Getting Started with Flash Professional CS6

Step-by-Step Basics to Get You on Your Way

In this course, Flash authority Joseph Labrecque takes you on the straightest path to proficiency with Flash Professional CS6. You’ll learn your way around the interface and get comfortable working with assets like symbols and text. Then you’ll start making things move, adding animation and interactivity to your projects. And finally you’ll see how to output your files, and not just to SWFs; content created in Flash Professional CS6 can also target desktop, mobile, and even HTML5.

Trainer: Joseph Labrecque

July, 2012

Duration: 2 hrs 55 min

Ready for iPad, Android, and HTML5

Powerful, Feature-Rich Interface

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Flash Professional

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Welcome to Getting Started with Flash Professional CS6

In this introductory chapter, we'll explore some basics of the Flash Professional CS6 application and build a foundation for the lessons to come.

Introducing Flash Professional CS6
- In this lesson, we'll look at what Flash Professional is and what it can do, and explore a bit of its history.
  
  What Is Adobe Flash Professional?
  
  04:47
- This lesson explains how this course is organized and how to access the course assets.
  
  What's the Course About?
  
  01:60
- Every new version of Flash Professional brings with it new features and enhancements. In this lesson, we'll explore what is new in CS6.
  
  What's New in Flash Professional CS6
  
  03:38
In this chapter, you'll learn the basics of working in Flash Professional CS6 and become familiar with important elements of the application interface.

Becoming Familiar with Flash Professional CS6
- The Flash Professional interface contains a variety of useful panels and other structures that help you to work effectively. This lesson provides an overview of the most important and useful elements of the application interface.
  
  The Flash Interface
  
  04:10
- Like most Adobe Creative Suite applications, Flash Professional will present you with a Welcome screen when the application is initialized, giving you quick access to a number of common tasks. This lesson looks at the options available in the Welcome screen.
  
  The Welcome Screen
  
  05:13
- The main menu bar in Flash Professional is full of options and commands that can help you work effectively. This lesson takes a look at the main menu, focusing on commonly used functionality.
  
  The Main Menu Bar
  
  09:38
- The Toolbar in Flash Professional gives you quick access to the essential tools in the application. This lesson will provide an overview of what these are and what they do.
  
  The Toolbar
  
  09:15
- The Stage and accompanying work area in Flash Professional are where all of the visual creation, manipulation, and animation take place. This lesson demonstrates the differences between these two features and looks at properties associated with the Stage.
  
  The Stage and Work Area
  
  04:25
This chapter demonstrates the entire workflow of a basic Flash Professional project that targets the Adobe Flash Player.

Project Explorations
- This lesson explores the process of document creation and setup in Flash Professional CS6.
  
  Document Creation and Setup
  
  04:42
- In this lesson, we'll import external assets and position them on the Stage.
  
  Importing Assets and Project Layout
  
  06:48
- In this lesson you'll see how to go about creating motion through the Timeline in Flash Professional.
  
  Animating Assets
  
  06:51
- In this lesson you'll see how to publish your project as a SWF file to be used in the Flash Player.
  
  Content Publishing
  
  05:44
This chapter looks at the different types of assets that you can use in Flash Professional application, including symbols, filters, and text.

Creating and Manipulating Assets
- Flash Professional includes a vast array of tools that you can use to create content for your projects. This lesson demonstrates the use of some of these tools.
  
  Using Drawing Tools
  
  07:04
- Symbols in Flash Professional can be used to package assets and behaviors into small, reusable packages for use across a project. This lesson introduces the Library and looks at how symbols are created.
  
  Creating Symbols
  
  06:04
- Once a symbol has been created and stored in a project library, instances of that symbol can be used throughout the project. This lesson looks at symbol instances and how they can be used in Flash Professional.
  
  Using Symbol Instances
  
  03:32
- Filter effects and blend modes can be applied to visual assets to perform blurs, glows, drop shadows, and other effects. This lesson demonstrates the use of these functions.
  
  Filters and Blend Modes
  
  06:45
- When you want to display text in Flash Professional, the most straightforward way of doing so is to use the Text tool. This lesson will examine the use of this tool in creating text fields on the Stage.
  
  Creating Text
  
  06:44
Flash Professional is used to provide animation for numerous projects for the web, television, and devices. In this chapter, we'll look at the basics of Flash animation.

Animating Assets
- Any motion performed in Flash Professional takes advantage of the Timeline. This lesson provides an overview of this feature.
  
  Exploring the Timeline
  
  06:06
- Flash content is animated based on a system of frames and keyframes. In this lesson, we'll explore the basics of frames and how to create and manage keyframes in a project.
  
  Managing Frames and Keyframes
  
  04:24
- Shape tweens, as the name implies, are used in the tweening of basic shape objects. This lesson will examine the unique adjustments you can make across the Timeline when dealing with shapes.
  
  Shape Tweens
  
  05:04
- Motion tweens are the most robust method of animating objects in Flash Professional. This lesson will have a look at how to create and manage this type of tween in the Timeline.
  
