Adobe Flash CS4/CS5:
Flash Video Development
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Adobe Flash CS4/CS5 Professional: Flash Video Development provides students who have prior Flash experience the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to develop and deliver video with Flash. Topics include developing a rich media player using the Flash CS4/CS5 pre-built components as well as ActionScript. Proper encoding techniques withe the new Adobe Media Encoder CS4/CS5, bandwidth considerations, alpha-channels and video filters will be covered in addition to building a custom media player and progressive vs. streaming strategies.
Topics covered in this two-day class are:
Flash Video Overview
- Understanding Streaming vs Progressive Delivery
- Flash Video Advantages
- Media player comparison
- Examples
Component Based Media Players
- Inserting Flash Video in Dreamweaver CS4/CS5
- Working with Skins
- Managing Dependant Files
- Using the FLVPlayback Component in Flash CS4/CS5
- Importing Video vs Component Panel
Component Parameters
- Understanding Relationship between MetaData, totalTime and Duration
- AutoHiding Skins
- Available skins - 17 controls / 2 families
- Setting Skin Color & Source
- Using rtmp as Source
- Setting Fullscreen Controls
Fullscreen Video
- Publishing – version support
- HTML code
FLV Playback Customization
- Creating your own Skin
- Using the Custom UI Components
- Modifying Custom UI Component skins
Video Playlists with Components
- Working with the List Component
- Setting a Data Provider
- Build a Chapter Selector Playlist
- Build a Clip Selector Playlist
- Customizing the Components
Custom Playlists
- Working with Event Listeners
- Creating Custom Buttons
- Toggling to Enable / Disable Active Clips
Encoding
- Importable Formats
- Summary of Codecs
- Using the Adobe Media Encoder CS4/CS5
- Understanding Video Bitrates
- Understanding Interlacing
- Determining Codec’s to use
Cue Points
- Defining 3 types of Cue Points
- Embedded Cue Points
- Listening for Cue Point Metadata
- Cue Points and Parameters
Poster frames and Preview images
- Defining “live preview”
- Loading PreviewImages with ActionScript
prerequisites:
- Students who have taken the Flash Level 2 ActionScript course are perfect candidates. Students who have taken the Flash CS4/CS5 Level1 course are also great candidates for this course after an additional 2-4 months of Flash development and ActionScript experience. In addition, any prior digital video experience is a benefit.
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