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Outline

Graphics (20 minutes)

  1. Tool Review
    - Brush
    - Pencil
    - Eraser
  2. Lines and Curves
    - Line
    - Pen
    - HANDS-ON: Scroller Bar
  3. Shapes and Fills
    - Rectangle and Oval
    - Paintbucket
    - HANDS-ON: Border and Content Box
  4. Color
  5. Working with Bitmaps
    - Tracing Bitmaps
    - HANDS-ON: Tracing the leaf graphic

Text (30 minutes)

  1. Adding and Formatting Text
    - Attributes
    - Resizing the Text Block
    - Dynamic vs. Static Text
    - Embedded Fonts vs. Device Fonts
    - HANDS-ON: Create main title text for our presentation
  2. Animating Text
    - HANDS-ON: Create one of three text animations
  3. Interactive Text
    - Scrolling Text
    - Hyperlinks
    - HANDS-ON: Create overview text block and web address text line with link

Audio and Video (20 minutes)

  1. Adding A/V files
    - Formats
    - Issues with audio and video in Flash
  2. Controlling Audio Playback
    - HANDS-ON: Add click sound to Overview and Video buttons
  3. Controlling Video Playback
    - HANDS-ON: Create movie symbol, add video and video controller

Building the Movie (40 minutes)

  1. Analyzing the Timeline
  2. Synchronizing Multiple Movie Clips
    - HANDS-ON: Add text movie clips (Caring, Coping, Counseling)
    - HANDS-ON: Add stop actions to all keyframes in action layer
  3. Using Masks
    - HANDS-ON: Convert leaf graphic to mask
    - HANDS-ON: Add leaf animation to keyframe in mask layer
    - HANDS-ON: Link photo, background graphics, and title to layer mask
  4. Navigation Buttons
    - HANDS-ON: Add Overview button
    - HANDS-ON: Add goto and stop action, targeting the frame label
    - HANDS-ON: Repeat steps to add video button
  5. Scroll Buttons
    - HANDS-ON: Insert Overview text box on stage
    - HANDS-ON: Add scroller bar and scroller buttons top and bottom
    - HANDS-ON: Apply actions to scroller buttons

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