
Macromedia Flash 8 Fundamentals
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, VTC 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.
Course content
Welcome and Overview10 lessons
- Welcome and About This Course2:41Free
- What's New in Flash Professional and Basic 85:04Free
- What's New in Flash Professional 8 Only4:38Free
- Flash Basic 8 vs. Professional 83:34Free
- Quick Start pt. 17:07Free
- Quick Start pt. 24:54Free
- Quick Start pt. 33:39Free
- Quick Start pt. 43:37Free
- A Note About Design Methods1:54Free
- Flash Active Content Update Extension3:52Free
Flash Basics6 lessons
Symbols and Instances6 lessons
Animation9 lessons
- Animation Overview1:231 credit or ad
- Keyframes and Tweening4:581 credit or ad
- Types of Tweening and Restrictions6:491 credit or ad
- Easing4:111 credit or ad
- Motion Guides6:171 credit or ad
- Shape Tweening2:271 credit or ad
- Shape Tweening Text4:411 credit or ad
- Shape Hints6:151 credit or ad
- Troubleshooting Tweens7:261 credit or ad
Flash Movie Architecture3 lessons
Preferences and Customizing15 lessons
- General Preferences pt. 15:311 credit or ad
- General Preferences pt. 23:581 credit or ad
- ActionScript5:351 credit or ad
- Auto Format4:011 credit or ad
- Clipboard3:581 credit or ad
- Drawing pt. 14:311 credit or ad
- Drawing pt. 27:041 credit or ad
- Text and Warnings2:211 credit or ad
- Customizing Tools Panel2:541 credit or ad
- Keyboard Shortcuts4:021 credit or ad
- Rulers / Units and Document Properties4:511 credit or ad
- Guides4:591 credit or ad
- Grid3:571 credit or ad
- Snapping6:501 credit or ad
- Edit Snapping2:401 credit or ad
Tools19 lessons
- Tools Overview1:061 credit or ad
- Selection Tool pt. 15:221 credit or ad
- Selection Tool pt. 23:161 credit or ad
- Subselection Tool5:591 credit or ad
- Free Transform Tool7:591 credit or ad
- Gradient Transform Tool4:331 credit or ad
- Line and Pen Tools6:171 credit or ad
- Lasso Tool5:021 credit or ad
- Lasso Tool Magic Wand Modifier5:181 credit or ad
- Text Tool2:171 credit or ad
- Oval / Rectangle and PolyStar Tools6:061 credit or ad
- Pencil Tool2:211 credit or ad
- Brush Tool6:521 credit or ad
- Brush Modes4:481 credit or ad
- Ink Bottle and Paint Bucket Tools5:011 credit or ad
- Eyedropper Tool5:561 credit or ad
- Eraser Tool4:061 credit or ad
- Colors4:031 credit or ad
- Hand and Zoom Tools4:461 credit or ad
Panels11 lessons
- Panels Overview5:571 credit or ad
- Properties Panel5:201 credit or ad
- Info5:011 credit or ad
- Transform3:211 credit or ad
- Color Mixer5:051 credit or ad
- Color Swatches4:261 credit or ad
- History3:501 credit or ad
- Project6:431 credit or ad
- Accessibility5:071 credit or ad
- Movie Explorer pt. 15:391 credit or ad
- Movie Explorer pt. 23:181 credit or ad
Library Panel6 lessons
The Timeline6 lessons
Drawing / Organizing and Compositing17 lessons
- Artwork Interaction3:251 credit or ad
- Combining Objects5:181 credit or ad
- Arrange Menu3:101 credit or ad
- Aligning and Distributing6:101 credit or ad
- Grouping2:271 credit or ad
- Blending3:551 credit or ad
- Blending Modes pt. 13:031 credit or ad
- Blending Modes pt. 23:351 credit or ad
- Color Styles Modifier3:081 credit or ad
- Filters3:571 credit or ad
- Filter Settings5:291 credit or ad
- Masking Basics5:161 credit or ad
- Creative Masking5:171 credit or ad
- Stroke Properties pt. 13:451 credit or ad
- Stroke Properties pt. 24:491 credit or ad
- Buttons3:381 credit or ad
- Animated Buttons4:251 credit or ad
Text5 lessons
Bitmaps4 lessons
Video5 lessons
Sound5 lessons
ActionScript20 lessons
- ActionScript Overview2:401 credit or ad
- Actions Panel pt. 13:511 credit or ad
- Actions Panel pt. 22:361 credit or ad
- Debugger and Output Panels3:511 credit or ad
- Targeting and Instance Names pt. 14:591 credit or ad
- Targeting and Instance Names pt. 24:021 credit or ad
- Object Properties5:241 credit or ad
- Timeline Control5:441 credit or ad
- Variables4:031 credit or ad
- Conditional Statements pt. 14:421 credit or ad
- Conditional Statements pt. 26:231 credit or ad
- onEnterFrame pt. 14:261 credit or ad
- onEnterFrame pt. 24:261 credit or ad
- Button Actions pt. 13:371 credit or ad
- Button Actions pt. 23:561 credit or ad
- Functions5:061 credit or ad
- GetURL4:261 credit or ad
- Preloaders pt. 15:101 credit or ad
- Preloaders pt. 25:171 credit or ad
- Preloaders pt. 33:531 credit or ad