| Description: | Begin your career as a Flash designer! You'll learn the basics of developing Flash movies, such as getting around in the Flash workspace, creating text and graphics, and animating objects on the Flash movie stage. You'll master making interactive buttons with ActionScript 3.0, Flash's powerful programming language. We'll also cover how to use sound and digital video in your Flash movies, as well as create and animate 3-D objects. We'll explore syncing sounds with animations, inserting special effects, and publishing your Flash movies to the Internet. By the end of the course, you'll know how to use the Flash software to create and publish movies and applications, and you'll be well on your way to becoming a whiz with Flash. Requirements: Adobe Flash Pro CS4 Windows or Adobe Flash Pro Mac, Adobe Flash Pro CS4 Windows Upgrade or Adobe Flash Pro Mac Upgrade, or any Adobe Creative Suite bundle containing Adobe Flash CS4 are all acceptable (software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins); student discounts are available through specific schools; Microsoft Windows XP or Vista or Mac OS 10.4 or Mac OS 10.5; Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader). Artistic ability is not required, just a desire to be creative. |
