Flash Web Site Design Training

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Flash Web Site Design Learn how to build entire Web sites in a Flash using Adobe Flash, the top technology used in presenting and designing Web multimedia.

Flash Web sites entice visitors with motion, visual intensity, and sound and can also provide a higher level of usability. They also provide an unprecedented browser support, strong interactivity, and wide-ranging functionality. If you've mastered the basics in Flash animation techniques, creating Flash Web sites is your next logical step as a Web designer.

In this project-based course you'll learn skills for creating professional, compelling-looking Flash sites. You'll learn a template and approach you can carry forward to your professional projects.

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Class Title: Flash Web Site Design Start Date: Classes start daily. Enroll today and gain immediate access. Class Length: Three months of access to class materials and instructor feedback. Instructor: David Witt Other details: Self-paced, online, 24 access to online learning environment
	Tuition: $803

Class Instructor Bio: David Witt is a Brooklyn, NYC-based new media artist and award-winning interactive multimedia designer. He has worked for many top brands and agencies, and has a background in graphic design, web design, digital imaging and high-end print production. His current focus is on creating new paradigms in interface design and multimedia applications using FlashMX/Actionscript, which he also uses to create abstract animations that are shown at galleries and new media venues around New York City. David holds a MFA in Design + Technology from Parsons School of Design. LEFT: Image from Flash Web Site Design with David Witt Entire sites can (and should) be built with Flash.

Class Projects and Objectives:

This online class is packed with projects and tips.  Students can expect to: 

• Set up Flash for optimal Web design workflow.
• Explore keyboard shortcuts and panel arrangements.
• Learn authoring guidelines to structure a Flash site.
• Design page layouts for a portfolio site and apply color and design effects.
• Plan and design effective navigation structures.
• Learn how HTML-based conventions and wayfinding navigation treatments affect a design.
• Create site maps of content and hierarchy.
• Design and build page interfaces and navigation structures with animated features.
• Apply transitions to a site header, navigation, and content areas.
• Learn the purpose of the Flash stage breakdown and maintenance of state.
• Explore different transitions of content, including alpha, size, and color.
• Learn when and why to use various content transitions.
• Explore how to work with tweens, programmatic animations, and single keyframe animations.
• Embed a Flash movie in an HTML page.
• Learn how to implement a seamless framing experience with HTML..
• Learn how to publish a Flash Web site.
• Explore three case studies of inspiring Flash design.
• Learn tips for taking one's Flash skills to the next level.
• Design a preloader animation for Flash web site.
• Create a Flash detector page to determine detect a user's Flash plug-in.
• Add HTML meta code for search engine placement.
• Learn about recent trends in Flash technology.