Cisco Access Control Server (ACS v 1.0 )

DAY ONE

Introduction

• Course objectives

Working in Flash

• The Adobe Flash CS4 interface
• Customising the interface
• Creating a new Flash document
• Setting stage dimensions
• Working with panels and panel layouts
• Setting preferences
• Identifying the development cycle
• Working with vectors
• Publishing a file

Creating and importing graphic assets

• Working with different graphics formats
• Importing bitmap graphics
• Using the Flash import wizard
• Layering Flash elements
• Organising using the Layer folder
• Using the drawing tools
• Using Object and Merge drawing
• Using the Deco tool
• Working with the colour panels
• Creating a colour swatch
• Using the library panel

Using text effectively

• Using the text tool
• Adding and formatting static text
• Changing font rendering methods
• Static and dynamic text
• Embedded vs device fonts
• Font properties
• Working with anti-aliased text
• Text components in Flash
• Adding Input Text fields
• Embedding fonts in Input Text fields
• Using font best practices

DAY TWO

Creating animations

• Working with the Timeline
• Using keyframes, blank keyframes and frames
• Motion tweening
• Shape tweening
• Creating transition effects
• The new motion tween model
• Applying tweening to objects
• Photoshop to Flash workflow

Using the Bones tool

• Creating bones
• Animating with bones

Working with Behaviours

• Using Script Assist
• Adding actions to a frame
• Using button symbols
• Adding behaviours to a button
• Loading external SWFs

Using Movie Clips for interactive rich media

• Creating and using Movie Clip symbols
• Organising a Movie Clip timeline
• Using Actions to control a timeline
• Using frame labels
• Responding to user interactions

Adding sound and video

• Importing sound
• Changing sound properties
• Adding sound to a timeline
• Embedding video in a timeline
• Using the FLVPlayback component

Publishing Flash documents

• Using different publishing formats
• Using publishing profiles
• Adding Flash Player detection
• Publishing for deployment
• Adobe Device Central

Questions and answers