Flash Professional 8

Overview:

Flash Professional 8 is the much loved multimedia software platform, and this excellent Flash Professional 8 course will teach you to get the most out of it! You can use Flash to produce animations, internet applications, desktop applications, mobile applications, mobile games, and embedded web browser video players. This fantastic Flash Professional 8 course includes over 20 hours of indexed tutorials on the industry’s most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive web sites. In addition, during this Flash Professional 8 course will dramatically expand your knowledge of Flash and its extensive capabilities.

Our courses couldn’t be more convenient, the course material is delivered straight to you and can be adapted to fit in with your lifestyle. It is created by experts within the industry, meaning you are receiving accurate information, which is up-to-date and easy to understand. This course is comprised of professional learning material, all delivered through a system that you will have access to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 365 days (12 months).

What skills will I learn?

• Gain a comprehensive look at the most useful tools and features of Flash Professional 8
• Learn inside tips for how to create better designs and author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation
• Polish your skills with tutorials that will help you generate truly unique web sites and presentations

Meet the instructor:

John Ulliman has been working in interactive digital media since 1985 starting out his career on cutting edge applications for computer modeling 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:

Section 1 – Graphics in Flash

• Module 01: A Quick Flash Demo
• Module 02: Meet Flash: Fundamentals
• Module 0 3: Drawing with Vectors
• Module 04: Flash Natural Drawing Tools
• Module 05: Advanced Vector Drawing
• Module 06: Setting Colors in Flash
• Module 07: Bitmaps in Flash
• Module 08: Using Text in Flash
• Module 09: Symbols
• Module 10: Symbol Effects: Filters & Blends

Section 2 – Animation in Flash

• Module 01: Introduction to the Timeline
• Module 02: Shape Tweening
• Module 03: Motion Tweening
• Module 04: Advanced Animation Techniques
• Module 05: Simulating Speed in your Animations
• Module 06: Nesting Symbols for Complex Animation
• Module 07: Animated Masks & Filters
• Module 08: Sound & Video

Section 3 – Making Interactive Movies with Flash

• Module 01: Flash Buttons
• Module 02: Scripting Basics
• Module 03: Basic Navigation Systems
• Module 04: Flash Screens
• Module 05: Advanced Navigation Systems
• Module 06: Data Entry Forms & Components
• Module 07: Publishing your Movies
• Module 08: Developing for Mobile & PDA

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.
• You will receive the results within 72 hours of submittal, and will be sent a certificate in 7-14 days.

Certification:

Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a Flash Professional 8 certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate, and printed certificate.

Career Path:

This excellent Flash Professional 8 course will qualify you to be a Digital Designer. The average salary of a Digital Designer in the UK is £25,209, and this will go up with experience (payscale.com). With this course you could fulfil any of the following roles:

• Flash Developer
• Digital Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Web Designer
• Software Tester