Do you enjoy watching flash animation on the internet? Have you ever wondered how flash movies are made? You can do cool things with flash such as designing your own cartoon characters and then make a movie of them. How about posting you’re flash project on the internet so you can show it off to all your friends and family?

* The age requirements for this course are 8 to 17.

This course is designed into 3 levels to help students learn the basic skills required to create Flash movies. Students will also learn how to incorporate Flash into web pages for display on the internet.

LEVEL 1:
(Understanding the Flash interface)

Students will learn the following:

Learn Basic Flash Interface Controls

Create Simple Texts and Shapes

Create and Modify Fills

Import External Images

Change Image Properties

LEVEL 2:
(Animations and Sound)

Students will learn the following:

Work with Frames and Layers

Create Motion Tweening & Basic Animation

Create Shape Tweening & Advanced Animation

Add Fading & Color Effects

Understand Symbols and Buttons

Add Button Actions

Add Sound Effects

LEVEL 3:
(Publishing Movies)

Students will learn the following:

Publish Your Movie to the Web

Create a Non-Flash Version of Your Movie

Add a Preload Graphic

Manage Flash Plug-In Detection