Week 7
Monday * Feb. 15
Flash fundamentals: Timeline, frames, symbols, the Motion Editor
- LAB Work on Lesson 4 up to p. 125 (in the book); bring book and CD to class!
- LECTURE 1 Examples of motion in news packages, especially maps; about Critique 1 (due next week).
- LECTURE 2 Controlling symbols; importance of the Library; Timeline concepts.
DUE 9 a.m. Monday (via e-mail): Flash 1 (basic animation)
READ (1) Chapter 1 from Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages (PDF, 700 KB); (2) Lesson 4 in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book (ACiaB)
EXAMINE Touch and Go (animation)
Notes * * *
Animation in Flash CS4 takes a bit of getting used to. The basics are not very difficult, but you will need to practice them multiple times to become comfortable with them. If you invest some time in basic animation now, you'll be able to move forward without continually returning to re-learn the animation techniques.
Supplemental * * *
- Summary of Lesson 4: Download this 1-page PDF and use it to ensure that you have understood the key points in the lesson in the book.
- Correction for Adobe Flash Professional CS4 Classroom in a Book pages 103–104 (1-page PDF with illustrations): The best professional practice is to Convert to Symbol BEFORE you Create a Motion Tween.
- Don't forget that you also have access to FIVE Flash Animation Basics tutorials. These explain many of the concepts demonstrated in Lesson 4, but in a different context.