Flash Basics Training course outline (2 days)
- Day 1
- Learning the Basics
- Introduction to Macromedia Flash, The Macromedia Flash interface, Developing in
Macromedia Flash - Creating Simple Graphics and Text
- Using graphics, Importing graphics, Using text, Masking, Filter, Blend modes,gradients
- Adding Simple Animation
- Working with symbols, libraries, and instances, Creating frame-by-frame animation,
- Motion tweening, Using motion guides, Shape tweening, Adding stop actions
Using Symbols and Libraries
- Day 2
- Types of symbols, The structure of Macromedia Flash movies, Working with libraries
- Enhancing Functionality Using Actions and ActionScript
- Controlling the Macromedia Flash Player, Creating interactive buttons
- Creating Compact Movies
- Using the Load Movie action to create more efficient movies,
- Using shared libraries to create smaller Macromedia Flash movies
- Adding Sound
- Sounds, Modifying the soundlevel
- Publishing
- Factors to consider before publishing, The Bandwidth Profiler, Techniques for optimizing movies, Formats
ActionScript Training course outline (3 days) 
To do this course, you need to have reasonable understanding of the Flash environment. Some experience with scripting would also be helpful. Currently this is taught in Flash MX, MX 2004 , Flash 8 and CS3
- Day 1
- Variables, Arrays
- Operators, Conditionals
- Functions, Objects
- Simple classes attached to MovieClips, Linking the library
- Day 2
- Inbuilt functions
- Event handlers
- Text fi elds, CSS Styled text fi elds
- Colour Theory (Flash 8 only)
- Creating bitmaps (Flash 8 only)
- Using bitmap fi lters (Flash 8 only)
- Day 3
- Interfaces in Flash using ActionScript
- Preloaders
- External data, LoadVars, LoadMovie and XML
- Localisation support
- Forms, submitting and receiving data
- Sound
- Real world examples
Flash Action Script Advanced 2 Day Course
- Day 1
- Object oriented development in Flash
- Inheritance, overriding methods and properties, constructors.
Augmenting built in classes such as MovieClip or XML - Interfaces, Abstract classes
- Exceptions, error handling
- Making your own components
- Day 2
- Interacting with databases and server side programming languages.
Advanced XML, using XML sockets. Uploading files to the server using Action Script. - Forms and Slides, setting up scripts to send and get variables from the server.
- Introduction to Design patterns
Singleton pattern
Observer pattern - Options for day 2 (one to be selected)
Advanced drawing techiques with ActionScript
3 D calculations in Action Script, building 3 D objects
Advanced motion, smoothing motion using timers, liquid motion
- Interacting with databases and server side programming languages.