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, 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.
Welcome and Overview
Welcome and About This Course What's New in Flash Professional and Basic 8 What's New in Flash Professional 8 Only Flash Basic 8 vs. Professional 8 Quick Start pt. 1 Quick Start pt. 2 Quick Start pt. 3 Quick Start pt. 4 A Note About Design Methods Flash Active Content Update Extension Flash Basics
Flash 8 Startup Screen Interface Overview Maximizing Your Workspace File Types Vectors vs. Bitmaps Find and Replace Symbols and Instances
Symbols and Instances Overview Creating Symbols Editing Symbols Instance Names 9-Slice Scaling Runtime Bitmap Caching
Animation
Animation Overview
Keyframes and Tweening
Types of Tweening and Restrictions
Easing
Motion Guides
Shape Tweening
Shape Tweening Text
Shape Hints
Troubleshooting Tweens
Flash Movie Architecture
Scenes
Layers / Stacking and Levels
Nesting
Preferences and Customizing
General Preferences pt. 1
General Preferences pt. 2
ActionScript
Auto Format
Clipboard
Drawing pt. 1
Drawing pt. 2
Text and Warnings
Customizing Tools Panel
Keyboard Shortcuts
Rulers / Units and Document Properties
Guides
Grid
Snapping
Edit Snapping
Tools
Tools Overview
Selection Tool pt. 1
Selection Tool pt. 2
Subselection Tool
Free Transform Tool
Gradient Transform Tool
Line and Pen Tools
Lasso Tool
Lasso Tool Magic Wand Modifier
Text Tool
Oval / Rectangle and PolyStar Tools
Pencil Tool
Brush Tool
Brush Modes
Ink Bottle and Paint Bucket Tools
Eyedropper Tool
Eraser Tool
Colors
Hand and Zoom Tools
Panels
Panels Overview
Properties Panel
Info
Transform
Color Mixer
Color Swatches
History
Project
Accessibility
Movie Explorer pt. 1
Movie Explorer pt. 2
Library Panel
Library Panel Overview
Library Basics
Folders and Organization
Symbol Properties
Other Item Properties
Duplicating and Swapping
The Timeline
Timeline Overview
Layers and Layer Folders
Layer Properties and Menus
Managing Frames and Keyframes
Timeline Effects
Editing Multiple Frames
Drawing / Organizing and Compositing
Artwork Interaction
Combining Objects
Arrange Menu
Aligning and Distributing
Grouping
Blending
Blending Modes pt. 1
Blending Modes pt. 2
Color Styles Modifier
Filters
Filter Settings
Masking Basics
Creative Masking
Stroke Properties pt. 1
Stroke Properties pt. 2
Buttons
Animated Buttons
Text
Text Overview
Static Text Options
Dynamic and Input Text Options
Embedding Fonts
Spell Checking
Bitmaps
Overview and Importing
Image Quality and File Size
Modifying Bitmaps
Tracing Bitmaps
Video
Video Overview
Deployment Methods
Encoding pt. 1
Encoding pt. 2
Skinning and Playback Component
Sound
Overview / Importing and Placing
Effect Settings
Sync and Loop
Compressing Sounds pt. 1
Compressing Sounds pt. 2
ActionScript
ActionScript Overview
Actions Panel pt. 1
Actions Panel pt. 2
Debugger and Output Panels
Targeting and Instance Names pt. 1
Targeting and Instance Names pt. 2
Object Properties
Timeline Control
Variables
Conditional Statements pt. 1
Conditional Statements pt. 2
onEnterFrame pt. 1
onEnterFrame pt. 2
Button Actions pt. 1
Button Actions pt. 2
Functions
GetURL
Preloaders pt. 1
Preloaders pt. 2
Preloaders pt. 3
Components and Behaviors
Components Overview
Component Parameters
Behaviors
Publishing
Exporting and Formats
Flash Publish Settings
HTML Publish Settings
Bandwidth Profiler
Conclusion
Wrap-up and Resources
About The Author