Adobe-Flash: Video for Professionals November 16, 2011

http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes

Contact:202-429-9700 / MartinD@FMCtraining.com

(2 day class) 11/17-18 , (2012) 1/19-20 , 3/29-30, 5/31-6/1

Description

Flash video is becoming the de-facto standard for delivering video on the internet. Whether your Flash skills focuses on design or programming, this course will help you with most phases of Flash video. We will discuss a step-by-step workflow by directing you through understanding video concepts and best practices for creating and compressing video. Packed with tried-and-true solutions and detailed code examples, it's exactly what you need to deliver interactive video to your clients.

Audience

This course is for developers with extensive experience in Flash:
* Have completed the Flash Complete course or have equivalent experience.
* Have completed the Flash ActionScript course or have equivalent experience.
* Have experience working with video (recommended).

Lesson 1: Introduction to Video

* Frame rate
* Frame Size
* Pixel Aspect Ratio

Lesson 2: Understanding compression

* VBR vs. CBR
* Spark, On2Vp6 or F4V

Lesson 3: Creating the FLV file

* Adobe Media Encoder Settings
* Bandwidth and data Rate
* The importance of knowing your target

Lesson 4: Shooting your video

* Understanding how our choices affect quality
* Background Choices
* Lighting
* Minimize motions
* Depth of field

Lesson 5: Correcting Video and Audio problems

* Scopes: Waveform and YC Monitors
* Color Correction
* Keying
* Fixing Audio Related Problems
* Noise Reduction
* Audio Normalizing

Lesson 6: Using the Flash Video Component

* Using buttons to link different movies to the same component
* Introduction to Skinning and customization

Lesson 7: Captioning

* Creating Captioning for the Flash Component
* Using Captioning
* Deploying video with Captioning

Lesson 8: Dynamic Playlists

* Create a simple Array into a List Box
* Auto Play - Sequential Playback
* Integrating XML Playlists into the MVC Player

Lesson 9: Metadata and Cue Points

* Why use Cue Points?
* Three types of Cue Points
* Encoding Cue Points
* Component Cue Points
* ActionScript Cue Points

Lesson 10: Filters and Masks

* Using Masks with your video player
* Using Filters with your video Players
* Video and the Bitmap Object
* Transitioning between two sources