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wl257-ver4.0
Intermediate Flash Introduction to ActionScript 2.0 (2 days)
Description
Intermediate Macromedia Flash introduces you to the animation techniques and ActionScript programming you need to create attention-grabbing movies. Flash is capable of creating interactive movies as well as eye-catching animation. In this class, you will learn how to use ActionScript and other advanced techniques to build Flash movies that go beyond straightforward animation. NOTE: We recommend that you teach this class using version MX 2004 and 8.
Suggested Prerequisites
• Introduction to Macromedia Flash
Next Course
• Advanced Macromedia Flash
ObjectivesBy the end of the class students will be able to:
• Build complex movies
• Use ActionScript to control a movie
• Control movie clips
• Change movie clip properties dynamically
• Toggle audio loops
Course OutlineIntroduction • Introduction to Our Case Study • Using Movie Explorer
Movie Structure • Useful Tools for Preparing a Movie • Keyframes and Labels • Actions
ActionScript Fundamentals • ActionScript’s Object-Oriented World • Writing ActionScript • Script Assist • Example: Fundamental Actions • ActionScript conventions • Using Actions to Navigate a Movie Clip
The Flash Movie Clip Hierarchy • Creating a Hierarchy • Targeting a Movie Clip’s Timeline
Using Path Notation to Target Movies • Creating Interactive Movies
Movie Clip Properties • General Properties • Object Properties • Setting Properties • Example: setProperty( ) • Using setProperty( ) to Show and Hide the Content Clip • Getting Properties • Output Panel and Tracing Expressions • Using trace( ) and getProperty( ) to Display Values
Controlling Animation Using with( ) • Inserting a Target Path • Example: Using with( ) to Target Instances
Variables and Conditionals • Variables • Arithmetic Operators • Comparison Operators • Conditional Expressions: if( ) • Example: Variables, Operators and Conditionals • Conditional Expressions: else, and else if()
Working with External Text Files • Using loadVars
Working with Forms • Submitting a Form • Form Validation
Controlling Audio Loops • Importing Sound Files • Example: Toggling Sounds • Toggling Background Music
Browser Navigation • Named Anchors
Guidelines for Exporting Sound in Flash Movies • Sound Properties
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