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Adobe Flash Level 1 Course
Including FREE eLearning videos
Summary
Course Aim:
The Adobe Flash Level 1 course provides novice Adobe Flash users with the hands-on instruction that will help them become competent with creating and publishing Flash documents to the web by producing flash banners and micro websites, and for multimedia output. Courseware supplied; Alpha designed 200 pages.
Course Prerequisites:
Previous experience using applications on a PC or Macintosh is an essential prerequisite for this course. Experience using Photoshop is recommended.
Course Duration:
Two days 9:00am – 4:30pm
Classroom courses include:
- Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
- Alpha prepared comprehensive coursenotes with tutorials and exercises (updated frequently to reflect industry trends)
- Certificates
- FREE eLearning DVD Package (extensive video files that replay all topics covered in the course you have completed)
- After course support, unlimited HELP DESK (via email, to reinforce the learning), helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
- Training guarantee
- FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions
Content
Course Content
During this course you will learn about:
What’s new in Flash Professional CS5.5 - CS5 - CS4
Topic 1 The Flash Workspace
- Topic Objectives
- The Welcome Screen
- Flash's work area
- The Tools panel
- Working with panels
- Customizing your workspace
- The context menu
- Zooming in and out
- Scrolling the view
- Flash's preferences
- Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands
- Using the History panel
- Reverting to the last saved version
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 2 Creating and managing Flash documents
- Topic Objectives
- General Flash workflow
- About Flash files
- Creating a new Flash document
- Saving Flash documents
- Setting Document Properties
- Viewing a document when multiple documents are open
- About templates
- About Adobe AIR
- XFL files
- About Adobe Device Central
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 3 Importing, creating and transforming graphics
- Topic Objectives
- Bitmap and Vector Images
- Importing artwork into Flash
- Importing Illustrator artwork into Flash
- Importing Photoshop artwork into Flash
- About the Flash drawing models
- The Pencil tool
- Drawing straight lines
- Drawing rectangles and ovals
- Drawing ovals and rectangles
- Drawing polygons and stars
- Painting with the Brush tool
- Reshaping lines and shape outlines
- Erasing
- Selecting objects
- Moving, copying and deleting objects
- Moving or copying objects between layers
- Arranging objects
- Grouping and breaking objects apart
- Transforming objects
- Flipping objects
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 4 Working with colour, strokes, and fills
- Topic Objectives
- Working with Colour
- Strokes, fills, and gradients
- Creating or editing a solid colour
- Creating or editing a gradient fill
- Modifying colour palettes
- Applying a bitmap as a fill
- Modifying strokes with the Ink Bottle tool
- Applying solid, gradient, and bitmap fills with the Paint Bucket tool
- Transforming gradient and bitmap fills
- Copying strokes and fills with the Eyedropper tool
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 5 Symbols
- Topic Objectives
- About Symbols
- Creating symbols
- When to use Button, Movie Clip, or Graphic Symbol
- Creating and deleting instances of symbols
- 9-Slice Scaling
- Reusing symbols to reduce file size
- Editing and deleting symbols
- Changing colour effects
- Swapping one instance for another
- Changing an instance's type
- Copying library assets between documents
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 6 Working with text
- Topic Objectives
- Creating and editing text fields
- Setting character options
- Setting paragraph settings
- Text anti-aliasing
- Using device fonts
- Break text apart
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 7 The Timeline and Layers
- Topic Objectives
- About the Timeline
- About frames and keyframes
- About layers
- Creating layers and layer folders
- Viewing layers and layer folders
- Moving or copying objects between layers
- Editing layers and layer folders
- Organizing layers and layer folders
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 8 Animation and Banner Ads
- Topic Objectives
- Types of animation
- Animation basics
- Frame rates
- Ideal Frame Rates for Flash Animation
- About tweened animation
- Motion tweening
- Tween a non-position property with the Property inspector
- Editing Motion Tweens
- Edit the motion path of a tween
- Shape tweening
- Masking layers
- Banner Ads
- Banner Ad Sizes
- Banner Types
- Ads and what you need to know
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 9 ActionScript and Buttons
- Topic Objectives
- About ActionScript
- The Actions panel
- Using Script Assist to write ActionScript
- Adding actions to the Timeline
- Creating button symbols
- Enabling, editing, and testing buttons
- Using invisible buttons
- Code Snippets (CS5 and later)
- Creating navigation within a Flash movie
- Frame labels
- Adding Actions to Buttons (ActionScript 2.0)
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 10 Using Movie Clips
- Topic Objectives
- About nested movie clips
- Loading movie clips into empty movie clips
- Loading movie clips into empty movie clips
- Loading movie clips into empty movie clips (ActionScript 2.0)
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 11 Sound and Video
- Topic Objectives
- About sounds and Flash
- Importing sounds
- Adding a sound to the Timeline
- Adding a sound to a button
- Editing a sound
- Compressing a sound for export
