MAS - Flash 1
Links and updates provided on a weekly basis for students and fellow instructors.
Flash how to click over after 4 clicks
Oct 26th
To get it to fire up the next click that will take you over to the website you still need what’s called a “counter”. Look through the code I’ve given you and apply only the lines that handle the counter.
//———— apply the sections below the best way you can and be sure to read through my comments as they will tell you where each section should be placed.
var nClickCount:int = 0; //initialize the counter first… don’t put it inside of a function.
// You will notice I took out the trace calls … I use a trace to indicate what is happening. I ran trace(nClickCount); immediately after the line nClickCount++; so I could find out the value of nClickCount each time the mouse button was clicked.
//The portion below is inside the the function that receives mouseUp event data
nClickCount++;
if(nClickCount==4){
var masURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“http://www.miamiadschool.com“);
navigateToURL(masURL);
}
//End of click over section
Convert your audio from iTunes to Flash CS4
Oct 12th
Is Flash squawking at you because it can’t understand the audio file you are importing? Try running the file through Audacity and exporting as a standard mp3 or a wav file. Flash is picky when it comes to some of those audio file types. iTunes is using m4a and some other types which Flash won’t accept. Audacity will give you the option to save the file back out as an mp3. Try it out: Audacity for Mac or Audacity for Windows
BTW you will also need the LAME MP3 encoder. – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3
Flash Class and Additional Links
Jul 6th
Class Contact Methods:
- Learning Is Fun
- Ozzu
- Use your email addresses
- Skype
- Chat programs
Inspiration Links:
Tutorials:
Local Flash Groups
- FlashMN – 3rd Wednesday of the Month – Easel Training Center, St. Paul
- MN.swf – 1st Tuesday of the Month
Music links:
Interesting Online Tools:
- rsizr – Intelligent Image Resizing
- Seam Carving Demo
- Aviary – Creativity to go
Flash Class – Amended Turn in Time is Noon
Sep 15th
Apparently students have not been looking at the site. I have received only 5 in 14 of the final projects. This leads me to believe most of you are waiting until the school’s last minute deadline of noon. This is fine.
To still receive a possible ‘A’ turn in your work by noon. And to give you an extra even a little more breathing room, note that I’m working and can’t pick them up until after 3pm. Just make sure the assignments are on a thumbdrive or cd (with your name attached) and placed in my school mail box by then. Teacher Box 2.
Good luck.
Final Projects Due 5pm Sunday
Sep 13th
For those of you who still need to turn your work in….
Before you publish:
check the properties of all bitmap images in your library and be sure to set them to “allow smoothing”.Â
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Files needed:
your fla file (this is the original flash file)
your swf file (this is the what is produced when you publish or execute)
your html file (created when you publish)
any pdfs, flvs, or mp3s (any document which is used in your swf)
Zip or compress all of the files and send the single archive of the work to me.
Send the work to my personal email address. Â ”email (at jacobberendes.com”
If you want to give them to me on a thumb drive or cd, plan a time to see me on Sunday.
If you have any trouble find me on facebook.
Call other students from your class if you have any other issues and can’t get ahold of me.
I expect to have all of your work by 5pm Sunday.
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Mon and Tues MAS Classes
Sep 8th
Students, classes will be run as traditional class periods. We will not be having one on ones as most of you need as much time as possible to finish your projects. My days are mostly booked this week. Saturday morning 10:30 to 1:30 I will again be at the school for any students who need assistance. I would expect that all of your assets have been imported into your projects by then and only the finishing touches remain.
All final projects will be due by 5pm Sunday the 14th.
Flash Class W7
Aug 18th
WEEK 7
- In class – work begins on final projects
- Ask questions, lots of questions
Student To do:
Tutorials… Toxic Labs, Kirupa, gotoAndLearn… …anything you can get your hands on.
The more you know, the less afraid you will be. SAVE your work, SAVE OFTEN(every ten minutes hit command-s), do incremental saves(every 2 hours or less), use // to make comments in actionscript.
Flash Class W6
Aug 11th
WEEK 6
- Publish for web: the process, compression, different file types.
- Publish for desktop (two files one for Mac and one for PC)
- Rough overview of HTML and how you need it to embed flash
- Demo of Flash building container HTML
- Show alternate methods of embed (swfObject) and discuss benefits
- Getting your swf online: Discuss hosting, domain name, ISP, FTP apps, etc
Assignment 5:
Finalized Photoshop mock ups of quarter project (ready to move into
Flash and make it work)
Flash Class W5
Aug 4th
WEEK 5
- In class assignment ~45minutes: Duplicate my swf using actionscript
- brief coverage of script libraries like LMC Tween, FuseKit, etc and their abilities
- Overview of components and show where you can get more (Adobe exchange, FlashDen, etc)
- 1on1 discussion about Quarter project ideas
Assignment 4:
Produce hand or computer mockups of concepts for your quarter project