Flash CS5 Certification Bootcamp
Flash CS5 Certification Bootcamp is a combination of the Flash CS5 Getting Started, Flash CS5 Advanced Techniques, ActionScript 3 Getting Started & ActionScript 3 Advanced Techniques courses, offering you a complete blended learning solution that gets you from beginner to advanced user in one simple process.
About this Flash Training Course
Flash CS5 Certification Bootcamp is targeted at those who are new to the Flash package and wanting to learn Flash inside out. From correcting and retouching images right through to advanced filter techniques, or painting effects this course covers the lot.
The course is made up of 8 days of classroom based Flash training which can either be completed in 2 stages at our London centre or your own location. This is then supported and extended by 6 months access to our learning management system containing video tutorials, exercises, sample files and instructor led support forums.
The Instructors
Our Flash trainers all have extensive experience working with the product in a professional capacity and they have all gained the ACE and ACI professional accreditations. As contributors to the Adobe beta programs they also have more than 6 months experience of using the product prior to it's general release.
The Audience
This Flash course is suitable for those who wants to learn to use Flash CS5 but have no previous experience. If you already have experience using Flash than you might want to consider our ActionScript 3 Training Courses instead.
The Prerequisites
This course is a beginners Flash course. You should however be comfortable using a computer to perform functions such as copy and paste, and opening applications and files. You should also be comfortable using the internet, for example for browsing and interacting with websites, and be ready to learn a programming language.
Flash Bootcamp Course Topics
The following modules are covered in this course:
Stage One (Flash Professional) - 3 Days
-About the Flash training course
-Working in Flash
-Creating and Importing Graphic Assets
-Using Text Effectively
-Creating Animations
-3D transformations
-Inverse Kinematics, and Spring for Bones
-Tweening
-Creating animations - New School (Motion tweens)
-Adding ActionScript
-Using Moving Clips
-Adding Sound and Video
-Publishing Flash Documents
-Creating Animations - Old School
-Adobe AIR
-Flash and Other Applications
-Using Flash to Draw
-A simple design & a simple application - case study
-Audio techniques
-Video techniques
-2.5D
-3D
-Custom Motion presets
-Inverse Kinematics
-Deco Tool
-Extending Flash
-Components
-Flash and Flash Builder
Stage Two (ActionScript 3 Getting Started) - 2 days
-Variables
-Functions
-Objects, Properties, Methods, and Classes
-Iteration
-Display Objects
-Accessing Display Objects
-Events
-Animation
-Classes
-Using Custom Classes
Stage Three (ActionScript 3 Advanced Techniques) - 3 days
-Drawing
-3D transformations
-Collision Detection
-Tweening
-Transitions and the Transition Manager
-Colour
-Transformations
-Video Effects
•Sound effects
-Image Effects
-Open source Classes
-Open source frameworks
-Object Orientated Programming
-Flash and Flash Builder (Flex Builder)
-Components and Data
-Working with data
* Some units are covered as online learning modules and may be covered in the classroom.
Previous Feedback From Our Flash Courses
We thought you might like to know what some past delegates thought of our Flash courses:
"This was brilliant. Everything you could want in an instructor, I have nothing but praise."
Intranet Officer, Guide Dogs for the Blind
"Great Atmosphere! and I think this was due to the very attentive tutor. I have been on many training courses and I can say that this course and the instructor made me feel great about waking up and coming in the next day to learn!! - Actually made it exciting."
Lead Flash Developer, PartyGaming.com
"The instructor knows his stuff and explains it well, it's clear he keeps up to date with current technologies"
Web Developer, Aviva