Adobe Flash CS3 and CS4 Hands-On and Online Training Classes
Ascend offers hands-on, Adobe-Authorized Flash CS3, CS4, and any possible future version classes online, in a classroom style, or at your location. Since 1998, we have offered the highest quality training for those in the creative and development communities. When learning Adobe Flash, we feel a more individualized training experience is vital, whether online or at our facility.
*Ascend Training has no information regarding the release date of Flash Catalyst CS5 or any other Creative Suite CS5 Application. All information on this page is available on the Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Public Beta Site. We will offer Flash Catalyst CS5 classes as soon as it is released by Adobe.
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Adobe CS5 Hands-on, Live, Multi-Day Classroom Training
Adobe Flash CS5 Level 1: Rich Content Creation
This course for designers and budding developers new to the Flash environment, Students will produce an engaging Flash interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. User interactions are added using built-in Flash ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. Students will leave this class with the ability to create and incorporate web animations. Please contact us regarding pricing and availability. Prerequisite: Strong computer skills, and exposure to web development concepts. Dreamweaver Website Development is suggested prior to this course.
Adobe Flash CS5 Level 2: Actionscript 3.0
This course for designers and budding developers new to the Flash environment, Students will produce an engaging Flash interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. User interactions are added using built-in Flash ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. Students will leave this class with the ability to create and incorporate web animations. Please contact us regarding pricing and availability. Prerequisite: Strong computer skills, and exposure to web development concepts. Dreamweaver Website Development is suggested prior to this course.
Adobe Flash CS5 Level 3: Advanced Actionscript 3.0
This advanced Flash class is for current Flash designers with ActionScript experience. Students must be active Actionscript developers with a minimum of 1 year developing experience. Students will find that the Advanced Adobe Flash Actionscript course provides the knowledge and hands-on practice required to build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash pieces. This course focuses on teaching students more advanced ActionScript topics that removes their reliance on timeline-based visual tools.
Adobe Flashbuilder (Flex) 4: Developing Rich Internet Applications
Flex 4: Developing Rich Client Applications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience using Flex. This three day course introduces developers to all the primary features of Flex they'll need to know in order to build a fully functional, well architected front end for a Rich Internet Application (RIA).
Flex 4: Data and Communications: The second part of this workshop provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience connecting their Flex font ends to remote, dynamic data using Flex Data Services. This two day course instructs developers how to connect with remote data using web services and Flex Data Services' features allowing communication with a Java backend. In addition, skills will be learned how to manipulate and format the returned data.
Adobe Flashbuilder (Flex) 4: LCDS 4 Data Driven Development
Flex 4: Building Dashboard Applications provides developers with the knowledge needed to use Flex 4 charts to create highly interactive dashboards for data visualization. By the end of the course, developers will be able to create interactive dashboards by leveraging the Flex 3 framework and the Flex 4 charting components.
Students learn about using, formatting and styling Flex 4 charts as well as creating interactive charts and dynamically controlling chart data. Developers will also have the opportunity to discuss conceptual topics for dashboard creation and usability. You should take this course if you are a Flex programmer who needs to provide data visualization in your Flex applications.
Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Level 1
Once Flash Catalyst is released, this course will introduce students to the cutting-edge, near-magical approach to Interactive Media design: Flash Catalyst. Working with designs and documents made in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, and more, students will learn to add interactivity and actions while sacrificing nothing in terms of design creativity. Prerequisites: Students should be computer-literate (Mac or PC) and possess a working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Please call for pricing and availability once the software is released. (Ascend has no information regarding the release date of Flash Catalyst)
Adobe CS4 Hands-on, Live, Multi-Day Classroom Training
Adobe Flash CS4 Level 1: Rich Content Creation
Adobe Flash CS4 Level 1: Rich Content Creation is an introductory course for designers and budding developers new to the Flash environment, or those that have not had formal training. Students will produce an engaging Flash interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. User interactions are added using built in Flash ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. Students will leave this class with the ability to create and incorporate web animations.
