Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:36:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Jacobson To: Flash Animation Class Subject: FLASH Class on Wednesday... Hi Flash students, Your first assignment will NOT be due until one week from today. After Wednesday's class, you should have enough experience to answer the 14 questions (see the handout from today, which is also available on our web page at: http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/ which has a link to: http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/assign1.txt On Wednesday, we will meet in ITT 328 classroom at 2 p.m. and then move to WRT 112 at about 2:30 or 2:45 p.m. 1. In WRT 112, we will do portions of the hands-on exercise we were doing today. a. Adding a button, rather adding two buttons, so that one button stops an animation and the other button starts it up or restarts it. b. Having the animation be stopped, until the user decides to start it. 2. Having an animation that has three layers.... Actions stop(); is the only line in frame one goToAndPlay(25); in is the only line in frame 50 Buttons red button has the on (release) { stop(); } ActionScript code. green button has the on (release) { play(); } ActionScript code. Animation Frame 1 keyframe Rectangle is off the stage to the left Frame 25 keyframe Rectangle is completely on the stage (center or at right edge) Frame 50 keyframe Keyframe is identical in every detail to keyframe 25, i.e. the rectangle is in the same location. Frame 1 to Frame 25 Motion Tween that is either eased in or is eased out. Frame 25 has a ROTATE either CW or CCW set in its motion tween. Since Frame 25 is identical to Frame 50, there is no movement except for the rotating like a baton or a propeller. Question: What would happen if you EASED in or EASED out the MOTION TWEEN for Frame 25 ------> Frame 50? Think about it, or better yet, try it. 3. Wright Hall 112 lab should be open at least from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. most of this week. If you need to get in there to work and play(); in the evening or over the weekend, just let me know. I do have a graduation to attend in Minneapolis this Sunday, however. 4. You do NOT need to have Flash installed yet to do the first assignment (the 14 questions that are due next Monday). You do NOT need to have the textbook to do the assignment that is due by next Monday. All you need for that is: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/documentation/en/flash/fl8/ fl8_getting_started.pdf WHY DO PEOPLE MAKE THEIR URL paths soooooooooo loooooooooong!!!! ??? :-( ------------- Sorry I had to split it, but the link to get to it from http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/ is much nicer... http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/assign1.txt Your assignment for Wednesday is to read the specified material for assign1.txt and answer some of the questions. You have enough experience from today's class to answer some of them. If you TRY to answer some of the questions and you preview and read over the Tutorial: Building Your First Flash Application, you will be well prepared for getting the most of the 2nd class on Wednesday. The URL for the 30 day trial version of Flash Professional 8 is: http://cns2.uni.edu/~jacobson/f/Flash8-en.exe It is the very same 30 day trial version that you get from Macromedia. If you have two computers available to you, install it on one now, and in early July when the 30 days trial is running out, install it on the other computer. See you on Wednesday.... Mark