Flash User Experience Best Practices offers solutions to common user experience issues that Flash designers and developers face every day. Topics shown include: making the browser Back button work with the Flash Player, handling state management, implementing effective Flash detection with useful alternate content, improving "scanability" and workflow in your applications, and helping users maintain context while working with your applications. Throughout the training videos, Robert Hoekman, Jr., shows you real-world examples and demonstrates techniques for improving the experiences you create. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.

Please note that while this training title is relevant regardless of which version of Flash you are using, if you wish to follow along with the exercise files, you will need Flash 8 to open the files.

Creating brilliant Flash applications for mobile devices isn't as simple as just making existing applications smaller. In Flash Mobile Essential Training, instructor Arthur Phillips tackles the challenges of developing specifically for mobile devices, including building static pages; creating navigational screens and buttons; programming gaming animation, memory and scoring; generating pages with XML; implementing video, text and graphics; and creating animations for the small screen. Exercise files accompany the course.

From understanding the similarities and differences between the interfaces and workflows to working with colors, symbols, and text to using mobile applications, there is a lot to learn about integrating Illustrator CS3 and Flash CS3. In Illustrator CS3 and Flash CS3 Professional Integration , Adobe Certified Expert Mordy Golding fully explains every aspect of incorporating these two applications, turning users into experts. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Flash has become one of the most popular ways to publish video on the web. It enables rich media experiences, custom playback controls, and top-notch quality. In Flash CS3 Interactive Video Techniques, instructor Chris Florio highlights the tools non-programmers need to add video to projects. He also covers techniques for creating interactive video with ActionScript, including how to use cue points, dynamic masks, and custom controls. Flash CS3 Interactive Video Techniques makes integrating video a snap for everyone from novice Flash users wanting to know supported file formats to advanced Flash developers looking to create masking videos. Exercise files accompany the course.

In these tutorials, instructor Rich Shupe delves into the essentials of delivering Flash to mobile devices. He covers everything from creating applications with ActionScript to making basic wallpaper and screensavers. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Flash CS3 Animation Secrets was created and produced by Chris Georgenes. We are honored to host his material in the lynda.com Online Training Library®

Artist, web designer, and Flash expert Chris Georgenes divulges his favorite secrets for animators in Flash CS3 Animation Secrets. From customizing the workspace for better efficiency to creating flames, smoke, and steam, Chris reveals his techniques for mastering difficult effects. He also covers nesting movie clips, using sound, seamlessly looping animations, and more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Flash CS3 for Designers was created and produced by Colin Smith. We are honored to host his material in the lynda.com Online Training Library®.

Flash CS3 for Designers is more than just a primer on the workings of Flash CS3. Instructor Colin Smith takes fellow designers step-by-step through the workings of Flash CS3, using his unique professional perspective. He teaches drawing, editing, transforming, and filtering graphics; working with bitmap images; basic and advanced animation techniques; adding sound and video; and putting the whole project together with ActionScript 3. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Through several hands-on tutorials, instructor Todd Perkins shows how to best build dynamic, streamlined sites using Flash CS3 Professional. Learn how to create custom keyboard shortcuts, apply advanced text techniques such as animating scrolling text with custom easing controls, and using advanced animation techniques. Flash CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics covers many challenging features, including adding complex interactivity to a Flash CS3 project and getting Flash content on a phone. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Flash CS3 Professional Fundamentals focuses on the animation and storytelling aspects of Flash, from animating objects to manipulating animation. Covering the core skills needed for starting an animation project, such as drawing, tweening, and using the timeline, as well as the common pitfalls that new users often experience, instructor Todd Perkins simplifies and streamlines even the most complex concepts. Exercise files accompany the tutorial.

In Flash CS3 Professional Essential Training, instructor Rich Shupe delves into the key aspects of working with Flash CS3 to create professional animations, design interactive websites, and incorporate audio and video into self-contained presentations. The training covers using the drawing and color tools, mastering the essentials of animation, and working with type, graphics, sound, and video. Rich also introduces the essentials of working with ActionScript 3.0. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.