Macromedia Training Overview

Flash™ MX 2004: Designing and Developing Media (Macintosh) is the appropriate course for you if you need to create Web pages or Web page components that contain text, graphics, and animation, and that will display correctly in almost every browser on most computing platforms. Following this course, the Flash™ MX 2004: Adding Media and Interactivity course focuses on adding interactive buttons, audio, and visual media elements. If you need to create script-intensive media applications, consider taking the Flash™ MX 2004: Developing Applications course series instead.

Objectives

You will create Flash-based movies that contain graphics, text, and animations.

Target Student:

The target student is the professional who wants to develop multimedia and distribute it on the Web for electronic communications. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and design- or media-focused departments within larger corporations.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, students should be familiar with using a Mac-based computer. They should be comfortable using the Internet with Internet Explorer; familiarity with other browsers is a plus. Furthermore, students should have a basic understanding of HTML and design and media applications, such as Freehand and Fireworks.

Delivery Method:

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities

Hardware Requirements

• 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• 280 MB available disk space
• Monitor capable of displaying 1024 by 768 or greater resolution and true (24-bit or greater) color
• Mouse or other pointing device