Flash CS3 Professional: ActionScript 3 UI & Data

Course Description :

During this excellent Flash CS3 Professional: ActionScript 3 UI & Data course you’ll explore new territories in the land of data handling and user interface (UI) design with ActionScript 3 language in Flash CS3. This Flash CS3 Professional course is taught by an expert who has years of experience, and heaps of insider tips and tricks to share with you! Gain practical knowledge and experience as you learn how to design a typical shopping application, handle external graphic data, and learn how to draw and manipulate graphs and display text data. With Flash CS3 Professional: ActionScript 3 UI & Data, you’ll look at different types of data and how to load and use them in your Flash applications, and discover how to use the new Component elements in Flash CS3.

Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.

What skills will I gain?

• Learn how a typical user interface (UI) device is built and used and understand what goes into the new AS3 component set.
• Understand XML files and how to create and use them with all kinds of Flash applications.
• Create a shopping application using all external data files, and create all the UI controls for browsing through items, displaying information, and cart management.
• Discover how to plot data – whether its GPS coordinates from a simple text file to stock or RSS data from a structured XML document.
• Customize your interface elements to match whatever look and feel you need in your application, whether you are building your own devices or using the new built in components.

Meet the instructor:

John Ulliman has been working in interactive digital media since 1985 starting out his career on cutting edge applications for computer modelling and animation in the Aerospace industry with a number of companies, including Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. He started his own studio, On the Wave Visual Communications in 1991 providing 2D and 3D graphics and animations for print, video and the web. He has consulted for many software firms in the industry, including Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft, AutoDesk, and Alias Wavefront.

John has been teaching ever since he first picked up a computer, initially on hardware and programming languages, then on technical CAD software, and currently on all the products he uses to make animation magic work. He currently offers training on products for creating 2D and 3D artwork, assembling it into animations and interactive environments, as well as products which help him edit and produce the final work – whether that might be video, TV, CD-ROM, web or print.

John is an Adobe Certified Expert and an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash Video and Flash Mobile environment. He only provides training on software products that he actually uses in production, with the intention to bring as much practical experience into his classes as possible.

Course outline:

• Module 01: The Text Field Class
• Module 02: Formatting Text in Flash
• Module 03: Loading External Data
• Module 04: Intro to Xml & Components
• Module 05: Making a Shopping Application
• Module 06: Making a Catalog Image Viewer
• Module 07: The Data Grid Component
• Module 08: Plotting Gps Tracking Data
• Module 09: Using Rss Data
• Module 10: Graphing Stock Data

What are the requirements?

• You must be 16 or over
• You should have a basic understanding of English, Maths and ICT
• You will need a computer or tablet with internet connection (or access to one)

How will I be assessed?

• You will have one assignment. Pass mark is 65%.
• You will only need to pay £19 for assessment and certification.
• You will receive the results within 72 hours of submittal, and will be sent a certificate in 7-14 days.

What Certification am I going to receive?

If you pass the exam successfully then you will be awarded a Flash CS3 Professional: ActionScript 3 UI & Data certificate.

What careers can I get with this qualification?

This excellent Flash CS3 Professional: ActionScript 3 UI & Data course will qualify you to be an Animator. As an Animator you can work on a freelance basis or as part of an organisation. The average salary of an Animator in the UK is £24,585, and this will go up with experience (payscale.com). With this course you could fulfil any of the following roles:

• Animator
• Video Editor
• Video Producer
• Videographer