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Flash Beginner Course #16553

"Flash Training Beginner Course"
Under the guidance of the award-winning, professional animator Ryan Simmons, you will learn the basics of using the Flash program and become familiar with it's functions. At the end of the course you will understand how to perform basic animations as well as interactivity. You'll be ready to move on to Cartoon Solutions Drawing and Animation courses!

How the course works:
*Download video lessons
*Watch instruction in video lessons
*Review lesson notes and complete each assignment given. (Source file .fla included for specific lessons.)

"I purchased and am going through the Flash Beginner Course at present (Thanks for making Flash so easy to follow), and am next looking at getting the Master Course." - David Slater

Flash Beginner's Course Outline
10 Video Tutorials.
4 hours 45 minutes of instruction.
Source files included.
Prerequisites: a copy of Flash version MX or higher, and a desire to learn!
Flash training compatible for Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, and Flash CS3.

Video 1 Running time: 27:36
File size: 32 MB

Understanding the Flash interface

Assignment: Get familiar with the interface by adjusting timeline, opening and closing windows, and change dimensions of stage.

Video 2 Running time: 40:51
File size: 52.3 MB

Flash Tools Overview

Assignment: Go through and practice creating simple art and manipulating it using each tool.

Video 3 Running time: 45:01
File size: 57.2 MB

Animating with the Timeline

Assignment: Create simple animations using symbols. Apply different effects to symbols. Try using hotkeys to set key frames when animating.

Video 4 Running time: 25.51
File size: 41 MB

Different Symbol Types

Assignment: Create 3 symbols, a graphic, a movie clip and a button. Observe each ones different options and how they behave.

Video 5 Running time: 16.23 (Includes .fla source file)
File size: 26.4 MB

Using Motion Guides

Assignment: Create a Motion guide layer and attach an animated symbol to the path.

Video 6 Running time: 18.52 (Includes .fla source file)
File size: 37.9 MB

Using Masks

Assignment: Create an animated mask using tweening.

Video 7 Running time: 19.48
File size: 30 MB

Using Text

Assignment: Create text and change it's color, sizing, alignment and other options found in the Properties bar.

Video 8 Running time: 16.51 (Includes .fla source file)
File size: 41.7 MB

Sound and Audio

Assignment: Import an audio file and edit it using the Edit Envelope.

Video 9 Running time: 34:05
File size: 87.2 MB

Basic Action Scripting

Assignment: Add action script code to the timeline and to a button to control playback of an animation.

Video 10 Running time: 15.22 (Includes .fla source files)
File size: 42.8 MB

Publish Settings

Assignment: Export out a movie or image using the Publish Settings window or using the Properties bar.

"I purchased the Beginners Course last week and I fell in love with the software and what it is capable of doing. The Beginner's Course is great, very easy to understand and I am most definitely taking the next step and getting either the Animation Course or maybe the Master Course." - Zaida Andara

About the instructor:
The video tutorials are created by Ryan Simmons, who has been working in animation for 13 years at studios such as Warner Bros. and Dreamworks on numerous feature films. His Flash animation skills have won many awards for his short films and TV commercials.
(For a more in-depth bio on Ryan including animation examples, click here.)
(To view Ryan's animation demo reel, click here.)

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*All videos are available immediately as a digital download, in Quicktime video format.

Below are actual images from the tutorials. Video tutorials are larger than shown below. Actual dimensions are 720X540.

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Price: $49.00 (€ 31.85)

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