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May 09 Flash Students

May 26th, 2009 Kat

We are having another fun-filled session at LVS! We would like all of our Flash students to show off their weekly Flash work. Please provide the URL of your assignment movie and a brief explanation of what you learned in the lesson. Be sure to mention which class you are in – Flash Intro, Flash Intermediate, Flash Advanced, or Flash FX Part 1.

Happy Flashing!
Kat and Frieda

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Are you ready to learn Flash?

April 26th, 2009 Kat

If you are a web designer, develop as many market-hot skills as possible. Go beyond listing experiences; focus on skills. Skills ARE your biggest security blanket! Flash is a tool for creating interactive and animated Web sites. The Adobe Flash course series at LVS Online Classes will take you through a step by step process to learn Flash from the ground up. By the time the series is finished, students have a wide range of knowledge to create a Flash website.

But did you know there are a lot of innovative Flash templates available on the web that make web design life a little easier? Flash templates are customizable so it helps to know at least the basics of Flash to be able to customze a chosen Flash template. After you learn Flash, you may want to check out such sites as Template Monster, Entheosweb, Best Web Templates. Most Flash template sites offer free templates – which would be a good way to learn how to get around in Flash templates before you purchase one if you choose to do so.

Flash Intro Online Class: This 6 week Intro course focuses on learning the interface, tools, and basic features of Flash. You will create animated logos, buttons, and simple movies to brighten up your web site.

Flash Intermediate Online Class: In this 6 week course, you’ll be introduced to more powerful features of Flash. This intermediate course will take you beyond the basics, exploring Flash further in depth. The course focuses on creating dynamic web sites using Interactivity and basic ActionScripting. At the completion of this course you will have learned all the necessary tools and features to create low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and vector-based Web sites.

Flash Advanced Online Class: Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, and CS3 came jam-packed with so many bells and whistles that it is necessary to have a class just on the new productivity features that were not included in the earlier Flash classes. This 6 week class explores these new features in Flash, such as Timeline Effects, Behaviors, Commands & Extensions, and Image in Textfields to name just a few.

Flash FX Part 1 Online Class: In this 6 week course, we’ll begin exploring how to use the concepts learned in Intro and Intermediate to create the animation effects that add spice to your Flash movies.

This course will focus on applied Masking Techniques, Transition Techniques, Text Effect and Tips & Tricks to make your Flash life easier! Some of the effects include the use of Action Script; these will be explained and documented as necessary to allow you to use them without having to be an “Action Scripter”.

At the end of this online class you will be able to create basic transition animation, jazz up logos and banners with text & mask effects like those done in Swish, and offer quick loading Slide Shows to your viewers, among other things!

Flash FX Part 2 Online Class: In Part 2 of this 6 week course, we’ll begin exploring how to use the concepts learned in Intro and Intermediate to create the animation effects that add spice to your Flash movies.

This course will focus on effects that are transferable to your Flash projects, 3D animations, ecards, and Tips & Tricks to make your Flash life easier! Some of the effects include the use of Action Script; these will be explained and documented as necessary to allow you to use them without having to be an “Action Scripter”.

The course descriptions of each class include class requirements, class prerequisites, course syllabus, course excerpt, and sample assignment movies. Some of our Flash students also post their work on the Flash class blog along with a brief description of what they learned. Be sure to check them out!

You may also be interested in what some of our previous Flash class students have to say about LVS Online Flash Classes.

There you have it – if you are ready to learn Flash – the Flash courses at LVS Online Classes is the best place to start!

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Flash Inspirations

February 3rd, 2009 Kat

Most people affiliated with LVS know that not only am I partner with LVS Online Classes, but I also I teach the Flash classes. Flash classes started back in 2000 with version 4. Flash was the big buzz back then and Vikki and I were in awe of it – the things e could in Flash amazed us! We wanted to share this awesome program with our students so developed the Flash 4 Intro class. Soon, Flash 5 was released and we created Intro lessons for that version along with an Intermediate class due to so many aspects in Flash. Our Flash students were telling us they wanted more, more! So we brought on Becky as our assistant – who started out as a student. We knew she was very smart because she’d try to submit assignments with a lot of “work ahead” or “not discussed” yet features – which as all of our Flash students know, this is a big no-no! The slaps on the wrists and the whips with the wet cyber-noodle didn’t phase Becky too much – she found creative ways to get around our rules So – as they say, if you can’t beat ‘em – join ‘em! We recruited Becky and soon we had her helping us write more Flash lessons.

