Week 11
Monday * Mar. 19
TOPIC Working with photos in Flash
DUE Nothing
READ McAdams, Lesson 7
Please count on having a quiz, so complete the reading. Exercises 7.1 and 7.2 are tedious, but the principle they illustrate is very important.
Be prepared to explain:
- Bitmaps vs. vectors
- Why you might use a BMP instead of a JPG
- How photo width and height affect your Flash movie design
- Use of the Bitmap Properties dialog
- Registration point
- Transformation point
- X and Y coordinates
- Why you would convert a photo to a symbol
- Use of alpha in a fade effect
- Use of layers in the Timeline: Locking and hiding
If you do not understand how to format and control photos in Flash, it is likely that your file sizes will be huge. Then your Flash movies take too long to download, and no one will watch them.
Bonus Links * * *
Some great examples of the Flash 4 assignment -- from last year's undergrad students:
- A Quick, Easy Guide to Cinnamon Chocolate Fondue, by Brett Roegiers
- Improving Your Golf Swing: A Step-by-Step Guide, by Jenna Hodgkiss
- Setting Up a Rock Show: A How-To Tech Guide, by Danny Sanchez