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Macromedia Flash 8 Fundamentals Tutorials

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Macromedia Flash 8 has continued the application's trend of being the industry standard tool for developing animation and rich media content for internet delivery. In this tutorial, VTC author Rick Martin starts from the ground up and gives you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Flash 8. He covers general concepts such as Flash movie architecture and animation basics and guidelines, as well as more specific topics like getting the most out of the Flash tools and panels. Along the way he includes drawing and compositing, importing bitmaps, video and sound, as well as a section on ActionScript that shows you how to use easy-to-understand scripts to bring your Flash presentations to life. By the end of the tutorial, he starts you down the path to eventually becoming a fully fledged Flash developer. To begin learning Macromedia Flash 8 Fundamentals today, simply click on one of the movie links below.
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Welcome and Overview
 Welcome and About This Course (02:41)
 What's New in Flash Professional and Basic 8 (05:04)
 What's New in Flash Professional 8 Only (04:38)
 Flash Basic 8 vs. Professional 8 (03:34)
 Quick Start pt. 1 (07:07)
 Quick Start pt. 2 (04:54)
 Quick Start pt. 3 (03:39)
 Quick Start pt. 4 (03:37)
 A Note About Design Methods (01:54)
 Flash Active Content Update Extension (03:52)
Flash Basics
 Flash 8 Startup Screen (02:55)
 Interface Overview (03:23)
 Maximizing Your Workspace (06:18)
 File Types (06:24)
 Vectors vs. Bitmaps (04:22)
 Find and Replace (05:59)
Symbols and Instances
 Symbols and Instances Overview (03:16)
 Creating Symbols (05:33)
 Editing Symbols (04:21)
 Instance Names (04:19)
 9-Slice Scaling (05:45)
 Runtime Bitmap Caching (03:39)
Animation
 Animation Overview (01:23)
 Keyframes and Tweening (04:58)
 Types of Tweening and Restrictions (06:49)
 Easing (04:11)
 Motion Guides (06:17)
 Shape Tweening (02:27)
 Shape Tweening Text (04:41)
 Shape Hints (06:15)
 Troubleshooting Tweens (07:26)
Flash Movie Architecture
 Scenes (04:27)
 Layers / Stacking and Levels (03:39)
 Nesting (03:52)
Preferences and Customizing
 General Preferences pt. 1 (05:31)
 General Preferences pt. 2 (03:58)
 ActionScript (05:35)
 Auto Format (04:01)
 Clipboard (03:58)
 Drawing pt. 1 (04:31)
 Drawing pt. 2 (07:04)
 Text and Warnings (02:21)
 Customizing Tools Panel (02:54)
 Keyboard Shortcuts (04:02)
 Rulers / Units and Document Properties (04:51)
 Guides (04:59)
 Grid (03:57)
 Snapping (06:50)
 Edit Snapping (02:40)
Tools
 Tools Overview (01:06)
 Selection Tool pt. 1 (05:22)
 Selection Tool pt. 2 (03:16)
 Subselection Tool (05:59)
 Free Transform Tool (07:59)
 Gradient Transform Tool (04:33)
 Line and Pen Tools (06:17)
 Lasso Tool (05:02)
 Lasso Tool Magic Wand Modifier (05:18)
 Text Tool (02:17)
 Oval / Rectangle and PolyStar Tools (06:06)
 Pencil Tool (02:21)
 Brush Tool (06:52)
 Brush Modes (04:48)
 Ink Bottle and Paint Bucket Tools (05:01)
 Eyedropper Tool (05:56)
 Eraser Tool (04:06)
 Colors (04:03)
 Hand and Zoom Tools (04:46)
Panels
 Panels Overview (05:57)
 Properties Panel (05:20)
 Info (05:01)
 Transform (03:21)
 Color Mixer (05:05)
 Color Swatches (04:26)
 History (03:50)
 Project (06:43)
 Accessibility (05:07)
 Movie Explorer pt. 1 (05:39)
 Movie Explorer pt. 2 (03:18)
Library Panel
 Library Panel Overview (01:40)
 Library Basics (04:41)
 Folders and Organization (02:48)
 Symbol Properties (03:54)
 Other Item Properties (04:51)
 Duplicating and Swapping (03:04)
The Timeline
 Timeline Overview (04:47)
 Layers and Layer Folders (03:00)
 Layer Properties and Menus (03:17)
 Managing Frames and Keyframes (04:03)
 Timeline Effects (04:10)
 Editing Multiple Frames (04:22)
Drawing / Organizing and Compositing
 Artwork Interaction (03:25)
 Combining Objects (05:18)
 Arrange Menu (03:10)
 Aligning and Distributing (06:10)
 Grouping (02:27)
 Blending (03:55)
 Blending Modes pt. 1 (03:03)
 Blending Modes pt. 2 (03:35)
 Color Styles Modifier (03:08)
 Filters (03:57)
 Filter Settings (05:29)
 Masking Basics (05:16)
 Creative Masking (05:17)
 Stroke Properties pt. 1 (03:45)
 Stroke Properties pt. 2 (04:49)
 Buttons (03:38)
 Animated Buttons (04:25)
Text
 Text Overview (03:29)
 Static Text Options (03:51)
 Dynamic and Input Text Options (03:17)
 Embedding Fonts (02:13)
 Spell Checking (04:09)
Bitmaps
 Overview and Importing (02:34)
 Image Quality and File Size (05:38)
 Modifying Bitmaps (02:30)
 Tracing Bitmaps (03:05)
Video
 Video Overview (02:42)
 Deployment Methods (04:09)
 Encoding pt. 1 (04:08)
 Encoding pt. 2 (02:55)
 Skinning and Playback Component (03:42)
Sound
 Overview / Importing and Placing (03:15)
 Effect Settings (02:02)
 Sync and Loop (03:55)
 Compressing Sounds pt. 1 (03:38)
 Compressing Sounds pt. 2 (03:39)
ActionScript
 ActionScript Overview (02:40)
 Actions Panel pt. 1 (03:51)
 Actions Panel pt. 2 (02:36)
 Debugger and Output Panels (03:51)
 Targeting and Instance Names pt. 1 (04:59)
 Targeting and Instance Names pt. 2 (04:02)
 Object Properties (05:24)
 Timeline Control (05:44)
 Variables (04:03)
 Conditional Statements pt. 1 (04:42)
 Conditional Statements pt. 2 (06:23)
 onEnterFrame pt. 1 (04:26)
 onEnterFrame pt. 2 (04:26)
 Button Actions pt. 1 (03:37)
 Button Actions pt. 2 (03:56)
 Functions (05:06)
 GetURL (04:26)
 Preloaders pt. 1 (05:10)
 Preloaders pt. 2 (05:17)
 Preloaders pt. 3 (03:53)
Components and Behaviors
 Components Overview (01:48)
 Component Parameters (05:33)
 Behaviors (03:53)
Publishing
 Exporting and Formats (05:05)
 Flash Publish Settings (04:52)
 HTML Publish Settings (03:15)
 Bandwidth Profiler (05:52)
Conclusion
 Wrap-up and Resources (02:37)
 About The Author (02:09)


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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Macromedia Flash 8 Fundamentals
Author: Rick Martin
SKU: 33705
ISBN: 1-933736-35-6
Duration: 11 hrs / 156 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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