Flash Programming Online

This flash programming course explains how to create variables in ActionScript that collect and display data. This course explains how to use ActionScript to create and store data in an array and to retrieve and display data from an array. The course also explains how to create objects, set and change the properties of an object, and to use functions to perform tasks within a Flash MX movie clip. This is self-paced, internet-based Flash Programming tutorial -- there are no books to purchase and no scheduled classes to attend

Flash MX Overview

Flash Tutorial

Flash Animation

Text and Forms

Sound and Music

Macromedia ActionScript

Managing Movies

Using Functions

Creating Objects

Buttons and Menus

Statements Expressions

Advanced Features

Finishing Touches

• Discuss and use variables
• Differentiate between string data and numeric data
• Create arrays and combine them with variables
• Create and set objects and object properties
• Create and use functions

• Understanding Data Types
• Understanding String and Numeric Data
• Creating Variables
• Working with Strings
• Working with Numbers and Boolean Values
• Creating Arrays
• Working with Arrays
• Creating Movie Clips
• Setting an Object's Properties
• Moving Objects
• Rotating and Scaling Objects
• Changing Opacity and Hiding Objects
• Getting an Object's Properties
• Creating Functions
• Using Functions

• Exercises that allow users to practice the application
• Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
• Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
• Tips - See a different, faster, or easier way of doing something
• Quick References - See a quick reference guide to the features introduced in a chapter
• Details - Display more detailed information related to the current topic
• Hotwords - See related information
• Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
• Course Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
• Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and course grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which course topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.

This course is for intermediate and experienced media designers and developers who want to learn graphics animation skills.

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Authorware and Macromedia Flash player recommended but not required. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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