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Advanced Flash

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Welcome to Advanced Flash. As you are probably already aware, Flash movies are everywhere on the Internet. You've most likely seen them in banner advertisements, catchy animated Web site introductions, silly cartoons, or simple animated movies. As cool as these Flash movies are, they are usually utilizing but a small fraction of what Flash is truly capable of.

Flash can be made to create complex interfaces for Web or CD-ROM, highly interactive games, or almost anything else your imagination can come up with. There is really very little that someone with advanced Flash skills can't accomplish. This course assumes that you already know all the basics of Flash; animation, drawing, etc. and moves you right into the good stuff.

This course assumes that you have a good knowledge of basic Flash. If you do not, Lanoie.com offers an introductory Flash course as well.

Please read the introduction page before starting this course. It has useful information you should know.

Class Lectures

(1) Advanced Flash Overview

Before we get our hands dirty with Flash, we will look at what exactly is meant by "Advanced Flash". We will also look at what you can do with it, and discuss some of the ways that we will be using it.

(2) Introduction to ActionScript

ActionScript is at the heart of Advanced Flash. It is the biggest part of what separates basic and advanced Flash techniques. This module will take you step by step through the ActionScript programming language, and give you a basic understanding of how to program with ActionScript.

(3) Movie Clips

Movie clips are another big key to utilizing the true capabilities of Flash. You may have had some basic experience with movie clips, but this module will show you how to use them to their full potential.

(4) Buttons

Most people familiar with basic Flash techniques will know how to use Flash's built-in buttons. These are good for simple rollover effects, but you can get much, much more interesting and visually appealing buttons with some of these techniques.

(5) Animation with ActionScript

Anyone who has used Flash for a while will know how to use Flash's tweening capabilities create animations. However, this is not useful at all if you want to animate something based on user interaction, or a complex script, as in a game. This module will talk about how to use ActionScript for animation.

(6)Working With Text

Another very powerful feature of Flash is dynamic text. This allows you to create text dynamically with ActionScript and user interaction. We will talk about dynamic text fields, text variables, and working with external text files.

(7) Advanced Flash Techniques

This lecture will discuss some more techniques that can be accomplished with Advanced Flash. Topics such as working with sound, getting keyboard input, and certain other tricks will be discussed.

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