Look at homework from week#3
1) add links to your index.html page:
- all 3 html pages with .swf files
2)
Upload it all (you don't need to upload .fla files)
Check to make sure it worked:
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~username/382/index.html
* 3) Then email me a link to the URL address of "index.html"
ryansmithstudent@aol.com
- assign "Project A"
Sam :
382/index.html
382/project1.html
((more examples))
-Tan's
-Dave's
-Mathew's
-Tina's
-Gabby's
FLASH
*(review) Publish Settings
*stage (size) please keep it under 1,000 px.
Chapter 7 Sample files: take a look at "Grotto"
why CS4?
Start animating with Flash:
Breaking a character into parts
Nesting symbols (Robot.fla)
Let's continue making a robot dance!
Timeline: **removing & clearing frames**
Tweens: shape tween & classic tween
- Motion Tween
- Copying images from Photoshop & Illustrator to Flash
- Trace Bitmap
- transparencies (alpha)
Instructions for making a button:
1. make a button symbol
2. move it on the stage
*3. GIVE IT AN INSTANCE NAME (in the properties window)
4. make sure you gave your symbol an instance name
5. play with up, over, down, and hit, by inserting Keyframes in the button symbol's timeline
*6. add a layer called actions to your timeline
7. add ActionScript to your timeline:
stop();
or
gotoAndPlay(1);
8. add an Event Listener to the instance of your button:
firstButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
9. define your function's properties:
function clickHandler(evt:Object):void{
gotoAndPlay(31);
}
10.
Save your file and test your movie
HOME WORK (due at the beginning of class, Monday)
this week:
1) Finish drawing 3 Characters for your Project A
Note: their moving body parts need to be on separate layers
2) Find a soundtrack for your Project A
* Start bringing headphones to class
3) Draw a very rough storyboard