This 1-day intensive
course is hands-on and covers key aspects of Web page layout and design, with
a focus on Macromedia's Flash and Dreamweaver products.
1. Goals
and Constraints
A. What's the Nature of Your Site? (Educational, Promotional, etc.)
B. Who's Your Audience?
C. What Sort of "Feel" Do You Want to Project?
D. Budgeting for Site Design
E. Budgeting for Site Maintenance
F. Technical Constraints (Browser versions, etc.)
2. Categories
of Web Design Tools
A. Bitmap Graphic Tools
B. Vector Graphic Tools
C. Animation Tools
D. Site Design Tools: Pulling It All Together
3. Basics
of Flash
A. Delivery: Flash Player, Xtra, and Projector
B. Uses: Buttons, Menus, Ads, Demos
C. Inspectors: Object, Frame, Transform, Scene
D. The Library
E. The Stage
F. The Timeline
G. The Toolbar and Tool Modifiers
4. Drawing
in Flash
A. The Basic Tools (Ink Pen, Line, Oval, Pencil, Paint Bucket, Rectangle)
B. Text and Fonts
C. Bezier Curves
D. Gradients
E. Using Groups
F. Object Selection Methods
5. Layers
in Flash
A. Defining "Layers"
B. Hiding Layers
C. Locking Layers
D. Multiple Layers
E. Selecting the Active Layer
F. Guide Layers and Mask Layers
6. Making
Flash Movies
A. Bitmaps as Backgrounds
B. Frame Rate
C. Hiding and Showing Objects
D. Keyframes
E. Multi-Layer Animation
F. Publishing Your Movie
G. Single-Layer Animation
F. Motion and Shape Tweening
7. Dreamweaver:
Tying Everything Together
A. What Dreamweaver Does
B. Pulling Text into Dreamweaver
C. Pulling Graphics into Dreamweaver
D. Pulling Flash Animations into Dreamweaver
E. Dreamweaver and Javascript
F. Dreamweaver vs. FrontPage
8. Site
Management with Dreamweaver
A. Defining a "Site"
B. Dreamweaver Libraries
C. Uploading, Downloading, and File Management
D. Link Management
E. Removing HTML Errors
F. Site Optimization Tools
9. Adding
Dreamweaver Effects
A. Style Sheets
B. Layers and Layer Effects
C. Using the Timeline
D. Stock and Custom Behaviors
E. Dreamweaver Extensions
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