Flash for presentations tutorial

Draft

Learning goals

• Learn how to make presentations for talks (instead of PPT)
• Also includes a few hints about product presentations

Flash level

• CS3 /CS4

Prerequisites

• Drawing and basic interactivity

Moving on

• See the Flash tutorials

Level and target population

• Beginners

Quality

• Not done yet, therefore lower than low.

Software

(special purpose presentation software that compiles to Flash, none of these has been tested, so there is no endorsement)

See also: presentation software and Multimedia presentation

Online slide makers

• Sliderocket A web 2.0 application. Basic use is free. Commercial off-line player also available.
• Qarbon Composica Web-based. Commercial (e.g. $1500/year - 2008).

Free (or half-free) off- line tools

• Powerbullet Presenter ( freeware )

Commercial off-line tools

• Qarbon Viewlet builder ($300 for Linux(/2008)
• authorPOINT - Presentation Software for Multimedia Flash Presentations and other.
• Flair Presentation, screen capture, quizzes, etc. Commercial.
• Adobe Captivate
• Camtasia
• Presentia FX

PPT to Flash

• authorPOINT Lite. Free PPT to Flash converter.
• iSpring Free basic version. Also has a free online converter.
• Powerconverter $150 commercial.
• PowerFlashPoint is a PowerPoint (2003/2007) plugin. Commercial

Examples

(mostly web sites that demo Flash presentations)

• Rossiterandco portfolio (e.g. Flash Cartoons that Tell Your Story, Flash Popup Presentations to Explain Ideas )