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Topic | Activities/Assignments | Video Full Screen | Video Download |
Personal introductions Exemplars of Projects |
Introduction to the
course. Review exemplar projects. |
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Flash interface basics | Video #1: Flash interface basics Start work plan. |
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Drawing and color tools, Keyframes, Layers,
Animation (Tweens) |
Video #2: Drawing Tools and Animation
(Tweens) Video #3: (optional) Assignment 1 Spoiler Work Plan (introduction and goals only) |
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Symbols and instances, Animation (Tweens continued). |
Video #4: Tweens, Motion Guides, and Custom
Easement Video #5: Symbols and Ink Bottle Video #6: (optional) Assignment 2 Spoiler |
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Bitmaps, buttons, ActionScripting. | Video #7: Bitmaps, Buttons, and Action
Scripting Video #8: (optional) Assignment 3 Spoiler Work Plan (add: client, scope, target audience, limitations, finished products, and timeline) |
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Control structures, variables, commenting code & debugging. |
Video #9: Variables, Control
Structures, and Debugging Video #10: (optional) Assignment 4 Spoiler Work Plan (add: storyboards, revise previous sections and prepare completed work plan). |
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Movie clips, Dot Syntax, Object Hierarchies |
Video #11: Movie Clips, Object
Heirarchy, Dot Syntax Video #12: (optional) Assignment 5 Spoiler |
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Drag & Drop | Video #13: Drag and Drop,
Dynamic Text Video #14: (optional) Assignment 6 Spoiler |
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Embedded Items | Video #15: Embedded Items Note there is no Assignment 7 Spoiler |
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Sound & Video | Video #16: Sound and Video Video #17: Video Codecs Video #18: (optional) Assignment 8 Spoiler |
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Publication and Optimization (pre-loaders) |
Video #18: Publish and Preload The assignment for Publication and Optimization has been removed. |
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Taking flash on the road (development for mobile devices) |
Video #19: Going Portable (with some
additional odds and ends) The assignment for mobile development has been removed. |
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