Training Vancouver

Since its introduction in 1996, Flash technology has become incredibly popular for adding animation and interactivity to web pages. Flash is commonly used to: create animation, advertisements, web-page components, and integrate video into web pages. This series of workshops prepares students to use Flash effectively at all levels.

Flash For Beginners2 days | $795 + HST

This is an introductory course that provides designers and developers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Prerequisites: familiarity with the Web and its terminology

• getting started
• creating new files
• Setting stage dimensions
• setting preferences
• overview of the program interface
• creating interface elements
• animation in Flash
• introduction to ActionScript
• working with buttons
• importing external assets
• putting it all together
• practice, practice, practice

Flash ActionScript3 days | $1195 + HST

This course teaches students intermediate to advanced ActionScript techniques and provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and advanced interactivity with Flash. This workshop teaches advanced programming techniques including working with XML data, advanced method of formatting text fields, and creating custom Classes. Prerequisites: Flash Level One or equivalent experience

• ActionScript 3 - language structure
• writing custom function
• managing data
• generating visual elements with ActionScript
• linking to other pages or email
• using ActionScript to generate animation
• ActionScript and time
• working with sound and video files
• putting it all together
• creating custom classes
• working with input and dynamic text
• introduction to arrays
• working with XML data
• drawing objects using ActionScript
• manipulating visual elements using ActionScript
• advanced topics for working with video files
• putting it all together
• practice, practice, practice