Getting Started - An Introduction to Flash (6 minutes)

This video provides a simple introduction to the Flash interface, highlighting ways to make your work flow easier.

Lesson 1 - Getting Acquainted With Flash (17 minutes)

This video walks the student through the step-by-step process of creating their first animation by modifying an existing animation provided in the textbook.

Lesson 1 Supplement - Selecting and modifying Keyframes in the Timeline (10 minutes)

Selecting and modifying Keyframes in the Timeline can have some unexpected results. It takes time and practice to fully understand all of the possible variations while editing the Timeline. This video tutorial attempts to help clarify these options.

Lesson 2 - Working With Graphics (36 minutes)

This video tutorial goes through the steps in Lesson 2 of your textbook, "Working With Graphics".

Lesson 2 Supplement - Drawing overlapping objects in Flash (5 minutes)

This video tutorial helps explain some of the non-intuitive features of Flash drawing tools, specifically when one object overlaps another in the same Layer.

Lesson 2 Supplement - Embedding a Looping Animation Using Movie Clips (3 minutes)

This video tutorial helps explain how to create a looping animation using Movie Clips that continues to play indefinitely.

Lesson 2 Supplement: More on Drawing With Flash (10 minutes)

This video tutorial goes through some additional details on drawing with Flash be creating a simple snow scene with a tree and a snowman.

Lesson3 - Creating and Editing Symbols (36 minutes)

This video tutorial goes through the steps in Lesson 3 of your textbook, "Creating and Editing Symbols".

Lesson3 Supplement - More Tips and Tricks (21 minutes)

This video tutorial picks up where the main Lesson 3 tutorial leaves of by demonstrating how to use alpha channels to create fade transitions. It also shows you how to use a Blur Filter and a few other tricks you may find useful.

Importing Fireworks PNG Files Into Flash (10 minutes)

This video tutorial introduces you to the various options for importing Fireworks PNG files into Flash.

Lesson 4: Working With Text (42 minutes)

This video tutorial includes features of Flash you are already familiar with such as motion tweens and editing symbols, and it introduces you to some of the many ways you can work with text, plus Masks, and much more!

Lesson 5: Adding Animation (45 minutes)

This video tutorial introduces us to Shape Tweens, Nested Movie Clip animations, motion along a path, and more!

Lesson Supplement: ActionScript 2.0 vs. 3.0 (9 minutes)

This brief lesson supplement tries to help clarify differences between ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0 as well as differences between frame scripts and button scripts.

Lesson 6: Creating Interactive Files (32 minutes)

This tutorial reviews Lesson 6 and highlights features including the creation of Buttons with Sound events during Button Over and Down events, Single Frame and Swap settings, using Button instance names in ActionScript, and more.

Lab 6 Example: Creating Interactive Files (34 minutes)

This tutorial is intended to give students a better idea of what is expected from them for the Lab 6 assignment on creating interactive files.

Week 11 Recording 1 (69 minutes)

This lecture includes discussion on the Distraction of the Week: Swift 3D, and how to create a sliding menubar with ActionScript 2.0.

Week 11 Recording 2 (34 minutes)

This lecture includes examples of how to embed an swf file in a Flash file and a brief review of the difference between a Graphic and Movie Clip symbol.

Lesson Supplement: How to embed a Flash .swf file in a web page (10 minutes)

This tutorial provides a review of the Flash Publish Settings and gives a simple example of how to add a Flash .swf file to a web page.

Lab 7 Example: Working With ActionScript 3.0 (11 minutes)

This tutorial is intended to give students a better idea of what is expected from them for the Lab 7 assignment on creating a slide show using ActionScript 3.0.

Lab 7 Example 2: Using Script Assist (19 minutes)

This tutorial is intended to give students a better idea of how to use Script Assist to create scripts with ActionScript 3.0.