  Motion Tweens
  
  04:49
- Classic tweens are an older form of motion tween that has been renamed in the past few versions of Flash Professional. This lesson will demonstrate the use of classic tweens.
  
  Classic Tweens
  
  05:48
- This lesson provides an overview of motion presets and what they can be used for. The Motion Presets panel contains a number of useful presets that can be applied to your projects.
  
  Using Motion Presets
  
  04:55
In this chapter you'll learn how to use the programming language ActionScript to enable interactivity in a project. You'll see how use code snippets, write ActionScript directly on the Timeline, and use EnterFrame and Timer events.

Enabling Interactivity
- ActionScript is the powerful object-oriented programming language behind any Flash interactive content. This lesson serves as an introduction to working with AS3 in Flash Professional.
  
  Exploring ActionScript
  
  07:16
- The Code Snippets panel in Flash Professional contains an abundance of ready-to-use code aligned to specific tasks. This lesson will demonstrate the use of this feature.
  
  Using Code Snippets
  
  05:05
- The most direct way to include ActionScript within Flash Professional is to write it directly on the Timeline. This lesson will demonstrate this approach along with the use of the Actions panel.
  
  Timeline Manipulation
  
  05:20
- EnterFrame and Timer events allow ActionScript code to execute independent of any user interaction. In this lesson, you will see how both of these events work in a Flash project.
  
  EnterFrame and Timer Events
  
  07:50
While Flash Professional traditionally outputs a SWF file for use with the Flash Player, content created in Flash Professional CS6 can also target desktop, mobile, and even HTML5. You'll learn about these output options in this chapter.

Additional Output Options
- Adobe AIR is an integrated runtime environment for taking Flash content out of the browser and creating full desktop experiences. This lesson demonstrates how to compile for the AIR runtime.
  
  Compiling for Adobe AIR
  
  08:12
- When targeting mobile devices that run Apple iOS or Google Android, you can employ special builds of Adobe AIR. This lesson demonstrates how to compile for mobile devices.
  
  Targeting Mobile Devices Including iOS and Android
  
  07:17
- With the CreateJS Toolkit extension for Flash Professional CS6, you can export animations and basic interactive content that targets HTML5 canvas. This lesson will show you how!
  
  Targeting HTML5 Canvas Through CreateJS
  
  06:46
In this chapter, you'll get a quick summary of what has been covered in this course and some final thoughts from the trainer.

Closing Thoughts
- In this video we close out the course with an overview of what has been covered and some ideas about where to go next when exploring Flash Professional.
  
  Closing Thoughts
  
  03:26

Welcome to Getting Started with Flash Professional CS6

This course is an introduction to the powerful tools offered by Adobe Flash Professional CS6. After becoming familiar with the interface, you’ll learn how to create projects, work with assets, and add animation and interactivity. The contents of this course include:

Introducing Flash Professional CS6
In this introductory chapter, we’ll explore some basics of the Flash Professional CS6 application and build a foundation for the lessons to come.

Becoming Familiar with Flash Professional CS6
In this chapter, you’ll learn the basics of working in Flash Professional CS6 and become familiar with important elements of the application interface.

Project Explorations
This chapter demonstrates the entire workflow of a basic Flash Professional project that targets the Adobe Flash Player.

Creating and Manipulating Assets
This chapter looks at the different types of assets that you can use in Flash Professional application, including symbols, filters, and text.

Animating Assets
Flash Professional is used to provide animation for numerous projects for the web, television, and devices. In this chapter, we’ll look at the basics of Flash animation.

Enabling Interactivity
In this chapter you’ll learn how to use the programming language ActionScript to enable interactivity in a project. You’ll see how use code snippets, write ActionScript directly on the Timeline, and use EnterFrame and Timer events.

Additional Output Options
While Flash professional traditionally outputs a SWF file for use with the Flash Player, content created in Flash Professional CS6 can also target desktop, mobile, and even HTML5. You’ll learn about these output options in this chapter.

The lessons are wrapped in a feature-rich interface that lets you jump to any topic and bookmark individual sections for later review. Full-Screen mode provides a hi-def, immersive experience, and Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window so you can play the videos alongside your application. Also included are exercise files that give you an easy way to try out the techniques you learn.

System Requirements

Broadband internet connection
Up-to-date browser with Flash plug-in
Screen resolution 1024x768 or higher
Sound card with speakers or headphones attached
Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or higher, or Apple Mac G5
512 MB RAM

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Project Files (Downloadable Feature)

Project files are included with this course so you can practice what you learn and work right along with the videos.

Powerful, Feature-Rich Interface

This course features video2brain’s interactive interface. As you navigate the course, rolling over a chapter or video brings up text describing that item.

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HD Video

This course comes in crisp 1280 x 720 high definition video.

Bookmarks (Downloadable Feature)

Available in the downloadable version of our courses, this feature makes it easy to create a custom bookmark in any lesson to mark where you left off or to make note of something you want to refer back to later. You can even add a name or short note to remind yourself what the bookmark is for.

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