 The Flash Work Environment tutorial shows you the Flash workspace. Click on the thumbnail to view the tutorial.
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 A quick tutorial that will show you all of the tools in the Flash CS3 Tools Panel and how they are used. Please click on the thumbnail to open the tutorial in a separate window.
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 The Flash Drawing Tools Tutorial goes into a little more depth on how to use the drawing tools in Flash. Click on the thumbnail to view the tutorial.
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 The Drawing in Flash tutorial talks about some of the unique problems of drawing in Flash . Please click on the thumbnail to view the tutorial. |
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 Vector Graphics are images that are completely described using mathematical definitions. Each individual line is made up of either a vast collection of points with lines interconnecting all of them or just a few control points that are connected using so called bezier curves. Flash drawings are vector drawings. Unlike bitmap graphics, they can usually be scaled without any loss in quality. View the example to see this in action. |
 This tutorial demonstrates how to select objects using the various selection tools. |
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 This tutorial demonstrates how to Transform Objects on your stage. Click on the thumbnail to view the tutorial. |
 This tutorial demonstrates how to create gradients using the Color Panel and the Bucket Tool. It also demonstrates how to edit a gradient using the Gradient Transform Tool. |
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 The Creating Text in Flash tutorial demonstrates how to create text in Flash. It also labels the options in the Property inspector when the Text Tool is selected. |
 The Working with Layers in Flash tutorial shows you how to manage the layers in your timeline so you can more easily create and edit your Flash projects. |
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 There are three different types of symbols in Flash: Graphic Symbol, Movie Clip Symbol and Button Symbol. In the example shown, the two balloon animations have the exact motion tween created on its timeline. However, you'll notice that the first animation does not play and the second one does. Take a look at the Flash example to understand why the two animations behave so differently. There is also a button symbol example. |
 Animating in Flash briefly describes the three basic types of animation in Flash - with examples and screenshots of the animations' timelines. |
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 This tutorial will show you how to create an animation that has an "animation within an animation." This is a common technique used to created more elaborate and realistic animations. |
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 Frame by Frame Animation tutorial of an animated face. This tutorial uses symbols, frame by frame animation to create an animation of a a face changing through various facal expressions. Please click on the thumbnail to view the tutorial.
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 Creating an Animation of a Dancing Character -
This last tutorial is just an extra animation tutorial I threw in. The
tutorial was created for my multimedia students, used as they worked
through their first major animation project. The content of this
tutorial will not be covered in the four-day training session.
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Day 1 
