Archive for August, 2008

Flash Class W7

Aug 18th

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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

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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

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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