Free Flash CS3 Tutorial
This free Flash CS3 tutorial is for beginners who want to learn the basic concepts of Flash.
Flash is a great tool to help you add animation and interactivity in your websites. You can download a 30 day trial version of Flash from the Adobe.com website.
You might also be interested in professionally designed Flash Splash pages/ Intros.
if you want to use Flash as part of a website you might also be interested in the Website Building Tutorial, Fireworks CS3 Tutorial, Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorial and Flash CS3 Website Tutorial.
In order to make your website live you will need to sign up with a hosting server and domain name. I recommend Hostgator which I use to host this site.
Let's learn some of the basic concepts of Flash by creating a simple animation of a train.
Download the original source file so that you can check it in case you get confused along the way.
Flash CS3 Animation Tutorial for Beginners
- Step 1: Create a new Flash CS3 document
- Step 2: Add text
- Step 3: Graphic Symbols
- Step 4: Layers
- Step 5: Draw Shapes (Rectangle)
- Step 6: Draw Shapes (Oval)
- Step 7: Draw Lines
- Step 8: Reuse Symbols
- Step 9: Resize and Rotate objects
- Step 10: Paste in Place
- Step 11: Align
- Step 12: Change colors of symbols
- Step 13: Transform Options
- Step 14: Movie Clip Symbols
- Step 15: Keyframes
- Step 16: Motion Tweens
- Step 17: Lock Layers
- Step 18. Import an Image
- Step 19: Publish the Flash file
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- Flash CS3 Quiz Tutorial
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- Free Flash CS3 Website Template
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