Intermediate
Adobe Flash CS3: ActionScript 3 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques using Flash Actionscript 3. 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.

Workshop Outline
Course Outline

Introduction to ActionScript 3.0

Communicating to MovieClips, Variables, and People

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

Using and Writing Functions

• Understanding Functions
• Using Methods
• Writing Custom Functions
• Understanding Modular Functions
• Making a Function Modular
• Making a Function Return a Value

Responding to Events

• Understanding Event Types
• Using a Listener to Catch an Event
• Writing Event Handlers
• Responding to Mouse Events
• Responding to Keyboard Events
• Creating a Link to a Web Site
• Using the Enter Frame Event to Create Animation
• Using the Timer Event to Control Animation

Understanding Classes

• 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
• Using Conditional Operators
• Setting up Alternate Conditions
• Writing Compound Conditions
• Understanding Loops
• Creating a Code Loop
• Using a Loop to Generate Instances of a Class
• Placing Instances Created by a Loop

Using Math...and Loving It!

• Understanding the Math Class
• Using Basic Math Operators
• Generating Random Numbers
• Rounding Numbers

Using Text and Arrays

• Creating a Text Field
• Styling a Text Field
• Capturing Data in a Text Field
• Loading External Text
• Understanding Arrays
• Using Text and Arrays to Create a Game
• Finishing the Text Game

Creating a Memory Game

• Storyboarding Your Applications
• Writing a Memory Card Class
• Writing a Memory Game Class
• Addign Graphics to Cards
• Placing Cards
• Detecting Matches
• Resetting Cards
• Handling Incorrect Matches
• Determing a Win
• Adding More Cards

Using Advanced Graphic and Animation Tools

• Drawing with Code
• Creating a Color Change
• Generating a Random Color Change
• Animating a Color Change
• Using Filters
• Modifying Filter Properties
• 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
• Responding to Collisions
• Detecting a Win
• Randomly Placing Objects