Link to Macromedia Flash 30 day free trial: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/download/

  Link to Macromedia Flash Documentation: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flash/
 

Faces of Africa

How do you best work? If you find it helpful to know the tools, where things are, what they do, then start with this section:

Tools | Timeline | Library | Panels (5) | Panels/Properties (MX)| Graphics

If you're one who likes to just start and find out about tools when you need them, start with this section:

Motion Tween | Shape Tween | Symbols | Attach to Path | Mask | Buttons | Action Script | QuickTime Embed

Other good places:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/ - Everything about everything web
http://www.bemboszoo.com/ You won't believe what you can do with just letters!
Macromedia exchange- http://www.macromedia.com/exchange/ Download hundreds of easy to install extensions, time-saving functionalities, code, and more.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/ - many specific tutorials for everything from "first steps" to sophisticated Action scripting.
   

A Few Basic Terms

Flash: is an interactive vector graphic animation program.

Movie: is the completed Flash. While the Flash can be resized without "jaggies", the finished movie needs to be proportional. The size can be set from Modify - Movie.

Stage: is where the action takes place. One frame at a time is displayed. Drawing can be done off stage. Resizing the movie resizes the stage. The default is 550 pixels X 400 pixels.

Timeline: is when an action takes place on the stage. It allows you to see the change over time.

Layers: allow different things to happen at different times to different objects during the movie. Layers organize the content of the movie.

Library: stores flash symbols

Windows/Mac

If a command uses the Apple key on Mac - Use the Control Key on Windows.

If a command uses the right mouse click on Windows - Use the Control Key and click the mouse on Mac.

Flash Examples
http://www.op97.org/instruct/cia.html
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/shockwave/bones.html
http://www.op97.org/careers
http://www.op97.org/mcrc/artifacts/africa/
http://www.edleston.cheshire.sch.uk/projects/projects.htm
http://nrich.maths.org/

Janet Barnstable
updated August 9, 2006

 

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