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Flash MX - Tutorials

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Flash is a very powerful designers tool. You will find that many professional programmers and artists use Adobe Flash applications to present their work online. Rather than sendin cards by post many people now send e-cards. Once you have mastered the basics in Flash you can make your own e-cards.

Used in conjunction with a graphics package such as Fireworks you can create interactive documents called 'swf's with animation within them. The effects you can achieve are only limted by your imagination.

You can add sound to your creations but Flash only allows you to import certain types of sound file, so see here for details.

There is a link to a glossary of terms used within 'Flash'. If you come across a term you are not used to - take a look in the glossary for guidance .

 

General Skills

  • Making graphics using Fireworks - you should initaially make graphic assets in fireworks and then import them into Flash - it is much easier to do this at an earlier stage.
  • Layers - the best way to construct your Flash Document is to use layers - read up on them before you begin!
  • Using a Shared Flash Library (buttons and sounds) - at our school I have put assets in a library on the network for all to use - ask your ICT teacher - there is probably a similar facility at your school!

The tutorials below will further develop your basic skills. I suggest you work steadily through them in order, as later projects assume you have learnt fhow to navigate the program and perform basic tasks.

Honing your design skills

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Flash Projects

These give you the opportunity to use a simple bit of Action Scripts and a lot of imagination and creativity - they are fun! You create a 'swf' (Originally, the term swf was used as an abbreviation for ShockWave Flash. This usage has now been changed to the backronym Small Web Format).

E-cards - click here

- animated swf files with sound that can be sent via e-mail.

Design your own - add a greeting or tune... make messaging fun!

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Drawing boards - click here
- write-on and erase drawing boards swf files that you can adapt to lots of uses: different writing line guides (e.g. music stave); dot-to dot pictures, science diagrams etc.

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Animated writing script - click here
Use a swf to demonstrate how to write symbols and letters.

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Use a swf to create a page in which the user contols colour

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Make a simple swf puzzle that you can e-mail to people...

Mouse-down on the box to drag the pieces onto the tray.

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