Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Training
Course FC10
All-new Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 software is the most advanced authoring environment for rich, interactive content without authoring a single line of code. This course introduces the students to creating interactive websites, rich media advertisements, and engaging presentations. Over the two day course students will build a Flash based website with interactivity, video and components. Learn the fundamentals of Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 fast with a fluid workflow and best practices
Lesson 1
- Getting to know Adobe Flash Catalyst
- About Flash Catalyst
- Key features
- Flash Catalyst design workflow
- Design workspace
- Code workspace
- Adjusting Panels
- Zooming the artboard
- Previewing the project in a browser
Lesson 2
- Preparing, Importing, and Placing Artwork
- Preparing a design document
- Choose your design application
- Plan the structure of your application
- Group complex objects
- Flatten artwork with filters and effects
- Name everything
- Embed images in the design document
- Manage fonts when sharing files
- Identify duplicate component assets
- Set component properties in Flash Catalyst
- Create sample artwork for the list of images or text
- Hide, show, and lock layers
- Exporting an FXG file from Adobe Fireworks
- Importing artwork
- Importing a design document
- Import additional images
- Position images in the artboard
- Optimizing artwork
Lesson 3
- Managing the Library
- Viewing the Library panel
- How do assets get into the Library panel?
- Add assets to the Library panel
- Preview files in the Library panel
- Deleting assets from the project
- Compressing images in the Library panel
- Renaming project assets
- Using assets in the Library panel
- Sharing project libraries
- Exporting a library package
- Importing a library package
Lesson 4
- Managing Layers
- Exploring the Layers panel
- Expand and collapse layers
- Show and hide layers
- Lock and unlock layers
- Grouping objects
- Renaming objects in the Layers panel
- Optimizing complex groups
- Adding and deleting layers
- Stacking artwork using layers
Lesson 5
- Working with Pages and States
- Page and component states
- Duplicating and modifying page states
- Save time by duplicating page states
- Give page states descriptive names
- Show and hide artwork in each page state
- Adding and deleting states
- Add a blank page states
- Add objects to blank page states
- Delete page states
Lesson 6
- Creating interactive components
- The building blocks of RIA’s
- Components
- Interactions
- Using wireframe components
- Add and modify wireframe buttons
- Add wireframe text input fields
- Add wireframe radio buttons
- Add a wireframe checkbox
- Add wireframe scroll bars
- Converting artwork to built-in components
- Convert artwork to buttons
- Create a reusable navigation button
- Enable and disable buttons
- Creating next and previous buttons
- Create a custom toggle button
- Convert artwork to scroll bars
- Work with text
- Create a scroll panel form artwork
- Creating custom components
- Adding interactivity
- Add page navigation
- Create conditional interactions
- Link to external content
Lesson 7
- Creating transitions and action sequences
- Inspecting default transition effects
- Adding smooth transitions
- Fine-tuning transitions
- Adjust transition duration
- Change transitions timing
- Ease transitions
- Adding and changing effects
- Swap one effect for another
- Add multiple effects to the same object
- Adding action sequences
- Add an action sequence interaction
- Edit an action sequence in the Timeline
- Flash Catalyst helper effects
Lesson 8
- Adding and controlling video and sound
- Preparing video for the web
- What is encoding?
- What is a video codec?
- How do I encode my video?
- Importing and previewing video and sound
- Import video and sound
- Preview video and sound
- Adding video to an application
- Add video to the artboard
- Set video player properties
- Controlling video playback
- Attach controls to the video
- Add interactions to control video playback
- Reset the video after playing
- Adding sound effects
Lesson 9
- Integrating SWF content from other creative suite tools
- SWF files
- Creating SWF files for Flash Catalyst
- Using SWF files in Flash Catalyst
- Adding SWF files to Flash Catalyst
- Import a SWF file to the artboard
- Preview a SWF animation
- Controlling the playback of SWF files
- Play or stop a SWF file
- Play the SWF movie from a specific frame
- Adding a SWF file to a component
- Position a SWF file
- Add effects to play the animation
Lesson 10
- Designing with Data
- Flash Catalyst data lists
- What is design-time data?
- Preview a data list
- Creating a Data List component
- Design a sample record
- Convert the sample record into a Data List component
- Define the repeated item
- Setting data list properties
- Size and position the bounding box
- Edit the repeated item layout
- Edit the repeated item states
- Using design-time text
- Add and delete design-time data
- Add and remove elements in the repeated item
- Using a wireframe data list
Lesson 11
- Drawing and editing artwork
- Flash Catalyst drawing tools
- Using the rulers, guides and grid
- Show and hide rulers
- Edit grid and guide settings
- Set guides for precise drawing
- Drawing basic shapes and lines
- Preview a drawing example
- Draw rectangles
- Draw rounded rectangles
- Draw ellipses
- Draw basic lines
- Changing stroke and fill
- Change the fill color
- Change stroke color and weight
- Add an modify gradients fills
- Grouping and transforming
- Group objects
- Transform shapes
- Size and position objects
- Applying and removing filters
- Add and modify a bevel
- Add and modify and drop shadow
- Round-trip editing and Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
- Launch and edit in Adobe Illustrator
- Download and install the Adobe FXG extensions for Photoshop
- Launch and edit in Adobe Photoshop
Lesson 12
- Publishing a project
- Delivery options
- Publishing your application
- Accessibility
- Embedding fonts
- Before you publish
- Publish to SWF
- Viewing the published files
- Publishing to the web with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
- Create a local root folder and site structure
- Connect to a remote site
- Upload files
Prerequisites: None
Duration: 2 days, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fee: $845.00 CDN + HST
