Macromedia Flash”

Workshop on

“Introduction to

29-Aug to 1-Sep 2004

To provide you with an introduction to Flash as a Instructional multimedia authoring tool

To give you hands on experience in producing an instructional animations and Interactivity

To introduce you to basic action Scripting in Flash.

and Of course to have a li’l bit of fun (unofficially)

Goals of Workshop

Jonathan Gay's in January of 1993

Flash is a vector-based animation software by Macromedia inc.

Professional “Multimedia Authoring“ application

The power of Flash lies in

Design Graphics.AnimationsSound, and NarrationUser interface elements. Interactivity. Action Scripting Web page development and Design.Instructional Multimedia

What is Flash ?

Flashs Early Interface

Flash Sprites, when well designed, are a powerful to understanding non-quantitative information.

Flash animations help students visualize difficult concepts

It is an interactive tool that aids and supports step-by-step problem solving.

Flash renders visual, representations that makes presentation aids visualization of concepts involvingMotion.

It adds the dimension of time to static two dimensional representations.

Flash Sprites as Instructional Multimedia

Image has been broken up into a grid recorded individually ,as Sequence of pixel

Easy to implement

Works well for complex variations

Not flexible

Might need a lot of memory

Usually problems when scaled

Formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF

Raster and Vector Graphics

Raster graphics

Vector graphics

Image is described as a series of lines or shapes

Works well for line art (CAD applications) and images with simple shapes and are flexible

Typically needs less memory

Data: Instructions for drawing lines and filling shapes Example: <line startcoord="x,01 y,01"

endcoord="x, 20 y, 20" thickness="3"

Scalable, versatile

Raster and Vector Graphics

                                          

Raster and Vector Graphics

                                                                                                      

                                                                   

Flash Interface

                               

Flash Illustration Tools

Flash Timeline

                                         

                               

                                                                                                                       

                                                  

Flash Timeline

                                         

                               

Flash Window Palettes Dockers

Flash Action Script Console

Flash Shapes and Objects

Complex Shapes and Objects

Time Line and FPS (Frames Per Second)

Flash Animation Concepts

1 5 10 11 15

Flash Smart Animation Technology

Motion Tweening using Key Frames

Motion Through Action Scripting

Motion on Path

Shape Tweening

Masking

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Flash Smart Animation Technology

Motion Tweening using Key Frames1 5 10 11 15

Flash Smart Animation Technology

(x,y)

(x3,y3)

(x2,y2)

(x1,y1)

Motion using Key Action Frames1 5 10 11 15

Start

Flash Smart Animation Technology

FinishMotion using Key Guided Path1 5 10 11 15

Shape Tweening

Flash Smart Animation Technology

Flash Smart Animation TechnologyMasking

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