ZZZZZ Flash Professional CS6: Essentials

This series will help you get started using world's leading image editing software. Adobe Education Leader Debbie Keller will provide you with an overview of the interface, the tools, panels and options you'll need as a foundation for using Adobe Photoshop CS6. With Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS6 Essentials you will learn Photoshop skills that will allow you to create professional looking images that you can be proud of. By the time you have completed this course you will be prepared to take your ACA Visual Communication exam and you will have excellent beginner to intermediate skills using Photoshop CS6.

Debbie will review the key new features in this version and teach you about the tools, palettes, and menu bars, as well as, the major features such as layers, selections, image editing, compositing, using Adobe Bridge, type design, drawing and painting, and creating a web photo gallery.

Highlights

1. New UI
2. Content-Aware Move
3. Content-Aware Patch tool
4. Paragraph Style and Character Style Panels

Chapter 1: UNDERSTANDING THE FLASH CS6 INTERFACE (25 min)

1. New Documents & Setting Document Properties
2. Touring the Interface
3. Using Guides & Rulers

Chapter 2: WORKING WITH THE DRAWING & SHAPE TOOLS (41 min)

1. Drawing Shapes in Flash
2. Drawing with Primitive Tools
3. Comparing Merge Drawing Mode vs. Object Drawing Mode
4. Modifying Shapes with the Direct Selection Tool & Subselection Tool
5. Using the Deco Tool
6. Using Gradients & Mixing Colors

Chapter 3: WORKING WITH SYMBOLS (27 min)

1. Understanding the Characteristics of Symbols
2. Creating & Editing Symbols
3. Exploring Button States & the Button Library

Chapter 4: IMPORTING & MODIFYING GRAPHICS (27 min)

1. Importing Bitmap Graphics & Basic Shape Modifications
2. Importing & Working with Vector Objects
3. Importing an Illustrator File into Flash
4. Importing a Photoshop File into Flash

Chapter 5: WORKING WITH TEXT 37 min)

1. Selecting Text & Other Basic Techniques
2. Modifying Text Properties
3. Breaking Text Apart & Converting Text to Shapes
4. Working with TLF Text

Chapter 6: THE BASICS OF ANIMATION (77 min)

1. Timeline Basics & Using Layers
2. Animating Text with Shape Tweens & Creating Frames & Keyframes
3. Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation & Onion Skin Part 1
4. Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation & Onion Skin Part 2
5. Using Motion Tweens & Creating a Motion Tween along a Path
6. Working with the Motion Editor
7. Using Inverse Kinematics

Chapter 7: ADDING SIMPLE CONTROLS TO VIDEO WITH ACTIONSCRIPT (38 min)

1. Importing & Transcoding Video
2. Setting Import Options & Choosing a Player Skin
3. Using Adobe Media Encoder to Create Cue Points
4. Using Code Snippets & Adding Actions to Buttons
5. Adding Sounds to Button States

Chapter 8: PUBLISHING & EXPORTING FLASH DOCUMENTS (13 min)

1. Setting Accessibility Options
2. Overview of Flash Publish Settings
3. Simulating a Download & Exporting a Movie
4. Credits