Flash Professional 8: Next Level ActionScript

Course Description:

Do you want to become a successful Web Designer, or Web Developer? Maybe you need to get up to speed with ActionScript? Perhaps you just need to certify your skills? Look no further than this excellent Flash Professional 8: Next Level ActionScript course. ActionScript is a fantastic tool which can be used to develop websites and software, so if you hope to get into web development this course is perfect and will help you develop essential skills! This Flash Professional 8 course covers useful topics such as using the built-in classes, new objects, or making your own custom classes and components. In addition, you’ll learn the new advanced features of Flash Pro 8 that are only available to ActionScript users, including the Drawing API, Bitmap API, and the matrix transformations and displacements.

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 to use event handlers to associate ActionScript code with a particular object and event. For example, when a user clicks a button on the Stage, you might advance the play head to the next frame.
• Discover how to use Custom Classes to create a small application in Flash. Your classes compile into the SWF file when you publish the document, allowing everything to work together.
• Use the Custom Component Live Preview in the authoring environment to see what a component will look like when it is active in the presentation.
• Understand how to collect data about colour transformations and coordinate transformations with Transform Class.
• Dive into one of the most significant additions to Flash Player 8, bitmap caching. This feature gives you the power to greatly increase the speed at which large amounts of objects are updated and drawn onto the Stage by the renderer.

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:

Part 1 – Making Custom Classes

• Module 01: Using Built-In Classes
• Module 02: Working with the Listener Object Model
• Module 03: Introduction to Making Classes
• Module 04: Using Custom Classes for Buttons
• Module 05: Using Custom Classes for Effects
• Module 06: Making a Component

Part 2 – Using Advanced Actionscript Classes

• Module 01: Using the Sound Class
• Module 02: Drawing API
• Module 03: Working With Bitmap Data
• Module 04: Applying Matrix Transformations
• Module 05: A Preview of Mobile Applications

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.

What Certification am I going to receive?

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

What careers can I get with this qualification?

This Flash Professional 8 course will qualify you to be a Software Engineer. The average salary of a Software Engineer in the UK is £34,337, and this will increase with experience. Upon successfully completing this course you could go on to become any of the following:

• Animation
• Software engineering
• Software development
• Tech artistry