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Assignment Updates

Changes in Number, Due Dates and Weight

  • Assignment 9: Flash Button Dropped
  • Quizzes Dropped
  • Assignment 7: Flash Animation due date moved to Lecture 17, March 2nd
  • Assignment 3: Image from Theme and Assignment 5.2: Page from Theme moved from 10 to 15% of grade
  • Assignment 7: Flash Animation moved from 5 to 10% of grade
  • Final Assignment: Putting it all together, still 33% of total grade

Interactive Media I

Tools History

  • Apple ][
    • 1977
    • First personal computer that did graphics
  • Other early PC's
    • 1978 Amiga 400
    • 1982 Commodore 64
    • 1984 Apple Macintosh
  • Proprietary Tools
    • Tools built in-house for custom applications
  • Commercial Tools
    • TGS
    • NoteCard at Xerox PARC
    • HyperCard
    • Macromedia Authorware
    • Macromedia Director
    • mTropolis
    • Feature Splash
    • Flash

Flash

  • The definitive history from the originator, John Gay
  • Utlimately, browser ubiquity wins the battle of commercial tools

Using Flash: The Environment

  • The Stage
  • The Timeline
  • The Library
  • ActionScript Window

Using Flash: A Demo…

A Simple Flash Document

flashdemo1.zip

Using Flash: General Workflow

  • Plan
    • Storyboarding
  • Add media
  • Arragne and Animate
  • Use ActionScript to control behavior
  • Publish

Start Assignment 7

Animation

Create a timeline-based flash animation which includes a movieClip with an animation within the root parent animation.

Due: Class 16, Thursday, Feburary 25th