FLASH MX ONLINE STUDY
LEARN TO CREATE ANIMATED OR INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS FOR THE INTERNET
Flash is used to make multimedia files and interactive websites. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Adobe Flash MX. It assumes the student has no knowledge of Flash at all but they must have access to a computer with a CDROM drive and Flash MX installed. As with all our computer courses, students are able to purchase the software required (Flash MX) at a heavily discounted price (academic pricing). More information can be obtained about this from the school. By the end of the course, the student should be able to easily understand all the major aspects of Flash MX and use it to produce their own Flash applications.
Is this course right for me?
If you are thinking of a career in multimedia or graphic design this course is a must for you. Lot of people take up this course out of interest as well.
Lesson Structure
There are 12 lessons in this course:
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Introduction to Flash
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Using the Flash MX editor
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Drawing & Colour
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Working with objects & symbols
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Working with text
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Working with graphics
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Animation
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Actionscript
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Using audio in your movies
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Using video in your movies
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Components
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Publishing
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Why Flash?
In the 1990’s, most websites were simply made up of static graphics, text and sometimes simple animations (called animated Gifs) which made many sites nothing more than glorified brochures and text heavy resources. With the birth of the ‘New Media’ industry, new tools were developed to make the internet a much more interactive and entertaining medium.
Flash enabled website designers and developers to create complex animations, incorporate decent quality sound/video and develop unique and experimental interfaces for their online projects. Using vector graphics and special compression techniques, Flash allows websites to show high quality graphics, play great sound and add ‘extra dimensions’ of interactivity without choking up bandwidth. This has made Flash one of today’s most popular website development and design tools.
