
filters and blends with ActionScript
Introducing
bitmap caching
Unit 4: Importing XML Data
Learning
about XML
Using
XML in Flash
Accessing
XML data
Looping
through XML data
Unit 5: Working with Text
Implementing
advanced anti-alias rendering
Introducing
the TextFormat class
Formatting
text with cascading style sheets
Resizing
text fields
Unit 6: Implementing Advanced Graphic Loading
Creating
reusable instance-based code
Loading
external media with MovieClipLoader
Creating
instances of the Flash Object class
Introducing
listeners and event handlers
Understanding
the MovieClipLoader event handlers
Using
createEmptyMovieClip() and getNextHighestDepth()
Attaching
Movie Clips
Positioning
visual elements dynamically
Understanding
swapping depths
Unit 7: Reviewing Animation Basics with ActionScript
Creating
Timeline-based custom easing
Animating
with ActionScript
Interacting
with the mouse location
Adding
easing via ActionScript
Creating
a mask with ActionScript
Unit 8: Learning Advanced Animation with ActionScript
Introducing
the Tween class
Handling
Tween class events
Introducing
the Transition classes
Using
Delegate to create a component listener
Unit 9: Styling and Skinning Components
Styling
components
Skinning
components with themes
Skinning
components manually
Related Courses:
ActionScript 2.0
Flash
8 Week Intensive (Rich Content + ActionScript)
Rich
Content Creation
Video Development
Flash Media Server 2 Streaming Media
