Class overview :

Class goals :

Additionally you we will cover some great open source class libraries that will help you in creating your effects and flash sites, and generally learn to take your ActionScript 3 skills to the next level.

Content of Adobe ActionScript 3 Advanced Techniques

Drawing

• Drawing API
• Triangles (and UVT)
• Bitmap fills

3D transformations

• rotationX/Y/Z transformations
• scaleX/Y/Z transformations
• x/y/z translations
• Simple 3D drawing

Collision Detection

• Hit tests
• Using Bitmaps for detection

Tweening

• Tween class
• Applying tweens
• Creating effects with tweens
• Other tweening libraries

Transitions and the Transition Manager

• Blinds
• Fade
• Fly
• Iris
• Squeeze
• Wipe
• Others

Colour

• Manipulating colours with AS3
• ColorTransform class

Transformations

• Matrix class
• Matrix3D class
• Transform
• Others

Video Effects

• Bitmaps
• Cameras
• Movies

Sound effects

• Loading sounds
• Controlling sounds
• Visualisation – waveforms and frequencies
• Microphones

Image Effects

• Bitmaps and BitmapData
• Filters and Blend modes
• PerlinNoise

Open source Classes

• Papervision3D
• Tweener
• TweenMax
• Minimal Components
• Others

Open source frameworks

• Gaia

Augmented Reality

• FLARToolkit
• Adding Papervision3D

Object Orientated Programming

• Creating your own class
• Creating methods
• Creating getters/setters
• Using your custom class
• Creating Document classes

Flash and Flash Builder (Flex Builder)

• Importing Flash work into Flash Builder
• Setting up your classes in Flash Builder
• Embedding Flash work as assets in your classes
• Using Flash Builder with php and mysql

Components and Data

• Components
  • Button
  • Checkbox
  • ColourPicker
  • Combobox
  • Datagrid
  • etc

Working with data

• Database Integration
  • Setting up a server and database
  • Testing server/flash/db integration
  • Ways to connect Flash and data – AMFPHP
• XML
• DataProvider