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Week 5: Project 1 Presentations

Posted on March 5, 2012 by cgarnier

TOPICS: Project 1 Presentations Optimizing Your Flash Files HOMEWORK Based on todays critique, revise your greeting card and turn in the final version next week! OPTIMIZING YOUR FLASH FILES If we have time …. Since most Flash projects are meant … Continue reading →

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Week 4: Advanced Motion, Text, Masks

Posted on February 27, 2012 by cgarnier

>> week 4 examples Topics: Motion Presets Using Saving Easing In the Properties Panel With the Motion Editor Working with Text Using Classic Text (CS4) Using TLF Text (CS5) Masks More Tweens: Motion  vs. Classic Last week we talked about … Continue reading →

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Week 3: Symbols, Importing, Motion Tweens and Paths

Posted on February 21, 2012 by cgarnier

Week 3 Example Files Topics: Understanding Symbols: Symbol Types: Graphics, MovieClips, and Buttons Symbols vs. Instances, The Library Panel Break Apart Nested Animations and Timelines Blending Modes and Filters Importing Graphic Assets Bitmaps vs. Vectors Preparing Your Resource Files Import … Continue reading →

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Week 2: Animation Basics

Posted on February 6, 2012 by cgarnier

Topics: Homework Review Using the Timeline Timeline components and views Frames vs. Keyframes Selecting, moving, copying and deleting frames Creating Frame-by- Frame animations Frame by Frame animation Extremes and In-betweens Onion skinning Basic Animation Principles: Squash and Stretch Ball bounce … Continue reading →

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Week 1: Welcome to Interactive Animation

Posted on January 29, 2012 by cgarnier

Topics: Introductions The Class Blog Class Syllabus and Schedule Why Flash? Introduction to the Flash Interface Creating and editing graphics in Flash Using the Drawing Tools Object Mode vs. Merge Mode Selecting and Modifying Shapes Grouping objects Color Palettes and … Continue reading →

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