70-page Flash MX Training Manual

Flash videos and movies consist of multi-media graphics, text, and animations that are designed for web applications and sites. Flash contents is made up of vector graphics, and also imported video, bitmap graphics, and sounds. As a web designer and developer, you can add user interactivity to your Flash movies to make it more attractive and compelling for your visitors. You can also use Flash to create navigation controls, animated logos, and animations with synchronized sound. Flash development files are .fla type files and contain all the data necessary for developing and testing the content. The Flash movies that a visitor or user sees are produced from a published .fla file and end with the .swf extension.

Here is a 70-page Flash MX Training Manual, from Purdue University, that will show and teach you many of the features of Flash and how to create and present Flash presentations and movies. The Flash topics covered by this training document are listed below in the table of contents. (607kb, pdf format)

Table of Contents of Flash MX Training Manual:

Getting Started
System requiements
Installing Flash

About Flash MX and General Overview
General Flash settings and features
Stage & work area of Flash MX
Using the grid
Using guides
Using rulers
Creating a new document/template
Using Scenes & Scene Panel
Using the timeline
Changing the location of the playhead
Using frames & keyframes
Working with Frames and Keyframes in timeline
Creating frame labels & comments in the timeline
Using layers
Creating layers and layer folders
Viewing layers and layer folders
&nb ..

Photoshop Tutorials from Tutorialman

TutorialMan specializes in offering many Photoshop Tutorials that you will find useful in learning many of the features and functionalilty of this popular graphics and imaging editing application. It provides both Photoshop tutorial links and Photoshop tutorial content. The categories are listed and linked below.

Photoshop Tutorial Categories at Tutorialman:

- Web Graphics Photoshop Tutorials

- PS Basics Photoshop Tutorials

- Layouts Photoshop Tutorials

- FX (Effects) Photoshop Tutorials

- Digital Art Photoshop Tutorials

- Text Photoshop Tutorials

- Miscellaneous Photoshop Tutorials

- TutorialMan Photoshop Tutorials

- 3D Tutorials

- 3D Resources

InDesign CS2 and CS3 Tutorials

Adobe's Indesign is a popular application for desktop publishing, object handling, and creating transparency effects for both text and graphics. These InDesign CS2 and CS3 Tutorials in video format from video-tutes.com will take you through and show you how to do many tasks using InDesign's features.You will learn how to create page layouts, print designs, and great effects. You will also learn keyboard shortcuts and how InDesign integrates with other Adobe software applications. These InDesign tutorials are aimed at all levels of users, from the begginner to the advanced.

Adobe InDesign CS2 Video Tutorials:

- Runaround - Force Field
- New Document
- Adding Pages
- Drop Caps
- Pantone Spot Colour
- Paragraph Style
-

57 Illustrator CS2 Video Tutorials

Here are 57 Illustrator CS2 Video Tutorials from video-tutes.com. These Illustrator tutorials will teach you how to create and work with the following using Illustrator: vector graphics and shapes, the Pen and Brush Tools, text and fonts, slice and layers, blending colors, web icons, print design, 3-D maps, custom effects, custom libraries, and keyboard shortcuts. The graphics and artwork you'll create using these tutorials can afterwards be exported and used in Flash. These free tutorials are aimed at all types of Illustrator users, from those just starting out to more advanced users.

28 Basic Illustrator Video Tutorials:

- Create & Outline Fonts
- Pattern Swatch
- Swatches
- Spray Can Shapes
- Spray Can Images
- Shape Morf
- Scale & Skew
- Rotate & Reflect
- 78 Photoshop Tutorials hosted by Photoshopstar.com. These Photoshop tutorials are for both beginners and more advanced users, and will help increase your knowledge and skills with many Photoshop tools and features, including web layout and designing with Photoshop, and many image, photo, and text effects. Each tutorial provides screen shots and numbered step-by step instructions.

Photoshop Tutorials at Photoshopstar:

- Swanky Subscribe Badges
- Making of an Abstract Art Piece
- Eery-Eye Photo Manipulation
- Design a Stylish Fashion-Themed Advert
- Simple & Cool Urban-Style Logo
- Neat Scotch Tape Effect
- Design a Sleek Gold Ribbon
- Indiana Jones Movie Logo / Text Effect
- Add Stock Texture to Improve Artwork
- Design your own Presidential Candidate Badge
- *Bling Bling* Simple Gold Text Ef ..

