Flash CS5.5 Syllabus

Getting to Know the Work Area

• Understanding the time line

• Organizing layers

• Using the tools panel

• Previewing your movie

• Publishing your movie

• Finding Resources

Working with Graphics

• Understanding strokes and fills

• Using a gradient fill

• Making patterns

• Creating curves

• Creating transparencies

Creating and Editing Symbols

• Importing Illustrator files

• Creating symbols

• Importing Photoshop files

• Editing and managing symbols

• Changing the color effect of instances

• Applying filters for special effects

• Positioning in 3D space

Adding Animation

• Animating Position

• Changing the pacing and timing

• Animating filters

• Animating transformations

• Changing the path of the motion

• Swapping tween targets

• Creating nested animations

• Using the motion editor

• Easing

• Previewing the animation

Articulated Motion and Morphing

• Articulated motion with inverse kinematics

• Constraining joints

• Armature options

• Morphing with shape tweens

• Using shape hints

Creating Interactive Navigation

• About interactive movies

• Designing a layout

• Creating buttons

• Adding a stop action

• Animated buttons