Lynda.COM Flash Professional Power Shortcuts

Author:
Todd Perkins

Duration:
02h 13m

Released on:
5/18/2011

Exercise files:
Yes


In Flash Professional Power Shortcuts, author Todd Perkins helps designers build their power user skills with an array of timesaving tips, tricks, and techniques that work in multiple versions of Flash Professional. Beginning with Todd's top 20 shortcuts, the course includes tips for designing and animating artwork, managing multiple libraries, writing and navigating through code, optimizing bitmaps and audio, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

    Editing multiple frames
    Finding and replacing content
    Importing sequences of images
    Enabling buttons and ActionScript without testing the movie
    Creating custom shortcuts with the History panel
    Animating with easing presets
    Setting onion skinning and onion skinning outlines
    Embedding fonts
    Adding vars in a text field
    Using code snippets and behaviors
    Fixing coding errors
    Limiting SWF file sizes
    Optimizing Flash Player performance with a preloader
    Additional Flash CS5.5 shortcuts




Introduction
Welcome           00m 35s
Using the exercise files           00m 46s

1. The Top 20 Shortcuts
The Break Apart command           03m 35s
The Distribute To Layers command           01m 32s
Zooming shortcuts           02m 13s
Copying and pasting shortcuts           01m 34s
The Swap and Duplicate Symbol commands           01m 50s
Shortcuts with graphic symbols           02m 29s
Editing multiple frames           02m 09s
Finding and replacing all types of content           03m 31s
Creating custom code snippets           02m 26s
Using frame keyboard shortcuts           02m 05s
The Align panel           02m 16s
Fast masking           01m 38s
Shortcuts for rulers and guides           02m 31s
The essential toolbar shortcuts           02m 00s
Exporting a movie clip or graphic symbol animation           05m 39s
Importing sequences of images           02m 42s
Snap To Guides and Snap To Objects           03m 29s
Enabling buttons and ActionScript without testing the movie           02m 18s
Muting sounds           01m 21s
Using the History panel to create custom shortcuts           03m 36s

2. Design-Related Shortcuts
Panel shortcuts           01m 48s
Drawing shortcuts           02m 44s
Testing movies           01m 30s
Using the Movie Explorer           03m 29s
Saving and loading colors           02m 15s

3. Animation Shortcuts
Using easing presets in the Motion Editor           03m 21s
Working with frame previews           01m 45s
Setting onion skinning and onion skinning outlines           03m 03s

4. Library Shortcuts
Working with multiple libraries           02m 50s
Importing objects to the Library           01m 05s
Updating graphics in the Library           02m 07s

5. Text Shortcuts
Spell-checking           02m 19s
Embedding fonts           02m 21s
Adding variables in a text field           02m 04s

6. Coding Shortcuts
Creating new class/interface files           01m 28s
Using code snippets and behaviors           03m 38s
Navigating the code throughout your document           02m 43s
Using the Auto Format tool           02m 15s
Fixing coding errors           02m 31s

7. Optimization Shortcuts
Keeping SWF file sizes small           04m 15s
Making a preloader for better Flash Player performance           07m 11s
Best practices in ActionScript 3           06m 01s
Optimizing bitmaps           03m 06s
Optimizing audio           01m 56s

8. CS5.5 Shortcuts
Using Auto-Recovery and Auto-Save           04m 19s
Working with Authortime shared assets           02m 58s
Using the new Library Conflict Resolution dialog           01m 57s
Showing and hiding instances with the new visible property           02m 38s
Copying and pasting layers           01m 39s

Conclusion
Goodbye           00m 24s