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Macromedia Flash
By Alice Tian
Overview
 What
is Flash
 Why Flash
 Basic User Interfaces
 Animation Basics
 Advanced Basics
 Publishing
What is Flash?
 Multimedia
graphics program specially for
use on the web.
 Enables users to create interactive movies
 Made by Macromedia
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Trial version can be downloaded here:
• http://macromedia.com/downloads/?promoid=BIOD
Why Flash?
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Loads much faster
Allows interactivity
Can use more than 256 colors
Can control the animations
Easier to create
More stable in web browsers
Basic User Interfaces
 Toolbar
Basic User Interface
 Stage
- rectangular area where graphic
content is placed
Basic User Interface
 Timeline
time
– organizes/controls content over
Basic User Interface
 Panels:
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Property Inspector
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Action
Library
Animation Basics
 Creating
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a Document
File -> New -> Click the General Tab -> Create Document.
 Document
Properties
Advanced Basics
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Tweening
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Means “in-betweening”
Borrowed from traditional animation
Creating frames in between key frames
Keyframes – contains change in motion
Buttons
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4 States
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Up
Over
Down
Hit
Advanced Basics
 Movie
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Clips
Movies within movies
Properties and timeline independent of main
movie
 ActionScript
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Internal programming language in Flash
Similar to JavaScript
Deals with structure and interactivity of Flash
movies
Publishing
 Web
– need HTML file to embed
 CD-ROM
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or E-mail attachment
Projector file required
File – export specific file from
projector file
 Image
Thanks!!