Basic Flash MX

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Basic Flash MX

• Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit ntk2_at_nyu.edu
• October 7th, 2004, 10-4
• METRO

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Introduction

• What is Flash?
• What will you learn
• What we wont cover

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Agenda

• Topics (Time includes exercises)
• Examples, Introduction (50 mins)
• Images (30 mins)
• BREAK (20 mins)
• Text (20 mins)
• LUNCH (1 hour)
• Motion (40 mins)
• Button symbols (40 mins)
• BREAK (20 mins)
• Interactive buttons (40 mins)

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Flash Applications

• Tutorials University of Maryland Univ.College
• Quizzes
• Virtual Tours Newman Library Virtual Tour Bobst
  Library
• Interactive elements within web pages
• Other St. Johns Information Literacy Tutorial

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Flash Workspace

• Vocabulary
• Stage
• Workspace
• Symbol
• Library
• Timeline
• Frame
• Tools
• Keyframes

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Text

• Text Toolbar
• Text Demo
• Exercise 1

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Images

• Vector vs. Bitmap
• Pros and Cons
• Exercise 2

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Creating Motion

• Creating motion with Tweening
• Using Timelines
• Using Keyframes
• Demo
• Exercise 3

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Shape Tweening

• Shape Tweening
• Demo
• Exercise 4

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Symbols

• What are they?
• Button symbol
• Why use them?
• Using the Library
• Button Demo
• Exercise 5

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Symbols Continued

• ActionScript
• Adding interactivity to buttons
• Demo
• Exercise 6

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Flash Resources

• Macromedia Flash Tutorials
• Embedding Flash into HTML tutorial
• Macromedia Flash MX Visual QuickStart Guide