Author - Yan Cowles

Total Time - 8 Hours

Basic Concepts
 What is Flash?
 Flash Interface
 Frames
 Symbols
 Action Scripting
 Scenes
 Movies
 Publish
 Visit my web site

Basic Functions
 Setting up
 Frame Rate
 Views
 Speed vs Quality
 Using the Grid/Rulers

Drawing Toolbox
 Arrow Tool
 Lasso Tool
 Line Tool
 Text Tool
 Oval Tool
 Rectangle Tool
 Pencil Tool
 Brush tool
 Ink Bottle Tool
 Paint Bucket
 Eyedropper Tool
 Eraser Tool
 Hand Tool

Colors & Fills
 Solid Colors
 Gradients
 Lock Gradient
 Transform Gradient
 Alpha Settings

Originating Shapes
 Initial Shape
 Editing & Optimization
 Lines To Fill
 Expand Shape
 Soften Edges
 Grouping
 Scale & Rotate
 Importing Graphics
 Illustrator & Freehand

Bitmaps
 Bitmap vs Vector
 Import Bitmaps
 Tiled background
 Trace Bitmap
 Alpha Channels

Functionality
 Send to Back
 Lock
 Flipping
 Remove Transform
 Remove Colours
 Edit Centre
 Align
 Typesetting

Animating
 Layers
 Frames
 Keyframes
 Motion Tween
 Tween Scaling
 Tween Rotation
 Shape Tween
 Motion Guides
 Easing In/Out
 Guide Layer
 Masking
 Shape Hints
 Onion Skinning
 Frame Display

Symbols
 Why use Symbols?
 Creating Symbols
 The Library
 Editing Symbols
 Animation Effects
 Movie Clip Symbol
 Unlink an Instance
 Open as Library

Scenes
 Scenes
 Copy & Paste Frames
 Paste in Place

Interactivity
 Actions
 Create Frame Action
 Create Buttons
 Button Actions
 Test Movie/Scene
 Load Movie
 Unload Movie
 Tell Target
 Get URL
 If Frame Is Loaded
 Button Movie Clip

Action Scripting
 Action Script Overview
 Variables
 If statements
 Else/Else If
 Trace/Comment
 Error trapping
 Loops
 Set Property
 Call statement
 Text Fields
 Drag Movie Clip

Using Sound
 Sound
 Import Sound
 Keyframe Sound
 Editing Sound
 Looping
 Button Sound
 Stop All Sounds
 Remove Sound
 Hit Sounds
 Streaming vs Event Sound

Web Optimize
 Optimize Flash
 Test Streaming
 Bandwidth Profiler

Publishing
 Publish Overview
 Formats
 Publish Flash
 Publish HTML
 Publish Projector
 Publish QuickTime
 Publish
 Export Sequence
 Export Image

Banner Ad
 Create Background
 Import Illustrator
 New Symbol Instance
 White-out
 Add New Scene
 Text Morph
 Payoff Scene

Drop Down Menu
 Getting Started
 Movie Clip
 Menu Contents
 Retracting the Menu

Flash Form
 Text Fields
 Create Checkbox
 Reset Button
 Send Button
 Recipient & Redirect
 Form as Clip or

Movie Pause
 Set Variable
 If loop
 Dupe the Loop
 Extend pause

Sound On/Off switch
 Single Scene
 Sound in Movie Clip
 On/off Button
 Using Tell Target

Multiple Choice Buttons
 Name Instances
 Script Combi-Buttons
 Process Variables
 Label Frames

Drop Target
 Name Instances
 Droptarget Action
 Remove from stage