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Topics covered on this course include:
Welcome and Overview
- Welcome and About This Course Demo
- What's New in Flash Professional and Basic 8 Demo
- What's New in Flash Professional 8 Only Demo
- Flash Basic 8 vs. Professional 8 Demo
- Quick Start pt. 1 Demo
- Quick Start pt. 2 Demo
- Quick Start pt. 3 Demo
- Quick Start pt. 4 Demo
- A Note About Design Methods Demo
- Flash Active Content Update Extension Demo
Flash Basics
- Flash 8 Startup Screen Demo
- Interface Overview Demo
- Maximizing Your Workspace Demo
- File Types Demo
- Vectors vs. Bitmaps Demo
- Find and Replace Demo
Symbols and Instances
- Symbols and Instances Overview Demo
- Creating Symbols Demo
- Editing Symbols Demo
- Instance Names Demo
- 9-Slice Scaling Demo
- Runtime Bitmap Caching Demo
Animation
- Animation Overview
- Keyframes and Tweening
- Types of Tweening and Restrictions
- Easing
- Motion Guides
- Shape Tweening
- Shape Tweening Text
- Shape Hints
- Troubleshooting Tweens
Flash Movie Architecture
- Scenes
- Layers / Stacking and Levels
- Nesting
Preferences and Customizing
- General Preferences pt. 1
- General Preferences pt. 2
- ActionScript
- Auto Format
- Clipboard
- Drawing pt. 1
- Drawing pt. 2
- Text and Warnings
- Customizing Tools Panel
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Rulers / Units and Document Properties
- Guides
- Grid
- Snapping
- Edit Snapping
Tools
- Tools Overview
- Selection Tool pt. 1
- Selection Tool pt. 2
- Subselection Tool
- Free Transform Tool
- Gradient Transform Tool
- Line and Pen Tools
- Lasso Tool
- Lasso Tool Magic Wand Modifier
- Text Tool
- Oval / Rectangle and PolyStar Tools
- Pencil Tool
- Brush Tool
- Brush Modes
- Ink Bottle and Paint Bucket Tools
- Eyedropper Tool
- Eraser Tool
- Colors
- Hand and Zoom Tools
Panels
- Panels Overview
- Properties Panel
- Info
- Transform
- Color Mixer
- Color Swatches
- History
- Project
- Accessibility
- Movie Explorer pt. 1
- Movie Explorer pt. 2
Library Panel
- Library Panel Overview
- Library Basics
- Folders and Organization
- Symbol Properties
- Other Item Properties
- Duplicating and Swapping
The Timeline
- Timeline Overview
- Layers and Layer Folders
- Layer Properties and Menus
- Managing Frames and Keyframes
- Timeline Effects
- Editing Multiple Frames
Drawing / Organizing and Compositing
- Artwork Interaction
- Combining Objects
- Arrange Menu
- Aligning and Distributing
- Grouping
- Blending
- Blending Modes pt. 1
- Blending Modes pt. 2
- Color Styles Modifier
- Filters
- Filter Settings
- Masking Basics
- Creative Masking
- Stroke Properties pt. 1
- Stroke Properties pt. 2
- Buttons
- Animated Buttons
Text
- Text Overview
- Static Text Options
- Dynamic and Input Text Options
- Embedding Fonts
- Spell Checking
Bitmaps
- Overview and Importing
- Image Quality and File Size
- Modifying Bitmaps
- Tracing Bitmaps
Video
- Video Overview
- Deployment Methods
- Encoding pt. 1
- Encoding pt. 2
- Skinning and Playback Component
Sound
- Overview / Importing and Placing
- Effect Settings
- Sync and Loop
- Compressing Sounds pt. 1
- Compressing Sounds pt. 2
ActionScript
- ActionScript Overview
- Actions Panel pt. 1
- Actions Panel pt. 2
- Debugger and Output Panels
- Targeting and Instance Names pt. 1
- Targeting and Instance Names pt. 2
- Object Properties
- Timeline Control
- Variables
- Conditional Statements pt. 1
- Conditional Statements pt. 2
- onEnterFrame pt. 1
- onEnterFrame pt. 2
- Button Actions pt. 1
- Button Actions pt. 2
- Functions
- GetURL
- Preloaders pt. 1
- Preloaders pt. 2
- Preloaders pt. 3
Components and Behaviors
- Components Overview
- Component Parameters
- Behaviors
Publishing
- Exporting and Formats
- Flash Publish Settings
- HTML Publish Settings
- Bandwidth Profiler
Conclusion
- Wrap-up and Resources
- About The Author
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