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Introducing the Course
-Understanding the course format
-Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
-Looking at the course outline
Working in Adobe Flash
-Setting Stage dimensions
-Working with panels and panel layouts
-Setting preferences
-Identifying the development cycle
-Publishing a file
Creating and Importing Graphic Assets
-Working with different graphic formats
-Importing bitmap graphics
-Importing vector graphics
-Working with layers and layer folders
-Using the drawing tools
-Using object and merge drawing
-Working with the Colour panels
-Creating and using Graphic symbols
-Using the Library panel
Using Text Effectively
-Using the Text tool
-Adding and formatting static text
-Changing font rendering methods
-Adding input text fields
-Embedding fonts in input text fields
-Using font best practices
Creating Animations
-Working with the Timeline
-Using keyframes, blank keyframes, and frames
-Creating motion tweens
-Creating shape tweens
-Creating transition effects
-Using animation best practices
Adding Adobe Flash ActionScript with Script Assist and Behaviors
-Using Script Assist
-Adding actions to a frame
-Creating and using Button symbols
-Adding behaviors to a button
-Loading external Adobe Flash SWFs
Using Moving Clips
-Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
-Organizing a Movie Clip Timeline
-Using actions to control a Timeline
-Using frame labels
-Responding to user interactions
Adding Sound and Video
-Importing sound
-Changing sound properties
-Adding sound to a Timeline
-Embedding video in a Timeline
-Using the Adobe FLVPlayback component
Publishing Adobe Flash Documents
-Using different publishing formats
-Using publishing profiles
-Adding Adobe Flash Player detection
-Publishing for deployment
Controlling Visual Objects with Adobe Flash ActionScript
-Using the Actions and Help panels
-Declaring variables and their data types
-Using the trace() function
-Using code hinting
-Assigning instance names and using them to assign runtime property values
-Using the with operator
-Introducing core properties of visual built-in classes: Movie Clip, Button, and Text Field
-Controlling Button and Movie Clip position and visual state
-Controlling Text Field content
-Introducing core properties of non-visual built-in classes: Math
-Using mathematical operators
-Understanding data type conversion |
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Using and Writing Functions
-Working with Adobe Flash Player global functions
-Converting values returned from functions and assigning them for display
-Writing user defined functions
-Returning, or not returning, data from a function
-Understanding variable scope
-Adding code within a Movie Clip symbol's own timeline
-Introducing the this operator
-Understanding object methods
-Introducing core methods of visual built-in classes: Movie Clip and Text Field
-Controlling the Movie Clip play head within its timeline
-Loading external Movie Clip content
-Understanding cross-domain security issues
-Exporting and attaching Movie Clip symbol instances at runtime
-Writing and using user defined functions to create visual content
-Understanding depth
-Dynamically referring to instance names and property names at runtime
Using Text, Dates, Math, and Paths
-Controlling Text Field formatting through code
-Creating and formatting Text Fields at runtime
-Using Date objects
-Working with String concatenation
-Generating random numbers and integers using the Math class
-Understanding relative path names
-Controlling nested Movie Clip objects
Understanding and Handling Events
-Understanding event driven programming
-Working with event handler syntax
-Moving from symbol-based to timeline-based event handling
-Introducing core events of visual built-in classes: Button, Movie Clip, and Text Field
-Controlling the play head within an event handler
-Understanding the this keyword inside an event handler
-Creating rollover effects
-Responding to Text Field focus events
-Calling a single function from multiple event handlers
-Referring to a parent object from within an event handler
Managing Color, Sound, and Data with Built-In Classes
-Understanding complex (aggregate) variables
-Working with Arrays
-Working with generic Objects
-Transforming Movie Clip objects using Transform and Color Transform objects
-Generating random color transformations
-Using Sound objects
-Creating audio feedback with event-driven sounds linked from the Library
Making Decisions and Repeating Yourself
-Understanding looped code
-Using loops and arrays to attach, name, and control Movie Clip objects
-Using loops to create, name, and control Text Fields to display data object values
-Understanding conditional code execution
-Surveying the comparison and logical operators
-Using if/else comparison to toggle Movie Clip visual states
Animating with Adobe Flash ActionScript
-Dragging and dropping a Movie Clip object
-Testing for collision between Movie Clip objects
-Initializing attached Movie Clip objects
-Using the on Enter Frame event handler
-Controlling visual change rate
-Testing and responding to position at runtime |
