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Adobe Flash CS3 Training Course

Video-Based Training with Instructor R Blank

Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced

Outline summary

Flash CS3

Introduction to Flash CS3
Flash CS3 Interface
Creating a Basic Video Player
Designing Your Interface
Animating Your Interface
Coding for Video
Batch Encoding Video
Finishing the Player
Publishing for the Web
Exporting to QuickTime

System Requirements

This title is part of Keystone's Desktop Learning Library (DLL) which requires:

Windows 2000 or later
DVD-ROM drive
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Highlights—Learn:

Creating a Video Player
By building a simple video player using Flash CS3’s built-in player “skins,” R demonstrates the workflow for producing video from encoding through launch.

Designing Your Interface
R shows how to import an interface designed in Illustrator CS3 into Flash CS3, highlighting Flash’s improved importing tools and integration with the Creative Suite.

Publishing for the Web
R demonstrates how to create the HTML & CSS code necessary for publishing his video player on the web.

KeyStone Video-Based Training Offers the User:

	Overview: KeyStone training includes a complete overview of the instructor, product, and what to expect from the training.
	Controls: Users can move throughout the training with their own controls. Play, Pause, Stop, or check their time while the product bar illuminates as they advance through a topic.
	Course Map: Choosing which topic the user wants to learn is easy with the convenient course map. Advanced users may skip ahead or repeat users have the ability to pick up where they left off.
	Bookmarks: KeyStone's training tracks which topics the user has completed - displaying their progress through the course outline.
	Quizzes: Multiple-choice quizzes for each section covered allow the user to track their progress as they learn. Proficiency can be assessed at any time throughout the training.

Your Personal Instructor: R Blank

R Blank is CTO of Almer/Blank, an Adobe Solution Partner based in Venice, California that specializes in video and application development for the Flash Platform, for clients including E! Entertainment Television, Microsoft, Apple, Comcast, the House of Blues, and IKEA. Almer/Blank is also the creator of FlexTube.tv, the first private-label licensable video sharing network.

For over 13 years he has been an interactive designer, developer, consultant, teacher, and author, specializing in the planning, development and release of rich interfaces; R has specialized in Flash since 1999. R holds four Flash Certifications, was one of the first 50 Certified Flash Developers in the world, and has been a contributing author for the Flash Designer Certification Exam.

R founded and manages LA Flash, a community of over 2,800 Flash industry professionals, and home to three Adobe Users Groups for Flash, and also serves on the Information Technology Faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering. He is the author of 'DMTS: Inside Flash 8' DVD-training, and an upcoming book on developing Flex 2 applications from Friends of Ed. Previously, R co-founded and served as Director of Product & Design at Wildform where he co-created Flix, the first video encoder for Flash (now owned by On2). R has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA in History from Columbia University.