Basic, ACE Edition
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows 7: Basic or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: A Flash overview
A-1: Viewing Flash files
A-2: Exploring Flash elements
A-3: Changing elements on the stage
Topic B: Creating new documents
B-1: Setting XMP metadata and stage properties
Topic C: Publishing
C-1: Publishing a SWF file
Unit 2: Drawing in Flash
Topic A: Bitmap and vector graphics
A-1: Discussing graphics in Flash
A-2: ActivityTitle
A-3: ActivityTitle
Topic B: Flash drawing tools
B-1: Drawing objects
B-2: Formatting drawing objects
B-3: Working with shapes
B-4: Combining shapes
B-5: Combining drawing objects
B-6: Creating Primitive Object shapes
B-7: Using the pattern tools
Topic C: Vector paths
C-1: Creating paths with the Pencil tool
C-2: Creating paths with the Pen tool
C-3: Adjusting anchor points
C-4: Adding and removing anchor points
Unit 3: Symbols and imported assets
Topic A: Symbols overview
A-1: Convert, import, share
A-2: Adding filters
Topic B: Importing graphics
B-1: Importing images
B-2: Importing from Photoshop
Unit 4: Layers and frames
Topic A: Layers
A-1: Creating layers
A-2: Moving items to other layers
A-3: Arranging and grouping layers
Topic B: Timeline basics
B-1: Adjusting a layer’s duration
Unit 5: Animation
Topic A: Tweens
A-1: Creating a classic tween
A-2: Animating an alpha value
A-3: Creating a motion tween
A-4: Editing a motion path
A-5: Using the Motion Editor to scale an animation
A-6: Creating a shape-tween animation
Topic B: Optimizing graphics for animation
B-1: Testing document download performance
Topic C: Movie clip animation
C-1: Creating a looping animation
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: ACE exam objectives