Flash MX Tutorial

This tutorials provides a practical guide for using Macromedia Flash MX to create animations and interactive Web sites. The Flash MX series presents information for intermediate to advanced media designers and developers who want to learn the latest techniques for animating graphics and enhancing visual media with sound and music. Topics covered include: Drawing tools, design concepts, animation techniques, text and forms in animation, compound objects, scenes, timelines, layers, filters, and masks. One full course in this series is devoted to the incorporation of sound and music into Flash movies. Each topic covered includes tips and techniques for maximizing the effectiveness of Flash MX when viewed on the Web.

Flash MX Overview

Flash Tutorial

Flash Animation

Text and Forms

Sound and Music

Macromedia Action Script

Managing Movies

Using Functions

Creating Objects

Buttons and Menus

Statements Expressions

Advanced Features

Finishing Touches

These are self-paced, internet-based Flash MX tutorials -- there are no books to purchase and no scheduled classes to attend.

The following Flash MX courses are available online:

• Overview introduces what is new, explains what it does as a media animation tool, and shows how to use its drawing tools.
• Animation shows how to orchestrate the dynamic elements of objects, including tweening and using various frames.
• Text and Forms shows how to transform text into graphics and animated objects.
• Coordinated Animations shows how to develop rich animations by integrating layers, scenes, and timelines.
• Sound and Music shows how to use sound and music along with animation to create a movie.
• Action Script introduces users to the ActionScript programming language.
• Directing and Managing Movies explains how to use ActionScript to manage the flow of a movie file by advancing and stopping a movie at a particular frame or scene, and by creating loops.
• Using Variables, Properties, and Functions 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 movie clip.
• Creating Objects and Interactive Elements explains how to create and modify ActionScript objects that retrieve time and date information, transform colors, and control sounds within a movie clip. This course also explains how to use ActionScript to program a movie clip, load a movie into a movie clip, and to create a user-defined component within a movie clip.
• Working with Text, Buttons, and Menus explains how to use ActionScript to create and manipulate dynamic text within a movie. This course also explains how to use ActionScript to create interactive buttons, drag-and-drop objects, and interactive menus.
• Statements, Expressions, and Testing explains how to use ActionScript to create conditional statements that evaluate parameters within a movie. This course explains how to use ActionScript to create and evaluate logical operators, string expressions, and mathematical expressions. The course also explains how to use the Key object to execute actions.
• Adding Advanced Features explains how to use ActionScript to create advanced interactive elements such as animated buttons, multi-state rollover buttons, custom cursors, scrolling text blocks, and On When Pressed buttons.
• Finishing Touches explains how to use ActionScript to incorporate complex multimedia elements.

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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.