Flash Tutorials in Many Categories

For many Flash Tutorials in lots of areas, check out FlashPerfection.com. These tutorials will teach you how to use Flash, from the basics on up to producing Flash websites complete with multi-media presentations and animations. The categories of these Flash tutorials are linked below, and you can also use this search form to find the Flash topics you are looking for. This site also lets you upload your Flash tutorials, tips, and tricks so you can share them with others.

Search Flash Tutorials at Flash Perfection:

Flash Tutorial Categories at Flash Perfection:

- 3D Flash Tutorials

- Flash Actionscripting Tutorials

- Flash Animation Tutorials

- Flash Audio Tutorials

- Flash Backend Tutorials

- Flash Dynamic Content Tutorials

- Flash Games Tutorials

4 Free Online Flash Books

Here are four Free Online Flash Books to help you master this web development application. Adobe Flash is rapidly becoming the Web's most widely used platform for creating rich media with animation and motion graphics, but mastering Flash isn't easy. These books will help you increase your Flash skills in many areas and features of Flash, including color effects, drawing and masking, animation, 3D, text, audio, video, user interface, printing, XML, and Actionscript. ActionScript is Flash's programming language that allows you to produce compelling multimedia web sites and more.

Flash Book
- Visual Effects
- Color Effects
- Drawing and Masking
- Animation
- 3D and Physics
- Text
- Sound
- User Interface Elements
- Performance and Optimization
- ActionScript
- Browser Integration

Flash and XML: A Developer's Guide
- Adobe Illustrator CS2 Essentials, from the Institute of Advanced Studies. This tutorial will teach you about both designing and illustrating multimedia artwork using Illustrator CS2, which is a graphics editing application used for printing, multimedia, and online graphics. This Illustrator tutorial gives you the steps and tasks needed for using Illustrator's many tools to produce quality and professional looking graphics. Its 15 sections are listed below, 25 pages in length and 9.45mb in size (pdf format).

Contents of Illustrator Essentials Tutorial:

- Getting Started
- The Illustrator Workspace
- The Toolbox
- Tool Descriptions
- Placing Files
- Making Selections
- Creating Basic Shapes
- Inserting and Formating Text
- Arranging
- Grouping
- Locking
- Applying Styles and Effects
- Working with Symbols
- Saving and Exporting
- Getting Help

6-page Dreamweaver Tutorial

Here is a 6-page Illustrated Dreamweaver Tutorial that will help you starting creating web pages with this application. I takes you through six fundamental web page topics showing how to get started, setting page properties, working with text, creating hyperlinks, adding images, and adding and managing tables. These 8-steps are in Adobe Photoshop tutorial, which is of six pages in pdf format and is 443kb in size.

Contents of this Dreamweaver Tutorial:

Getting Started
File Storage/Architecture
Page Creation
Properties Palette
Naming Conventions

Setting Page Properties

Enhancing Text
Heading Sizes
Font Size and Color
Alignments
Bulleted and Numbered Lists
Text Indext / Tab
Single / Double Space

Creating a Link
Absolute Link
Relative Link
Email Link
Document / PDF file Link
Image Links

Adding Images
Src tag
Align tag
link tag
Alt tag
Width and Height tags

Adding and Managing Tables
Width
Border
Cell Padding
Cell Spacing
Merging Cells
Splitting Cells

3 Photoshop Tutorials

Here are two Photoshop Tutorials from the Institute of Advanced Study. One will help you with working with Digital Images usages and other one will show you hows to scan an image into Photoshop. Also included in this post is another Photoshope scanning how to document from Emory University.

Working with Digital Images using Adobe Photoshop CS2

This Photoshop CS2 tutorial teaches you the basic features and tools of Photoshop. No prior experience with Photoshop is necessary. The tutorial is in 24 pages and 567kb in size (pdf format).

Contents of this Photoshop CS2 Tutorial:

Introduction
Topics:

Basic interface and the toolbars in the program.

Making and saving a new document

How to use layers and history

How to use the basic tools such as zoom, pan, brush, select, crop etc.

How to create text

How to fix a red eye

General Terminology
Creating A New Document
Getting To Know The Work
The Toolbox
Viewing The Image
Cropping a Photo
Adjusting Levels And Brightness
Resizing an Image
Rotating an Image
Fixing Red
Using The Color Picker
Typing Text
Layers and The Layer
History Palette
Photoshop Help

Scanning an Image into Photoshop

This document reviews how to ..

Blog for Free Training on Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Adobe - Macromedia Apps