Week 12
Monday * Mar. 26
TOPIC Working with sound in Flash
DUE 9 a.m. (via e-mail): Flash 4
READ McAdams, Lesson 8
Be prepared to explain:
- The most basic difference between the ActionScript methods attachSound() and loadSound()
- The basic decision (in Flash) between choosing to use compressed sound (MP3 format) vs. uncompressed sound (WAV and AIFF formats)
- Use of variables in ActionScript (x or y as a variable representing a specific sound file)
- The basic ideas behind use in Flash of Stop, Play, Pause and Mute buttons to control sound (you don't need to understand the details yet, but you should have a clue about how we script a button to control a specific sound file)
- Combining the stop() action that stops the Timeline with the stop() action that stops the sound (two separate actions)
This all looks very intimidating, but please do not despair. We will walk through the button scripting in class.