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
~~~~~~~~~ In Class Work ( from last week )
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* Make 3 animations.
* Save them as separate .fla files
* Publish all 3 as .swf files embeded into .htlm pages
* Add links to the "index.html" page that you previously made
Upload:
- your .css page ( homework from the 1st 2 weeks ),
- your new index.html page,
-
3 .swf files embeded into 3 .html pages
Then email me the URL:
http://tiger.towson.edu/~your username/363/index.html
to:
ryansmithstudent@aol.com
MORE FLASH:
Review Motion Tweens
** Copying images from Photoshop & Illustrator to Flash
- Trace Bitmap
- transparencies (alpha)
adding sound
-you can edit sound using iTunes
-make sure all your sounds are saved as mp3 files
What's the difference between Event & Streaming sound?
Free Sound.org
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
Project Ais due next week
* Start bringing headphones to class
Animate your characters, add sound & a button