Animation in Flash CS4

Overview/Description
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional is a powerful application for creating and editing dynamic vector-based animations. Its versatile workspace and toolset enable developers to quickly create animations that can be used in a wide variety of contexts. This course introduces the learner to animating in Flash. It explores how to create multiple types of animation including inverse kinematics, frame-by-frame animation, and an improved method of creating motion tweens. Advanced animation topics such as masking and using motion presets and the Motion Editor are also covered.

Target Audience
This course targets a range of in-training or established IT professionals needing to learn how to use Flash without any prior experience with the product. Learners are expected to have basic computing and word-processing skills, familiarity with web terminology and Internet navigation, and experience working in a Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh environment.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Animation in Flash CS4

recognize how to create a frame-by-frame animation in Flash CS4

recognize how to preview an animation in Flash CS4

recognize how to use onion skinning in Flash CS4

recognize how to create and manipulate a motion tween in Flash CS4

recognize how to create a classic tween

recognize how to copy motion as ActionScript in Flash CS4

recognize how to create a basic shape tween in Flash CS4

recognize how to break objects apart in Flash CS4

recognize how to use shape hints to control shape tweening in Flash CS4

recognize how to add bones to symbols to create an armature

recognize how to work with bones and shapes

recognize how to animate an armature

add a motion tween in a given scenario

copy motion as ActionScript

create, modify, and animate an armature using inverse kinematics

recognize how to use motion presets

recognize how to control motion using the Motion Editor

recognize how to create a mask in Flash CS4

recognize how to edit and animate a mask in Flash CS4

create an animated mask in a given scenario in Flash CS4