Adobe Flash
Intensive Introduction (suitable for beginner to intermediate students)
Taught by Joost De Geyter.  Click here for Joost's profile.

Adobe Flash is the leading animation and interactivity software being used on the Web today, and it's importance continues to explode ever greater as Web sites become more and more sophisticated and interactive every day.  Flash is commonly used to create dynamic content, advertisements, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.  Web design is making dramatic moves away from traditional HTML and toward the interactivity and multimedia features offered by Flash.  This course is intended for anyone who is interested in gaining a basic proficiency in Adobe Flash CS4.  We will focus on the core skills needed for starting a flash project, such as drawing, tweening, and using the timeline, as well as how to avoid the common pitfalls that new users often experience.  This is a hands-on workshop oriented class, where students will implement the skills learned in class in ongoing projects throughout the ten weeks.  In this course, students will learn to create vector-based artwork and animate it in Flash, learn about the Flash interface, drawing and color tools, animation basics, tweening, symbols, basic timeline-based scripting, and making simple Flash files to embed into Web pages.

Topics to be covered include:

Introduction to Flash
Creating simple graphics
Creating animation
Incorporating sound
Incorporating video
Working with external graphics
Adding interactivity

Integration with other applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator
Publishing Flash content
Working with Text Fields
Working with Movie Clips
Introduction to Action Script 3

Course Title: Adobe Flash
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200

Spring Session 2012: March 6th to May 12th

Section A: Tuesday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 6th to May 8th (Course Code: AF103)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section B: Tuesday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 6th to May 8th (Course Code: AF104)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section C: Saturday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 10th to May 12th (Course Code: AF105)
Location: ELC Learning Center

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email with further details.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Center during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2012 will take place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Monday, February 20th through Monday, February 27th, 2012.  Payments will be received in the Registration Office at the ELC Learning Center.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 and 12 people).  Register early to reserve your place.  Payment must be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.  (Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)