Basic Functions

• The Stage, timeline, toolbars, and panels
• Document properties
• Layers
• Rulers, grids, guides, and snapping
• Drawing tools: paths and fills
• Creating images with Flash
• Align and info

Using Solid Color and Gradient Fills

• Creating a gradient
• Filters
• Adjusting a color's alpha transparency
• Adjusting gradients

Working with Text

• FlashText anti-aliasing
• Font embedding
• Adding text

Using Layers

• Working with multiple layers
• Working with a single layer

Importing Colors and Graphics

• Saving and importing colors
• Importing artwork
• Adding scenes
• Importing bitmaps

The Library and Symbols

• Working with the library
• Symbols
• Nested symbols
• Converting images to symbols

Timelines and Animation

• The timeline
• Animation
• Simple frame by frame animation

Motion Tweening

• Creating a motion tween
• Movement, size and alpha transparency changes
• Properties inspector: motion tween options
• Motion tweening along a path
• Motion tweening to rotate an image
• Creating seamless Animation

Shape Tweening

• Creating a shape tween
• Properties inspector: shape tween options

Masking

• Creating masks
• Animating masks

Movie Clip Symbols

• Graphic symbols vs. Movie clip symbols
• Creating movie clips from scratch
• Creating movie slips from existing animation
• Modifying instances of a movie clip

Button Symbols

• Creating a Button

Behaviors

• Adding Actions

Sound

• Importing sound files
• Adding sound to a movie
• Exporting Sound in Flash Movies

Publishing/Exporting the Flash Movie

• Exporting
• Publishing

Importing Artwork

Creating an Animated Mask

• Revealing elements with masks