Macromedia Flash

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Workshop on Introduction to
Macromedia Flash
29-Aug to 1-Sep 2004
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Goals of Workshop

• 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 lil bit of fun
  (unofficially)

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What is Flash ?

• 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.
• Animations
• Sound, and Narration
• User interface elements.
• Interactivity.
• Action Scripting
• Web page development and Design.
• Instructional Multimedia

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Flashs Early Interface
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Flash Sprites as Instructional Multimedia

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

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Raster and Vector Graphics
Raster graphics

• 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

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Raster and Vector 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 ltline startcoord"x,01 y,01"
  endcoord"x, 20 y, 20" thickness"3"
• Scalable, versatile

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Raster and Vector Graphics
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Flash Interface
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Flash Illustration Tools
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Flash Timeline
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Flash Timeline
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Flash Window Palettes Dockers
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Flash Action Script Console
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Flash Shapes and Objects
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Complex Shapes and Objects
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Flash Animation Concepts
Time Line and FPS (Frames Per Second)
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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 Frames

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Flash Smart Animation Technology

• Motion using Key Action Frames

(x3,y3)
(x2,y2)
(x1,y1)
(x,y)
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Flash Smart Animation Technology

• Motion using Key Guided Path

Finish
Start
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Flash Smart Animation Technology

• Shape Tweening

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Flash Smart Animation Technology

• Masking

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Thank You