Vikki got busy with her Build Your Website, CSS, XHTML/SSL, and Homesite classes so it wasn’t easy for her to keep up with Flash. As much as she hated to give up Flash classes – she knew it was for the best and soon it was just Becky and I – so along came the Flash Actionscript classes (Becky’s a natural). Still, students wanted more – and we wanted to to see more creative stuff – so we developed the Flash FX classes (Part 1 and Part 2). These are a huge amount of fun – but due to the complexity of Flash – assignments do take considerable time to review – what with 7 Flash classes Becky and I had trouble keeping up – so now it was Frieda to the rescue, who also began as a Flash student.

Frieda was a huge joy to have in class – her enthusiasm shined through and was very positive about everything. Her attitude was refreshing and a pleasure to have in class. At some point she mentioned that she had taken 2 college classes in Flash – but neither could compare to our Flash classes here at LVS (not that we are bragging or anything). But, the difference is, we are not in it for the money – as it is for most of the instructors at LVS. I’m sure you can understand that because we don’t charge much for classes – none of the staff is going to “get rich quick”! We teach what we teach because we enjoy the topic we are instructing and enjoy sharing our knowledge. Our real reward comes from our students journey in learning and the appreciation that is shown on completion.

Our communication with students in the first couple weeks of Flash class is usually about how they don’t know the program but have wanted to learn it for so long. A lot of students relate to us that they feel Flash is too complicated but want to give it a try, with not much hope of succeeding. By the end of the 6 week class our students so happy with the progress they made – they go from not knowing what a keyframe or a motion tween is to creating logos, interactive buttons and interactive websites by the time they finish the class.

Another difference between LVS Flash classes and classes at a brick and mortar school is the support that our students receive. But don’t take my word for it – check out the reviews posted by some of our students.

Well – now we are at a new version of Flash – CS4 and due to the considerable differences in this version, once again new lessons need to be written. Becky has moved over as the instructor to the Build Your Website II class and her full time job limits her time to delve into Flash. So, it will be Frieda and I writing the new lessons for CS4 – we hope to have it ready for the May session. Be sure to watch the updates that are sent to the LVS mailing list – or keep an eye on this blog.

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January 09 Session Flash Students

January 29th, 2009 Kat

Yes, Flash is a bit complicated, but it’s a very fun program! The creation of your first movies is a very rewarding experience.  We invite our January 09 session Flash students to share your work so that visitors to this blog can see what you can do, just after a few lessons in Flash!

Flash students enjoy seeing other Flash students work as well – please post the URL of your movies here each week by clicking on the Comments link below!

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Flash Classes January 09 Session

December 15th, 2008 Kat

Ring in the new year with Flash classes! Flash classes at LVS are open for registration.

Flash Intro Class 

Looking to learn Flash? Flash is a very popular authoring software for creating interactive animation for the web – from simple animated logos to full scale Flash web sites. This 6 week Intro course focuses on learning the interface, tools, and basic features of Flash. You will create animated logos, buttons, and simple movies to brighten up your web site. To read more about Flash Intro class, see sample work, and sign up, go here: http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=50

Flash Intermediate Class 

Do you have the basics under your belt and want to learn more? In the Intermediate Level course, you’ll be introduced to more powerful features of Flash. This intermediate course will take you beyond the basics, exploring Flash further in depth. The course focuses on creating dynamic web sites using Interactivity and basic ActionScripting. At the completion of this course you will have learned all the necessary tools and features to create low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and vector-based Web sites. To read more about the Intermediate Flash course, see sample work, and sign up click here: http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=124

 Flash Advanced Class
Are you ready for the Advance features of Flash? Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, and CS3 came jam-packed with so many bells and whistles that it is necessary to have a class just on the new productivity features that were not included in the earlier Flash classes.

This 6 week class explores these new features in Flash, such as Timeline Effects, Behaviors, Commands & Extensions, and Image in Textfields to name just a few. Follow this link to see sample Flash work and sign up for the Advanced class: http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=134

Flash FX Classes

Need more Flash? The Flash FX classes are really fun and jam packed with a lot of neat effects such as Masking Techniques, Transition Techniques, Text Effect, Coloring Book, Snow, Rain, Star Field, and Fire effects, Rotating Globe, and an e-Card to name just a few.

Follow these links to view sample Flash work and sign up!
http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=49
http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=149

Classrooms open Jan. 5 2009
Registration closes Jan. 7, 2009
First lesson posts Jan. 10, 2009

Come on and join us – you’ll have a Flashing good time!

