Adobe Flash CS3 for ActionScript 3

What's New in ActionScript 3.0?

Differences Between ActionScript 1.0/2.0 and 3.0
ActionScript 3.0 Elements
Beyond ActionScript 3.0

Communicating with ActionScript

Communicating to Movie Clips
Modifying Movie Clip Properties
Understanding Variables
Setting Variable Data Types
Using Trace Statements
Using Comments

Understanding Classes

Writing a Custom Class
Extending an Existing Class
Adding a Class Object to the Timeline
Defining a Document Class
Setting Up a Classpath

Decision Making and Repetition

Understanding Conditional Statements
Writing a Conditional Statement
Writing Compound Conditions
Understanding Loops
Using a Loop to Generate Instances of a Class

Using Math

Understanding the Math Class
Generating Random Numbers
Rounding Numbers

Using Text and Arrays

Creating a Text Field
Styling a Text Field
Capturing Data from a Text Field
Loading External Text
Understanding Arrays
Using Text and Arrays to Create a Game

Responding to Events

Using a Listener to Catch an Event
Writing Event Handlers
Responding to Mouse Events
Responding to Keyboard Events
Using the Timer Event to Control Animation

Creating a Memory Game

Writing a Memory Card Class
Writing a Memory Game Class

Using Advanced Graphics and Animation Tools

Drawing with Code
Generating a Random Color Change
Animating a Color Change
Using Filters
Animating Filters

Working with Multimedia

Loading External Images and SWFs
Communicating with Loaded Movies
Loading Sounds
Starting and Stopping Sound
Managing the Volume of Sound
Loading Video
Controlling Video Playback

Adding Advanced Interactivity

Creating a Drag-and-Drop Class
Detecting Collisions
Detecting a Win

Course Information

Adobe Flash CS3: ActionScript 3 will focus on using ActionScript 3 to enhance your Flash CS3 projects. The course provides Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated content, event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods; then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling and animating with ActionScript.

Duration

3 Days

Cost

£850 (ex VAT)

Schedule

Course Dates

Prerequisites

To take this course, you should have:

Completed the Adobe Flash CS3: Rich Content Creation course, or have equivalent experience.
The desire to learn how to program Flash content using ActionScript 3.

Additional Notes

Courses can be run on Windows and Macintosh platforms and tailored to meet customers' requirements. Courses run in Edinburgh, Glasgow and at client sites throughout the UK.

Exams

Certified Adobe Flash CS3 Exam

Course Files

N/A

Related Courses

Adobe Flash CS3: Rich Content Creation

Resources

Adobe Press