- Tips for exporting sound in Flash documents
- About video features in Flash
- Embedding video in a SWF file
- About the FLVPlayback component
- Loading Movies and Sounds into your flash site
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 12 Publishing and Optimizing
- Topic Objectives
- Optimizing Flash documents before publishing
- Optimizing colours
- Optimising Images
- Publishing Flash content
- Setting SWF publish options
- Setting HTML publish options
- Setting other publish options
- Setting default file names and destinations
- Setting up banner ads for upload to external sites
- Using an FTP client and File Structure
- Topic Summary
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Appendix: Index
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Packages Available
Adobe Flash Level 1 is offered as part of the following packages, designed for users who want to attend multiple courses to achieve in depth knowledge:
Web Design Package Package
- Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop Level 1
- 6 days
Visit our packages page for more information
Specials
2012 Training Specials for Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra Centres
- Sydney Training Specials
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Option 1 (SYDNEY):
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Selected Level 1 courses $775
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Selected Level 1 public courses in our Sydney Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 2 (SYDNEY):
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Selected Level 2 courses $775
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Sydney Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 3 (SYDNEY):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Sydney Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945)
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Sydney Training Centre is now $800 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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- Brisbane Training Specials
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Option 1 (BRISBANE):
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Selected Level 1 courses $775
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Selected Level 1 public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 2 (BRISBANE):
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Selected Level 2 courses $775
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 3 (BRISBANE):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Brisbane Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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Option 4 (BRISBANE):
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945)
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre is now $775 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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- Melbourne Training Specials
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Option 1 (MELBOURNE):
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Selected Level 1 courses $775
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Selected Level 1 public courses in our Melbourne Training Centres are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 2 (MELBOURNE):
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Selected Level 2 courses $775
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Melbourne Training Centres are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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Option 3 (MELBOURNE):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Melbourne Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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Option 4 (MELBOURNE):
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945)
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Sydney-Brisbane-Melbourne Training Centres is now $775 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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- Canberra Training Specials
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Option 1 (CANBERRA):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get 10% OFF
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a 10% discount to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Canberra Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, less 10%) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the 10% discount.
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Option 2 (CANBERRA):
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Buy 2 * 2-day courses and get a 1-day course FREE
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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Alpha is offering a FREE 1-day course to the person attending TWO 2-day public courses (at RRP pricing) in our Canberra Training Centre during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is a limited offer, and will be limited to specific 1-day courses. Courses will be invoiced together (two 2-day courses, at RRP pricing, plus 1-day free course) and must be paid in full before course commencement to obtain free course. Register for TWO public 2-day courses to obtain the FREE 1-day course.
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eLearning DVD
When you attend any of the following scheduled courses, you will receive a FREE eLearning DVD:
- Acrobat for Business and Advanced
- PhotoShop Level 1, and Level 2
- Illustrator Level 1, and Level 2
- InDesign Level 1, and Level 2
- Dreamweaver Level 1, and Level 2
- Flash Level 1, and Level 2
Specials are subject to our terms and conditions
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