"I ordered and received the tutorials. WOW! I
really love the way the e-books are written and
the lessons are exceptional. Probably the easiest
learning tutorial I have ever purchased. Great job.
I would recommend your products to anyone."

- Robert Bentely, Jacksonville FL

Getting Acquainted with Flash
1. About the Tutorial
2. What Is Flash?
3. The Start Page (MX 2004 & 8)
4. The Flash Environment
5. Modifying the Document Stage
6. The Timeline
7. Zooming the Stage
8. Panels
9. The Info Panel
10. The Properties Panel
11. Using Workspace Layouts
12. File Types
13. Saving Documents
14. Closing Documents

Creating Graphics
1. Types of Graphics
2. The Tools Panel
3. Drawing Models
4. Converting Shapes Between Drawing Models (8 Only)
5. The Line Tool
6. The Pen Tool
7. The Pencil Tool
8. Reshaping, Straightening, and Smoothing Lines
9. Adjusting Line Segments and Anchor Points
10. The Brush Tool
11. The Eraser Tool
12. Creating Ovals, Rectangles, and Polygons
13. The Ink Bottle, Paint Bucket, and Eyedropper Tools
14. Custom Stroke Options

Selection Tools and Importing Graphics
1. The Selection Tool
2. The Lasso Tool
3. Importing Artwork
4. Viewing Bitmap Properties
5. Breaking Apart a Bitmap
6. Converting a Bitmap into a Vector Graphic

Symbols
1. Symbol Properties
2. Basic Converting to Symbols
3. Graphics Symbols
4. Movie Clip Symbols
5. Button Symbols
6. Reusing Symbols
7. Editing Symbols

Working With Text
1. Types of Text Fields
2. Static Text Fields
3. Dynamic Text Fields
4. Input Text Fields
5. The Properties Panel for Text
6. Embedded and Device Fonts
7. Anti-Aliasing Text
8. Text Components

Layering and Ordering
1. Ordering Graphics
2. Separating with Layers
3. Using Distribute to Layers
4. Masking with Graphics
5. Masking with Text

Color Management
1. Color Types
2. Gradient Colors
3. The Color Swatches Panel
4. The Color Mixer Panel
5. Bitmap Fills
6. Web-Safe Colors
7. Alpha Levels

Preferences and Settings
1. The Preferences Dialog Box
2. General Preferences
3. Drawing Preferences
4. Clipboard Preferences
5. Warning Preferences
6. ActionScript Preferences

Building Libraries
1. Assets
2. Organizing the Library
3. Importing External Libraries
4. Sharing Assets at Author-Time
5. Sharing Assets at Runtime

Animation
1. Shape Tweening
2. Motion Tweening
3. Motion Guides
4. Frame-by-Frame Animation

Basic ActionScript
1. Introduction
2. Terminology
3. Syntax
4. Adding Basic Movie Control
5. Using Code Hints
6. Finding More ActionScript Help

Basic User Interface Components
1. The Button Component
2. The CheckBox Component
3. The ComboBox Component
4. The List Component
5. The RadioButton Component
6. The UIScrollBar Component
7. The ScrollPane Component

Working With Navigation
1. Adding Behaviors to Buttons
2. Using Scenes
3. Using Frame Labels
4. Using Named Anchors
5. Using Comments
6. Dividing Files into Multiple SWFs
7. Loading an SWF into a Movie Clip

Working With Sound
1. Importing Sound
2. Adding Sound to the Timeline
3. Sound Options
4. Using Behaviors to Load and Play Sounds
5. Using Behaviors to Stop Sounds
6. Using Movie Clips to Play Sounds
7. Compressing Sound Files

Working With Video
1. Importing Video in MX
2. Importing Video in MX 2004
3. Importing Video in 8
4. Controlling Video Playback
5. Using the Loader Component
6. Using Video Components in 8 Pro and MX Pro 2004

Publishing Your Movie
1. Publish Settings
2. Integrating Flash with HTML

Help
1. The Help Panel in 8
2. The Help Panel in MX 2004
3. The Help File in MX

Back to Top

The best Flash tutorial training available.

• Designed by software training professionals.
• Learn at your office or home - at your own pace.
• Comprehensive! Includes all of the topics covered in classroom trainings.
• Training includes two classroom manuals (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts!
• Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu.
• Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction.
• Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Flash.
• No messy set-up, no internet connections needed.
• The best way to learn Flash on your own.
• The confidence in knowing your Flash tutorial was created by software training professionals.

Back to Top

All Products | Samples | FAQs | About Us | Contact Us

© TeachUcomp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.