Flash CS4 Professional:

Advanced, ACE Edition

Activity-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: Flash CS4 Professional: Basic, ACE Edition, or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Vector illustration

Topic A: 0 Creating vector paths

A-1: Creating paths with the Pencil tool

A-2: Creating paths with the Pen tool

Topic B: 0 Editing vector paths

B-1: Adjusting anchor points

B-2: Adding and removing anchor points

Topic C: 0 Using mask layers

C-1: Masking a layer with a vector path

Unit 2 : Advanced animation techniques

Topic A: 0 Inverse kinematics

A-1: Animating shapes by using the Bone tool

Topic B: 0 Shape tweens and animated masks

B-1: Creating a shape-tween animation

B-2: Adding shape hints and a mask

Topic C: 0 Filter animation

C-1: Animating a filter and other effects

Topic D: 0 The Motion Editor

D-1: Using the Motion Editor

D-2: Reusing an animation as a motion preset

Unit 3 : ActionScript animation

Topic A: 0 Programming principles

A-1: Discussing ActionScript 3.0

A-2: Exploring a scripted application

A-3: Preparing symbol instances

A-4: Reading instance property values

A-5: Storing values by using variables

Topic B: 0 Event listeners and event handlers

B-1: Implementing continuous motion

B-2: Controlling speed with a variable

B-3: Stopping motion when a condition is met

B-4: Making a clip move when clicked

Topic C: 0 Modular code

C-1: Creating modular code

Topic D: 0 Special classes

D-1: Creating a Document class

D-2: Extending the MovieClip class

D-3: Associating a custom class with an object

Topic E: 0 The Debugger

E-1: Using the Debugger

Unit 4 : Interactive techniques

Topic A: 0 Adding audio

A-1: Adding sound with ActionScript

Topic B: 0 Scripting a link to a Web page

B-1: Adding a hyperlink

Topic C: 0 Loading dynamic content

C-1: Loading text from an external file

Unit 5 : Video

Topic A: 0 Flash video basics

A-1: Discussing video encoding

A-2: Converting DV content to FLV

Topic B: 0 Video in Flash files

B-1: Importing video

B-2: Changing FLVPlayback component parameters

B-3: Creating code to respond to cue points

Appendix A : ACE exam objectives map

Topic A: 0 Comprehensive exam objectives