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As I’m teaching the programming section of Certificate III in Media, CUFDIG302A – Author Interactive Sequences, I’m going to post up my slides as I go along so anyone who wants them can learn ActionScript 3.0 – but as well as just the coding side of things, it’s useful to get an overview of what Flash is, what it isn’t, and what a couple of the most commonly used tools do. So here’s a Flash CS4 & Drawing primer…

There’s a download link to the slides along with some legal gubbins regarding their use after the jump, so if you’re new to Flash and want a quick introduction, you’ll find the knowledge to start from absolute basics, learn the difference between raster and vector artwork, working with layers and drawing and grouping objects right here. This is just a quick primer, and is meant to tie in with the ActionScript slide series, where pretty soon we’ll be drawing things and then instantiating and manipulating them through our ActionScript code.

Download slides link: Adobe Flash CS4 & Drawing Tools Primer

Duration: Taught over a 3 hour session with 2 x 15 minute breaks.
Audience: Absolute beginners who’re new to Flash CS4.
Format: Powerpoint 2003 (so they can be opened in Open Office and MS Office 2K3 & 2K7)
Template: OOo2 by Chih-Hao Tsai

Important Legal Shenanigans:
The written content (but not template) of these slides comprise original work and is released under a creative commons non-commercial attribution share-alike 3.0 license by me (r3dux), which means that you are encouraged to copy, distribute and modify the work, but must attribute the original author. Further, you may not use the work for commercial purposes, and any derivative works must be released under the same license. All images used are copyright their respective owners. These slides come with no guarantee of correctness, fitness for purpose or anything of the sort. They are correct to the best of my knowledge, nothing more – nothing less. The work and any comments therein contain my own personal opinions and not those of my employer or anyone related to education in Australia in any way, shape or form. Got a daddy issue? Get a daddy tissue by clicking email me from the link in the page header with the e-mail title “Yeah, baby!”.

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