Snow and I recorded over _6 hours_ of Flash CS4 training for the designprovideo.com site! Check the main page for the series here:

http://www.designprovideo.com/tutorial/flashcs4101

There are free downloads available as well. The NED Player that the video series uses is pretty nice too. Check it out! Here’s the table of contents:

Chapter 1: Part 1
Section 1: Interface Fundamentals
01. Introduction
02. Start Page
03. Preferences
04. Document Properties
05. File, Edit, View Menus, and Using Rulers
06. Using Snapping and Window Overview
07. Document Window: Stage, Pasteboard, and View Settings
08. Panels and Workspace Layouts
09. Customizing Workspace Layouts
10. The Timeline: Working with Layers
11. The Timeline: Working with Frames
12. Properties Panel
13. Tools Panel

Section 2: Introduction to Publishing and Managing Flash Movies
14. Section Overview
15. Quick Publish HTML and Flash Movie
16. Accessing the Publish Settings
17. Flash Settings: Player and Script Version
18. Flash Settings: Global Image and Sound Quality
19. Flash Settings: Global SWF Settings
20. HTML Settings: Template Options for Full Screen Mode
21. HTML Settings: Detect Flash Version
22. HTML Settings: Dimensions
23. Working with Test Movie
24. Using the Play Command
25. The Bandwidth Profiler: Frame-by-Frame and Streaming Graphs
26. The Bandwidth Profiler: Simulate Download
27. Employing Adobe

Michael Hurwicz wrote a well-balanced review of my Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques book on CreativeCOW.net. Check it out!

http://chartjunk.karmanaut.com/taxplans/

Oops, I copied and pasted the wrong URL! That’s the difference between Obama and McCain’s tax plans. I meant this link:

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hurwicz_michael/flash_cs3.php

Michael Hurwicz wrote a well-balanced review of my Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques book on CreativeCOW.net. Check it out!

http://chartjunk.karmanaut.com/taxplans/

Oops, I copied and pasted the wrong URL! That’s the difference between Obama and McCain’s tax plans. I meant this link:

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hurwicz_michael/flash_cs3.php

I’ve finally posted some dates for online seminars to be presented via Adobe Acrobat Connect. My first two seminars will be about Video for Flash. For details, visit the workshop page at:

http://www.theMakers.com/services/workshops/

Hope to see a lot of new faces online!

I finally figured out what was wrong with the settings on dataride.com that caused iknowbetter.com to fail! So, I fixed the bad setting (BAD SETTINGS! BAD!) and now it’s live again!! Check out my latest video post:

http://www.iknowbetter.com/showpost.cfm?postID=174

Hopefully, I’ll have some time before summer is over to get a much more simplified UI in place.

On the weekend of September 13 and 14, I’m scheduled to teach my (favourite) two day workshop on Flash Video! Details can be found on the Rich Media Institute site at:

http://www.richmediainstitute.com/flash_video

Hope to see you there!

On2 announced on Monday some interesting improvements/enhancements to their VP6 codec:

http://www.on2.com/index.php?id=439&news_id=623

Dave Schroeder at Flashbelt just added a new Flash Video workshop that I’ll be teaching in June. For more details, check out my speaker and session details at:

My editor at Peachpit sent me the URL to a

The FITC organizers sent me the attendee feedback for my sessions at FITC Hollywood this past October. Here’s the breakdown:

New Features of Flash – Full Day Workshop

Attendee ratings:

• Was the speaker knowledgeable on the topic presented? = 10.00
• Did the session meet your expectations? = 9.80
• Did the speaker present the material in a clear and well-organized way? = 9.80
• Please rate the overall effectiveness of the speaker. = 9.80
• This session will affect the way I work: = 9.20
• Over all average = 9.72

Attendee comments:

• Great presentation!
• Very enthusiastic and very informative

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