---- ***** Only the first FOUR questions are relevant in helping you prepare for the January 30th, 2008 Wednesday Flash quiz. ****** ------------------------------------------------------------------ FALL 2007 - 810:022 Flash Final Exam Questions to be prepared for. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. What is the keyboard or keystroke shortcut for converting a selected object or groups of objects or pixels into a Symbol, i.e. a reusable asset in the library? Modify menu Modify Convert to Symbol command Convert to Symbol F?? key?? Know for QUIZ 1 2. What are the three options for or types of Symbols? Know for QUIZ 1 Convert to Symbol (dialogue box title) O Movie Clip Registration . . . O Button . . . O Graphic . . . 3. What is the keystroke for inserting a keyframe in Flash? Know for QUIZ 1 You do NOT need to know the keystroke for inserting a blank keyframe. Insert menu Insert Timeline submenu Timeline Keyframe command Frame F5 Keyframe F??? Blank Keyframe F7 4. What is the key stroke or the keyboard shortcut to show or hide the Actions panel (where you place your ActionScript code)? Know for QUIZ 1 ----- it is the F9 key Window menu, Windows Actions command Actions F9 The F9 key is especially useful when working with ActionScript such as stop(); or play(); or on (release) { play(); } FRAMEs BUTTONS need on (release) and the { } added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIP: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE PART OF THE TOPICS FOR THE FINAL EXAM ON MONDAY, MAY 5th, 2008. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************************** * NONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE PART OF THE TOPICS OR STUDY GUIDE * * FOR QUIZ ONE. You will be ready for many of them by quizzes 2 and 3. * **************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIP: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE PART OF THE TOPICS FOR THE FINAL EXAM ON MONDAY, MAY 5th, 2008. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Describe what will happen if you open up a brand new Flash Document, and before doing anything else, open up the Actions panel? What will the Title Bar of the Actions Panel say? What will the bottom left corner area below the ActionScript code say? (Note: This might say myButton or green light or GO or STOP, for -------- ----------- -- ---- example.) 6. Suppose you have a button that has been given the instance name of pauseTheAnimation. ----------------- Write the ActionScript code that you would place in the Actions Panel so that the button causes the animation to pause or freezeframe. (Note: This is just like our RED button and our GREEN button practicing. pauseTheAnimation is an instance of myButton. It could have just as well been named RED or redButton.) on (release) { // <------- Flash 8 or ActionScript 2.0 stop(); // is easier and is okay for this } // answer. /* The following ActionScript 3.0 is more difficult, but would also be a correct answer. Use whichever you prefer! */ pauseTheAnimation.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pauseIt); function pauseIt(evt:MouseEvent) { stop(); } 7. What are Onion Skins (for Flash, not for Hy Vee)? 8. Where is a Motion guide layer in relation to the thing that it is guiding in another guided layer? a. Above it b. Below it c. Beside it d. all of these 9. The three types of behavior for a Text object in Flash are what? 10. Buttons in Flash. a. What are the four states of a Button Symbol? (It is NOT Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and Iowa). b. Which state is typically used to tell the user it is a button they can use by CHANGING THE COLOR of the button. Typically, it changes the shade of color. We have generally changed from a brighter RED or brighter GREEN to a faded red or to a faded green, for example. c. Which state is typically indicated by having the button move. We have it change position so it moves downward and rightward by 5 or 10 or 15 pixels, for example.