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Sep. 24

Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™

Description

Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™ CS5 software is an approachable new interaction design tool. Transform Adobe Photoshop®, Illustrator®, and Fireworks® artwork into expressive, fully interactive projects without writing code, and leverage the reach and consistency of the Adobe Flash Platform.

Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and/or Adobe Photoshop

• Finding your way around
• Opening an existing Flash Catalyst project
• Exploring the Design workspace
• Previewing a project in a browser

• Preparing a design document
• Importing artwork
• Optimizing artwork

• Viewing the Library panel
• Deleting assets from the project
• Compressing images in the Library panel
• Renaming project assets
• Using assets in the Library panel
• Sharing project libraries

• Exploring the Layers panel
• Grouping objects
• Renaming objects in the Layers panel
• Optimizing complex groups
• Adding and deleting layers
• Stacking artwork using layers

• Page and component states
• Duplicating and modifying page states
• Adding and deleting states

• The building blocks of RIAs
• Using wireframe components
• Converting artwork to built-in components
• Creating custom components
• Adding interactivity

• Transitions and action sequences
• Inspecting default transition effects
• Adding smooth transitions
• Fine-tuning transitions
• Adding and changing effects
• Adding action sequences
• Flash Catalyst helper effects

• Preparing video for the web
• Importing and previewing video and sound
• Adding video to an application
• Controlling video playback
• Adding sound effects

• SWF files
• Adding SWF files to Flash Catalyst
• Controlling the playback of SWF files
• Adding a SWF file to a component

• Flash Catalyst data lists
• Creating a Data List component
• Setting data list properties
• Using design-time data
• Using a wireframe data list

• Flash Catalyst drawing tools
• Using the rulers, guides, and grid
• Drawing basic shapes and lines
• Changing stroke and fill
• Grouping and transforming
• Applying and removing filters
• Round-trip editing with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

• Delivery options
• Publishing your application
• Viewing the published files
• Publishing to the web with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Sep. 24