Welcome to Foundational Flash!

Ever get one of those fortune cookie messages that tells you that something great is about to happen to you? Think of this as one of those moments.

Seriously - Right here and right now you are faced with an opportunity that can change your life.

Chances are that you’re here right now because you want to learn how to use Adobe Flash to create interactive programs or to punch up your web site a bit. This is a good thing because Foundational Flash Training from LearningCraft can help lay a solid foundation of Flash understanding that will help you to understand how to get started. In a few months you could become your company's resident multimedia expert or even start selling your development services to clients.

Each video lesson of this introductory Flash course is designed to offer you a straight-forward look at how to use the Flash to create a wide range of projects. It's interactive, engaging and fun.

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Already have the basics of drawing and animating in Flash under your belt?
Check out the
Beyond Foundational Flash
course for the next level!

Can a course like this pay for itself in one DAY?

I’ll be frank. As a multimedia developer I generally charge $125 an hour for my services. My skills are valuable to the people who hire me. I don’t tell them that they can learn to create their own Flash programs because they aren’t looking for that solution. They don't want to learn how to use Flash even though it could save them a lot of money in production costs. They want me to do it so they don’t have to think about it. Who am I to argue? :-)

So why am I offering to teach you how to compete against me for what I do for a living? I’m not a fool. The truth is that there’s almost too much work to go around. I’m only one guy and I already don’t have enough waking hours to tackle all the work on my plate.

From creating slick web sites to designing online ads to producing hysterical cartoons to creating cool web tools, Flash is all over the Web. Knowing how to use Flash means being able to write your own ticket to the future. Can you imagine what it's like to do something really fun all day long and get paid a lot for it too?

This 10 lesson course provides you with step-by-step instruction designed to help you quickly understand how to use Flash and design your own projects. And unlike most video training, this course uses a breakthrough in interactive video technology which allows you follow along as we go through each lesson. You can also follow interactive links that will take you to video segments that zoom-in on specific features and functions within Flash.

For current per seat pricing please contact Jeff Leibowitz at (954) 577-5700 X 86

Foundational Flash training includes:

Lesson One: Drawing and color tools

• Creating basic shapes using the Oval and Rect tools
• Creating lines, strokes and fills
• Working with strokes
• Importing files from other sources
• Color mixing
• Using the Paint Bucket tool
• Using gradient fills
• Creating graphic layers
• Using the Select tool
• Modifying lines
• Using the Ink Bottle tool
• Using the free transform tool
• Understanding bitmap and vector images
• Customizing tools, menus and keyboard commands
• Project: Postcard From Venus

Lesson Two: Drawing and color tools-Part 2

• Modifying tool options
• Using the Pencil tool
• Using the Brush tool
• Manipulating layers
• Grouping objects
• Importing graphics and other files into Flash
• Object drawing model
• Overview of the Library
• Using inks and filters
• Using the Lasso tool
• Using the Eraser tool
• Breaking graphics apart
• Using the Magic Wand
• Using the Text tool
• Creating graphic symbols
• Project: Postcard From Venus (continued)

Lesson Three: Designing Logos and Signs

• Working with text selections
• Applying drop shadow and bevel effects
• Creating text effects
• Using the Pen Tool
• Understanding Bezier curves
• Creating a neon glow
• Expanding fills
• Bending text
• Embedding fonts in Flash
• Using the Gradient Transform tool
• Project: 'World of Whimsy' logo

Lesson Four: Drawing Characters

• Modifying graphic symbols
• Converting lines to fills
• Understanding layer properties
• Manipulating symbol registration points
• Using Tinting and Alpha effects
• Project: Creating Dr. Science

Lesson Five: Drawing Backgrounds

• Using drawing guide
• Using the Align tools
• Using the Transform tools
• Understanding text and text fields
• Blurring objects
• Understanding text fields
• Arranging graphics within a layer
• Project: Creating Dr. Sciences’s lab

Lesson Six: Creating Mechanical Drawings

• Advanced gradient application
• Using the Eyedropper tool
• Using the Zoom tool
• Project: Building a Private Jet

Lesson Seven: Frame-by-frame animation

• Moving timeline layers
• Introduction to Key frames
• Using the snapping tools
• Using onion skinning
• Advancing the playback head
• Testing Flash movies
• Project: The Picnic Guest

Lesson Eight: Motion Tweened animation

• Setting key frames
• Using Transform tools
• Applying Motion Tweens
• Easing in and out
• Project: A Day at the Races

Lesson Nine: Shape Tweened animation

• Using shape hints
• Using the Polystar tool
• Project: The Lava Lamp
• Project: The HorseCow

Lesson Ten: Path-based animation

• Creating and attaching motion guides
• The Pencil line options
• Snapping instances to path
• Orienting along path
• Project: The Wandering Bee

Each project focuses on the development of specific skills designed to get learners up-to-speed quickly and enjoyably.

Each lesson is broken down into segments to allow learners to follow along by watching and then doing.

Each project kit provides learners with materials needed to get started quickly and helps develop skills sets that can be immediately put to use.

Learners will develop grahic drawing skills and create interactive assets that can be used in future projects.

Each lesson is designed to maximize understanding of content while focusing on simplifying development tasks.

Each lesson is presented in an energetic and fun-filled manner to engage learners and provide an enjoyable atmosphere in which to learn.

All this And More!

Each Foundational Flash lesson comes with production notes and a project ‘kit’ that gives you all the parts (graphics, sound clips, video clips, buttons and code) so that you can easily follow along.

To get started, please call Jeff Leibowitz at (954) 577-5700 X 86 for per seat pricing.