Fundamentals of Flash 8 Animation with Macromedia Flash
Increasingly, web designers now wish to incorporate more than text and static images in their sites. Macromedia Flash provides a means of creating animated content that is optimised for web delivery. This can include elements such as animated graphics and text, as well as more sophisticated applications, such as tutorials and simulations.
Topics:
- An overview of the Macromedia Flash interface
- Creating animation with motion and shape 'tweening'
- Using layers, guide layers and mask layers
- Efficient reuse of content using symbols and libraries
- Optimising and publishing Flash movies for web delivery
- Making Flash movies accessible
- Managing and sharing Flash assets with libraries
Who is it for?
This is a practical workshop aimed at web users who would like to start using Macromedia Flash to create animated content for the web.
Experience of using Microsoft Windows for opening, saving and managing files is essential. Experience of other Macromedia products would also be helpful. Note that this workshop does NOT require programming skills and does not cover the use of ActionScript.
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
- Become familiar with the interface of Macromedia Flash
- Created, imported and modified graphics
- Produced animations using motion and shape tweening
- Investigated techniques to improve the accessibility of Flash content
- Published Flash movies in formats suitable for use on the web
Scheduled workshops
No workshops scheduled at this time.
