What is Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5?

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5 is a tool to create prototype user interfaces for Flex based applications. Designers can rapidly prototype user interfaces using skinnable components and interactions.

About the Course

This course is designed to impart participants with the various facets of Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5. Integrating rich media into a site and designing data lists for repeating elements is one of the highlights of this course. The area this course would cover is:

1. Building a functioning wireframe
2. Importing and editing artwork
3. Triggering state changes using interactions

The above areas will be dealt with in depth analysis.

Objective of the course

The Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5 is prepared for candidates who are ready to start their careers    as Games & application builders, Web designers and Web developers. Under E- Learning Lines, the participants will get to know the intricacies of interactive of interactive web designing. The main objectives of this course are:

1. Exploring new features in Flash Catalyst CS5.5
2. Project planning
3. Understanding and skinning components
4. Creating conditional interactions
5. Creating complex data lists 

Advantage of the course

Any course undertaken by E-Learning Lines comes with its inherent innovative training methodologies. At E Learning Lines tutors strive to make professionals out of the participants. The advantages of this course whether it is learning benefits or career benefits are immense:

1. The course is totally industry ready and with ample projects and workshops
2. It provides important tools to build a bridge between industry philosophies and creativity
3. The course helps to gain immense knowledge and extensive skill on interactive website creation
4. Provides extensive knowledge on how website designing can be more effective than before
5. Participants will not only get certified but also inherit world class knowledge
6. Helps to kick start your career as a game

Key Features

E-learning line helps in achieving the expertise in the relevant field. Whether you are a beginner or a professional the Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5 course with E-Learning Line will help you to build a strong Design platform by providing you with the following:

1. Quizzes on Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5 and its modules and other topics
2. Project on Creation of Artwork and its various editing tools
3. Learn, work and gain immense practical knowledge under industry best practitioners
4. Receive globally approved certification on Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5
5. Guidance to resume preparation for further job assistance
6. Ask for help anytime to our 24/7 support desk
7. E-Learning Line aims at focus oriented and practical aspects of each course so that each candidates get complete exposure to what they have learnt.

Eligibility

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS 5.5 is ideally suited for those individuals who are

1. Proficient in Adobe Illustrator,
2. Proficient in Photoshop and similar web editing and
3. Experience in Digital Art creation software. 

Curriculum

Assignment 1: Introduction

1. Creating a Wireframe
2. Setting your project up
3. Defining the structure
4. Adding the states
5. Adding transitions
6. Adding interactions
7. Adding components

Assignment 2: Creating a new project

1. Starting you project

 Assignment 3: Defining Basic Components

1. Understanding components
2. Skinning component (checkbox)
3. Skinning component (radio button)
4. Skinning a component (toggle button)
5. Skinning horizontal/vertical scroll bar components
6. Skinning horizontal/vertical slider components

Assignment 4: Creating and Editing Artwork

1. Using the drawing and selection tools
2. Importing Artwork
3. Optimizing Artwork
4. Setting object properties

Assignment 5: Organisation and Layout

1. Using state and layers
2. Aligning and distributing artwork
3. Moving elements between states
4. Using grids, guides and rulers

Assignment 6: Creating Interactions and Transitions

1. Understanding Interactions
2. Creation of Conditional Interactions
3. Creating smooth transitions
4. Defining Resize Transitions
5. Defining Rotate Transitions
6. Defining Rotate 3D Transitions
7. Creation of Action Sequence
8. Understanding the Timeline
9. Defining Move Transition 

Assignment 7: Creating Resizable Application

1. How do Constraints work?
2. Adding Constraints to groups
3. Placing contents off the stage
4. Making elements stretch

Assignment 8: Integrating Rich Media

1. Creating Flash Video Files
2. Controlling video playback
3. Sound Effects
4. Integrating Flash Contents
5. Placing video into a project

Assignment 9: Working with Design-Time Data

1. Using a data list to define repeating elements
2. Creating a basic data list: Building the components
3. Building components in complex data list
4. Adding the data in the complex data list

Assignment 10: Publishing Projects

1. SWF Publishing
2. Manually Adding Assets
3. Publishing Adobe AIR File

Assignment 11: Advancing Projects

1. Creating Custom Components
2. Library Packages
3. Code View in Flash Catalyst
4. Quiz

Assignment 12: Case Study

Assignment 13: Project and Workshop