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November Session Flash Students

November 4th, 2008 Kat

Please use this post to show off your weekly assignment movies! Click on the comment link and in the body of your comment include the class name, the link to your SWF file or HTML page, and describe in brief detail what you learned.
Everyone enjoys seeing your Flash creations – so don’t be shy!

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Registration is open for the November 2008 session!

October 3rd, 2008 Kat

Registration is open!
Classrooms open Oct. 27, 2008
Registration closes Oct. 29, 2008
First lesson posts Nov. 1, 2008

Flash MX2004/ 8/ CS3 Introduction
Flash MX2004/ 8/ CS3 Intermediate
Flash MX2004/ 8/ CS3 Advanced
Flash FX Part 1
Flash FX Part 2

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September Session Flash Students

September 29th, 2008 Kat

Each session we ask our Flash students (there are 5 instructor-led Flash classes at LVS) to share their assignment movies on our Flash blog so our visitors can see what they have been doing. Our Flash students work hard and we are very proud of their accomplishments!

Flash students – in the comment section of this blog post, please post the URL of your assignment movies. Thanks for sharing your work and let’s have fun viewing and commenting on other students Flash creations!

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Register for Flash classes now!

August 3rd, 2008 Kat

Flash is a tool for creating interactive and animated Web sites. Whether you’d like to spruce up your website with a bit of pizazz or create a complete Flash website, our Flash classes will lead the way for you. LVS offers Flash for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users.

Flash Intro Course:

This 6 week Intro course focuses on learning the interface, tools, and basic features of Flash. You will create animated logos, buttons, and simple movies to brighten up your web site.Flash is software which gives web developers the ability to create interactive, animated web sites. Before Flash appeared on the scene, creating animated web sites (especially with sound) involved using large, multiple files. This requires high bandwidth that the general public does not have. Flash files, in contrast, can be very small, so bandwidth is less of a concern. Flash also brings a level of advanced animation and interactivity previously unavailable using traditional Internet technology.

Flash Intermediate:

In this 6 week course, you’ll be introduced to more powerful features of Flash. This intermediate course will take you beyond the basics, exploring Flash further in depth. The course focuses on creating dynamic web sites using Interactivity and basic ActionScripting. At the completion of this course you will have learned all the necessary tools and features to create low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and vector-based Web sites.We begin this class where we left off in the Intro class. We delve into more complex animation which consists of mask and motion guides. You will be introduced to more symbols….animated graphic symbols and movie clips and adding and customizing sound. We discuss more complex interactivity between scenes and movie clips using Go To and With actions with frame numbers and frame labels. We wind the class up with creating a drop down menu and basic preloaders.

Flash Advanced:

Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, and CS3 came jam-packed with so many bells and whistles that it is necessary to have a class just on the new productivity features that were not included in the earlier Flash classes.This 6 week class explores these new features in Flash, such as Timeline Effects, Behaviors, Commands & Extensions, and Image in Textfields to name just a few.

Flash FX Part 1:

In this 6 week course, we’ll begin exploring how to use the concepts learned in Intro and Intermediate to create the animation effects that add spice to your Flash movies.This course will focus on applied Masking Techniques, Transition Techniques, Text Effect and Tips & Tricks to make your Flash life easier! Some of the effects include the use of Action Script; these will be explained and documented as necessary to allow you to use them without having to be an “Action Scripter”.

Flash FX Part 2:

In Part 2 of this 6 week course, we’ll begin exploring how to use the concepts learned in Intro and Intermediate to create the animation effects that add spice to your Flash movies.This course will focus on effects that are transferable to your Flash projects, 3D animations, ecards, and Tips & Tricks to make your Flash life easier! Some of the effects include the use of Action Script; these will be explained and documented as necessary to allow you to use them without having to be an “Action Scripter”.

LVS also offers Flash Actionscripting classes in self-study:

Flash Actionscripting Part 1 *SS*
Flash Actionscripting Part 2 *SS*

LVS Flash classes offer something for everyone – if you are just getting started in Flash, if would like to brush up your skills, or if you’d like to strengthen your knowledge – come join us in the September session!

Sept registration is now open
Classrooms open Aug. 25, 2008
Sept registration closes Aug. 27, 2008
First lesson posts Aug. 30, 2008

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May Session Flash Students

May 11th, 2008 Kat

We have several Flash classes at LVS and would like to show off our students work.

Flash students, please click on the Comments link of this post and post the URL of your assignment and perhaps a little bit of what you learned in the lesson.

Thanks for participating and let’s have fun!

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