Welcome to the Flash

DM/IS 62A Interactive Web Page: Flash: Section: 67831

Begins: June 16
Courses
Lessons
   
 
Lesson 5 - Chapter 7 and 8, Work with Symbols and begin animation.
Chapter 7 - Symbols are the building blocks of Flash. It is important that you understand which symbol to use and when.

Reading -

  1. Page 188 - Make sure you understand which symbol to use.
  2. Page 189 - know how to convert objects to symbols.
  3. Page 191 - Understand Registration Point
  4. Page 196 - Modifying Symbol - this is quite tricky, Make sure to click on the symbol on the stage, Not in the Timeline.

Heres some web links for this week

Here some fun examples.

Heres some stick figure examples

Heres some good stories from the Adobe web site.

Another good example

Chapter 8 - Frame-By-Frame Animation. Wow this should be fun, but it is Alot of Work.

Heres the main reading from the Adobe web site. Read this.

Reading -

  1. Page 212 - make sure you know how to make Keyframe. If you are using labtop you may need to press FN key for F6 to work.
  2. Page 216/217 - understand keyframe and in-between frames
  3. Page 225 - Learn to remove frame, You don't delete or Backspace key.
  4. page 234 - Know how to turn Onion Skinning on and off.
  5. Page 425 - Import a series of graphics.

videos

  1. Hand Frame-by-Frame example 1
  2. Hand Frame-by-Frame example 2
  3. Hand Frame-by-Frame example 3

Here new Frame-byFrame

 

Assignments - Check out this example from a 10 year old.

More examples I did

Assignment - Try the bounce ball example from Chapter 8 in the book. Assignments - Try the hand animation provide in the video above.