Category Archives: Lesson

Please post a .zip of your final project files to your folder in the class Dropbox. Make sure to include in the comments credit for any code or plugins that aided you in your project. Please include your source files: .fla … Continue reading →

Today we are going to work on projects. I’ll speak with each of you individually about your progress and help you with specific issues on your projects. Homework I was noticing as I was getting work together for the student … Continue reading →

Topics: Javascript Animating with Jquery Effects Drag and Drop Actionscript Hit Testing Tweens and Transitions Animating with Jquery Effects JQuery has a number of animation technique through its effects methods. These are documented here: JQuery Effects A number of the … Continue reading →

Topics: Project 2 Presentations Final Project Introduction ActionScript: Animating with code: Frame-based events Timers Hit Testing ActionScript: Animating with code Today we’re going to explore some events that allow us to animate and react with code. Next week we’ll talk … Continue reading →

Topics: Adding Flexibility to Your Image Gallery with XML data Using XML with Actionscript Javascript Using jQuery to simplify Javascript A JQuery XML Gallery Adding Flexibility to Your Image Gallery with XML data Last week we explored loading images dynamically … Continue reading →

Topics: Introducing Project 2 Simple Image Gallery (Javascript) Dynamically Loading Images (Flash) Introducing Project 2: Rich Media Player For the next 5 weeks we are going to explore techniques to work with dynamic media assests (images, audio and video) in … Continue reading →

Topics: Drawing App Presentations Saving and Printing from Flash Printing from Flash This is fairly straighforward, but takes many steps, so we’re going to work through my example rather than me give you extensive notes on this. Saving a File … Continue reading →

Topics In Class Quiz #1 Homework Review – Interface Design How to use Components in Flash Sliders Drop downs Adding Color and Alpha Settings to Your Drawing App Awesome Color Picker tutorial on Flash and Math! Homework: Next week your … Continue reading →

Topics: Homework Review and Troubleshooting Programming Fundamentals: Conditional Statements Comparison Operators Numerical Data Types Mathematical Operators Actionscript Fundamentals: Working with Dynamic Text Drawing Application Part 3: Adding Clear and Line Thickness Settings Programming Fundamentals Before we go on to the … Continue reading →

Topics: Homework Review: Self-Portrait In-class exercise: Drawing with the HTML5 Canvas Event Listeners and Event Handlers Tracking and Reacting to Mouse Events Creating a custom cursor with Actionscript Drawing with the Mouse Project 1: Drawing Application – Creating Wireframes In-class … Continue reading →