In this presentation you will learn how to make some basic flash documents, how to make motion and shape tweens, how to build simple buttons, and how to import Flash video into a flash document.To take advantage of this tutorial, you will need to download the Flash player and Flash MX 2004 Professional trial version. Click on the lessons, and do the activities in order:

1. Getting Started

2. What we will make

3. Making a shape

4. Making a shape tween

5. Making a button

6. Importing Video and making a preloader

7. Adding the TV background

8. Action script for this project

Flash presentation given by Paula Willig to the Faculty Summer Institute, Illinois Online Network. For more information visit the website at: http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/institutes/fsi/2005/index.asp

Here are some more helpful links for working with Flash:

• Flash Developer Center

• Flashkit.com

• Ultrashock.com

My Home site: www.jalc.edu/ipp