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Adobe Flash Level 3 - ActionScript Course
Summary
Summary
Course Aim:
The Flash Level 3 comprehensive course will build on the Level 2 course to give participants more in-depth knowledge of the more advanced features of ActionScript to create more sophisticated interactivity, animation, event-handling and decision-making in Flash. Alpha-designed comprehensive courseware is supplied, approx. 150 pages.
Course Prerequisites:
The prerequisite for this course is that you have completed the Flash Level 2 course, or have equivalent knowledge. Note this course includes programming using ActionScripts coding.
Course Duration:
One day 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
- eLearning DVD Package (FREE at course registration where available, see our SPECIALS)
- 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:
Topic 1 Controlling Multiple Timelines
- Topic Objectives
- About using multiple timelines
- About Target Paths
- Target Paths for Nested Movie Clips
- Absolute and Relative Paths
- Using the with operator
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 2 Loops in ActionScript
- Creating Repetition Using Loops
- Creating a simple for loop
- Creating a loop to create symbol instances
- Modifying Instances Created by a loop
- While Loops
- Do While Loops
- Creating a loop to create multiple text fields
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 3 Loading External Content Into Flash
- Limitations of timeline-based Flash applications
- Loading External Files
- Replacing a Loaded External File
- About Loading External Files Into Flash
- Controlling Loaded External Files
- Detecting When a File has Successfully Loaded
- Managing Multiple Loaded Files
- Detecting Download Progress:
- Creating a Preloader
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 4 Controlling Graphics with ActionScript
- About the Display List
- About 9-slice scaling
- Enabling 9-slice scaling manually
- Enabling 9-slice scaling using ActionScript
- Modifying Colours using the ColorTransform Class
- Creating Drag and Drop Interactivity
- Constraining the Draggable Object
- Detecting Collisions Between Objects
- Creating Symbol Instances Using ActionScript
- Changing the Cursor Appearance
- Putting it Together:
- Animating Graphics with ActionScript
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 5 Using ActionScript to Control Text
- Creating Text Fields
- Modifying Text Field Properties
- Modifying Text in Text Fields
- Using the TextFormat Class
- Capturing Text From an Input Text Field
- Loading External Text Into Flash
- Creating Scrolling Text
- Creating a Text Animation
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 6 The Math, Array and Date Classes
- About the Math Class
- Methods of the Math Class
- Generating Random Numbers
- Rounding Numbers
- About the Array Class
- Creating Arrays
- Methods of the Array Class
- Examples of Array Methods
- Looping Through An Array
- Creating Multiple Instances Using Loops
- About the Date Class
- Telling the Time
- Creating a Calendar
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 7 Creating Custom Classes
- About Classes
- About Custom Classes
- Creating a Custom Class
- Extending a Existing Flash Class
- Linking an Object to a Custom Class
- Modifying the Custom Class
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 8 Creating Vector Shapes in ActionScript
- Classes that support vector shapes
- The Graphics Class
- Drawing Lines and Curves
- Drawing Rectangles and Circles
- Erasing a Shape
- Creating Irregular Shapes
- Applying Masks in ActionScript
- Putting it Together: Drawing with the Mouse
- Putting it Together: Creating Shapes Based on User Input
- Putting it Together: Creating Repeating Shapes With Loops
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 9 Working With Sound and Video
- About Using Sounds
- Importing Sounds into the Library
- Playing Sounds from the Library
- Loading and Playing External Sounds
- Starting and Stopping Sounds
- Managing the Volume of Sound
- Loading External Video
- Controlling Video Playback
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Appendix A: Index
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Selected Level 1 courses $775 from 03/08/2011
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Selected Level 2 courses $775 from 14/09/2011
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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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Support your staff by upskilling them.
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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945) from 14/09/2011
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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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Selected Level 2 courses $775 from 12/12/2011
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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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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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Buy Acrobat Package for $775 (Package RRP normally $945) from 12/12/2011
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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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- Dreamweaver Level 1, and Level 2
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