Hello Flash CS3 with Actionscript 3

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Please do not skip lessons, each lesson contains additional material not listed with the main topics.

Part I: Drawing

Introduction	What is Flash? Terms you should know
Getting Started	Start a new document, and change the color and size of the stage
Drawing	Learn to use the tools in the toolbox: pen,pencil, brush, etc.
Color	Learn to select colors and create and control gradient fills
Some useful tools: pen and eraser	Learn to use the eraser and draw Bezier curves
Layers	Learn to work with layers.
Bitmaps	Import bitmaps and gifs to Flash

Part II: Animation

Animation	There are three types of animation: frame, motion tweening and shape tweening.
Mask Layer	A mask layer reveals the layer underneath only where there is something on the mask layer.
Movie Clips	Create Movie Clips for reuse.
Text	Working with text, adding filters and animation effects
Buttons	Adding and modifying library buttons, making your own
Buttons that Work: introduction to ActionScript3	Stop and Play
Buttons that Work: Part 2	Naming Frames, gotoAndPlay

Part III: ActionScript 3

Properties	Learn to change properties using ActionScript3.
Events	Learn to create motion using the enter frame event in ActionScript3.
Variables	Learn to declare and use variables in ActionScript3.
Math fundamentals	Learn arithmetic operations in ActionScript3.
Using Math for Movement	Use math to bounce a ball.
Boolean Expressions	Use if/else to control a ball.
Loops	Use loops: for, while, do
Functions	Learn more about functions
Boolean Properties	Use Boolean property visible play a trick.
Alpha Property	Use Alpha property to make text fade in and out.
Switch	Use switch/case instead of if/else.
Keyboard Input	Learn to detect keyboard input
Drawing in ActionSCript3	Learn to draw in ActionScript3
Classes	Object Oriented Programming
Components	Learn to use built-in components such as a slider, radio buttons, and list boxes
Sound	Learn to load and play sound in ActionScript
ActionScript Files	Learn to put code in ActionScript Files
Random Numbers	Use random numbers to roll dice
Random Colors	Draw dots in random colors at random locations on the stage
Cursor Movement	Make eyes blink and follow the cursor
Animation effects	Boxes open and close when the mouse moves over them.
Animation effects	Scrolling background and nested movie clips.
Navigation Buttons	Create a menu page with links to other frames and pages.
Menu Buttons	Create a drop down menu.
Arrays	Use arrays to make a puzzle
Gravity	Use gravity for more realistic animation
Timer	Use the timer for reliable animation
Date class	Use the Date class to make a clock
Dates and Arrays	Printing the day of the week and the month
Strings	Create word games with the String class
Loading...	Explore a few effects for a loading animation
XML	Read an XML file into ActionScript
External information	Add parameters to the html

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