Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:36:46 -0600 (CST)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-088-09-spring@uni.edu
Subject: Assignment project #3...

Hello Flash students,

     The 3rd assignment is based on the Tutorial Cafe Townsend Application.

        http://www.uni.edu/~jacobson/images/

     You can see some examples of last summer's version of this assignment
        at the following URL:

        http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/flash/slideShows2007.html

     You have this PDF file as a multiple page handout.

        http://www.uni.edu/~jacobson/images/tutorialFMA.pdf

     Please read over all of the resources as you do the assignment.
     This page has all of the above links and alot more.

        http://www.uni.edu/~jacobson/images/

     Assignment #3:

        1. Do the Cafe Tutorial Tutorial at least once to build up the
           skills and the understanding for doing your assignment.

           You may wish to make notes on your handouts of where you will
           make adjustments for step #2 of the assignment.

        2. Find 4 images that you like.  You can create your own images
           or use your own photographs or find images out on the web.
           The images need to be all quite close to the same size!

           You can crop or resize the images so they are all about the same
           size.  I will demonstrate several methods for you to determine
           the height and width of an image during the next few classes.

           If you do need to crop or to resize images, the easiest way
           to do that would probably be Photoshop.  I have to go to the
           library and find out if the SCCs have that software or not.

        3. Make a slide show out of your 4 (or more) images using the
           techniques and instructions from your Cafe Townsend Tutorial
           handout and the two online PDFs.

           Your slide show can have a different color menu, i.e. it could
           be a red colored area instead of a blue colored area.  It
           obviously will almost certainly have a different height and
           width.

           Your slide show can use Flash button symbol you have created
           instead of the Component User Interface category button, if you
           wish.  You can use either Flash ActionScript 3.0 or ActionScript
           2.0 for this assignment.

           I have done it using both and it works fine.

        4. You will have to upload the PUBLISHED Flash .swf and .html files
           to your sunny.uni.edu account.

           You will also have to upload the images files to your account too.

           Your files will have to be in a subdirectory (folder) named
           images on your sunny.uni.edu account, if you do the assignment
           using the ActionScript code exactly as written and provided by
           Adobe.

           We will make that images folder using the mkdir command on
           Friday, during the hands-on class.

           image0.jpg and image1.jpg and image2.jpg and image3.jpg will
                          be the names of your image files.

           Dreamweaver does NOT seem to look inside the ActionScript and
           upload those files as dependent files, so I am suggesting
           the following:

                a.  bring the images with you to one of the next two
                    lab classes and we will walk you through uploading
                    them in the Studio Labs using ssh secure shell software.

                b.  I will have a handout for the CyberDuck upload method
                    for those of you using Macintosh computers.  CyberDuck
                    is a free download and it is available in the Art
                    Building computer lab.

                c.  Make an appointment to get help uploading them or
                    stay after class and let me help you then.

       You can obviously get your entire assignment working on your
       own computer or Flash drive without having to deal with
       sunny.uni.edu issues till the very end.

       You computer will have an images folder, and that has been shown
       on the handouts you have about Tutorial Cafe Townsend, so study
       those over.

       This will be the last assignment given out before spring break.

       Again, you should try to do the Cafe Townsend Tutorial before you
attempt to do your own 4 or more slides.

       Mark