1. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Unit A: Getting Started with Adobe Flash

2. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Objectives Understand Adobe Flash Start Adobe Flash CS4 View the Flash workspace Arrange the workspace Open a document and play a movie Understand the Timeline Add a layer and element Use Help and exit Flash

3. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding Adobe Flash Multimedia program for:   Creating and organizing media   Applying animation and other effects to the media An authoring tool

4. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Uses of Adobe Flash Add movies to Web pages   Animation   Persistence of vision   Streaming Create interactive content   Navigational components   User interface Create self-running programs   Rich Internet Applications (RIA)

5. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Uses of Adobe Flash (cont’d) Develop content to create playable files   Create documents with.fla file extension   Save document as output file for users in.swf file format   Use Flash Player plug-in (standard in most browsers) to play.swf files

6. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Starting Adobe Flash CS4 Double-click Flash shortcut icon on desktop (Win) or in dock (Mac), or Use the Start menu

7. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated The Welcome Screen Open existing or recently used files Create new files of various types Create files from a template Access link to Flash Exchange Web site Access links to additional information and tutorials Turn off Welcome Screen

8. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated The Welcome Screen

9. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Viewing the Flash Workspace Workspace definition   Screen area for working with elements of a movie Workspace elements   Stage   Timeline   Panels   Menu bar

10. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Viewing the Flash Workspace

11. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Flash Workspace: Stage Contains movie elements (text, images, graphics, drawings, video) Shows how elements interact with each other Shows how action plays in the movie Size corresponds to size of movie when it is played on the Web

12. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Flash Workspace: Timeline Controls and organizes movie elements by using layers and frames

13. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Flash Workspace: Panels Control aspects of a project with individual windows Display information and options for selected objects Select tools for creating and modifying objects Store media objects for the project

14. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Flash Workspace: Panels Properties panel Attributes and options for selected element on Stage or Timeline Library panelMedia to be used in a project Tools panelTools to draw, select, modify, and view graphics and text  Selection tools  Drawing, painting, and text tools  Retouching tools  Navigation tools  Color tools  Tool options

15. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Flash Workspace: Menu Bar Contains Flash commands and workspace and Help options Workplace switcher Flash Workspaces:

16. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Planning a Flash Project Flash project planning process

17. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Arranging the Workspace Create a custom workspace by performing different actions on panels or panel groups   Dock (group)   Undock   Regroup   Collapse   Expand   Close panels

18. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Arranging the Workspace Viewing collapsed panels

19. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Arranging the Workspace Undocked Tools panel

20. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Arranging the Workspace Panel opened from the Window menu

21. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Opening a Document and Playing a Movie Options for opening a document   From the location where Data Files are stored   From the Welcome window   Keyboard shortcuts Options for playing a movie   On the Stage   Commands on the Control menu   Keyboard shortcuts   Controller

22. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Opening a Document and Playing a Movie Good practice   Save file with a different file name to protect the original

23. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Opening a Document and Playing a Movie Open dialog box

24. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Opening a Document and Playing a Movie Viewing the Controller

25. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Opening a Document and Playing a Movie Testing a movie in Flash Player

26. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding the Timeline Layers   Appear in a column   Contain elements of a movie and determine their position Frames   Appear in a row   Show elements in the project over time

27. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding the Timeline: Layers Ways to manipulate   Show/hide   Lock from editing   Display as an outline   Add/delete   Create a folder (useful organizing tool)

28. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding the Timeline: Layers Viewing layers

29. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding the Timeline: Frames Use to create animation Create different effects by using different frame types View status of a movie (current frame, frame rate [fps], total elapsed time) Scrubbing

30. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding the Timeline Viewing the Timeline

31. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Understanding the Timeline Options for changing appearance   Undock   Move   Resize   Close

32. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Adding a Layer and Element Each document has one layer by default Elements are added to layers by   Importing them, or   Dragging them from the Library panel to the Stage Rename layers as an organizing technique

33. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Adding a Layer and Element Adding content to a new layer

34. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Using Help Find what you need by   Looking up a subject by topic, or   Searching for specific keywords, or   Pressing [F1] Access Help by   Typing a search item in Help text box on the menu bar, or   Opening Help from the Window menu

35. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Exiting Flash Click Close button on the menu bar, or Use keyboard shortcuts

36. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Using Help Adobe Flash Help window

37. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Using Help Viewing a Help topic

38. Adobe Flash CS4 – Illustrated Using Help Searching for help on a keyword