Adobe Flash CS4 Level 2: Actionscript 3.0
Adobe Flash CS4 Level 2: ActionScript 3.0 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing new CS4 Features and core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods, then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with ActionScript.
Adobe Flash CS4 Level 3: Advanced Actionscript
Adobe Flash CS4 Level 2: ActionScript 3.0 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing new CS4 Features and core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods, then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with ActionScript.
Online, Interactive Training
Online: Adobe Flash, Level 1
This online class is for those who want to create innovative online animations. Students learn to create engaging animated SWF files and incorporate interactivity using ScriptAssist. File formats like .flv and .fla, animation, tweens, instances, scripting and more are covered. Students that take this online class receive a $150 credit toward any hands-on classes at Ascend.
Online: Adobe Flash, Level 2
This online class is for those who are experienced in Flash and want to learn to add interactivity using Actionscript 3.0. We use a step-by-step method to teach the incorporation of Actionscript into Flash projects. Students learn to use the Actionscript 3.0 language, plus animation, tweens, instances, scripting, and building applications. Students who take this online class receive a $150 credit toward any hands-on class at Ascend.
Flash CS5 New Features
Adobe has revamped Flash to separate them into the following applications:
Flash Catalyst: For designers who want to create interactive content and animations without code.
Flash Professional: The "Adobe Flash" as we have known it.
Flash Builder: The former Flex Builder.
Adobe Flash Professional
Adobe Flash CS5 includes a new text engine that will make it incredibly easy to apply more traditional publishing stylinges like kerning, tracking and leading. The new "TLF" will also enable Flash users to create columns and flow text around images.
In Flash Proessional, we now have Code Hinting and a Code Snippets Panel to utilize pre-built code. An alternive to the FLA format is the new XFL. The Creative Suite integration will absolutely change the way you work with Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Flash Builder.
About Flash CS4
The Flash video exporter has new features which improve the ease of creating and manipulating video in Flash. These features include deinterlacing right in the exporter and better file management and customization. Flash CS4 has motion export, which you can use across projects or import into Flex Builder 3. When creating motion tweens in Flash CS4, you can right click on an asset, copy the motion, and then apply it to other assets on the stage, or even objects in other projects!
With Flash CS4, you can import Photoshop .psd files and Illustrator .ai files and preserve the layers, then edit them locally in Adobe Flash CS4. Flash also now lets you customize the files during import with advanced import options.
You'll definitely be able to save time with the new ActionScript 3.0 which features better performance, more flexibility, and more intuitive and structured development.
When creating animations, you can convert timeline animations directly into AS3.0 code that can be edited, reused, and sampled. You can now even copy animations to apply to one object from another!
About Ascend Training's Adobe Programs
Ascend Training has offered the highest quality Adobe Authorized classes in the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Indiana areas since 1998. We are constantly offering the newest versions of all Adobe software training classes upon realease. We currently offer all CS4 classes, but will offer Adobe CS5 and CS6 classes upon release by Adobe. This includes Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Flash CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS6 and all Adobe future upgrades. Adobe has not announced any dates for any future upgrades.
Classes Available for Group Onsite or Online Training:
Adobe Flash CS3 Level 1: Rich Content Creation
Adobe Flash CS3 Level 1: Rich Content Creation is an introductory course for designers and budding developers new to the Flash environment, or those that have not had formal training. Students will produce an engaging Flash interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. User interactions are added using built in Flash ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. Students will leave this class with the ability to create and incorporate web animations.
Adobe Flash CS3 Level 2: Actionscript 3.0
Adobe Flash CS3 Level 2: ActionScript 3.0 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing new CS3 Features and core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods, then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with ActionScript.
Adobe Flash CS3 Level 3: Advanced Actionscript
Adobe Flash CS3 Level 2: ActionScript 3.0 provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing new CS3 Features and core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods, then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with ActionScript.
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