Flash: Week 2 Presentation by Mindy McAdams University of Florida

What Flash Does Well Design control Integration of media types Interactivity No scrolling necessary Modularity Motion Portability Preloading Sound Streaming Video

Design control

Integration of media types

Interactivity

No scrolling necessary

Modularity

Motion

Portability

Preloading

Sound

Streaming

Video

Problems in Flash Content Accessibility Blurred text Bookmarking File associations Linking (pop-up windows) Search engines Site navigation “ Skip Intro” Version or browser conflicts

Accessibility

Blurred text

Bookmarking

File associations

Linking (pop-up windows)

Search engines

Site navigation

“ Skip Intro”

Version or browser conflicts

Button States Example 1: Hit state Example 2: Text-only button

Button States: Up Mouse cursor is NOT on the Hit area.

Button States: Over Mouse cursor IS on the Hit area. Mouse button is NOT pressed.

Button States: Down Mouse cursor IS on the Hit area. Mouse button IS pressed.

Button States: Hit You don’t see the Hit frame graphics, but they determine where the mouse cursor becomes active . Demonstration page: Flash Button States

Learning to Read the Timeline Organize with layers Name each layer carefully Pay attention to keyframes Add only keyframes that are necessary Be careful where you place a stop() action

Organize with layers

Name each layer carefully

Pay attention to keyframes

Add only keyframes that are necessary

Be careful where you place a stop() action

Reading Your Timeline Example: Up and down balloon (Lesson 5)

Frame Label Select the exact frame in the Timeline Then … go to the Properties panel and type the label

Select the exact frame in the Timeline

Then … go to the Properties panel and type the label

A Non-linear Timeline Important to understand right now that the Timeline can be accessed in any order, using ActionScript However, the playhead normally moves from left to right You can think of the Timeline as a CD with tracks; you can mark the start of new “tracks” by placing frame labels Use stop() actions with the frame labels

Important to understand right now that the Timeline can be accessed in any order, using ActionScript

However, the playhead normally moves from left to right

You can think of the Timeline as a CD with tracks; you can mark the start of new “tracks” by placing frame labels

Use stop() actions with the frame labels

The No. 1 Error Putting a stop() action on the same frame as the frame label This makes all movement STOP as soon as the playhead goes to that frame label Doh! Think in sequences or segments Visualize the action

Putting a stop() action on the same frame as the frame label

This makes all movement STOP as soon as the playhead goes to that frame label

Doh!

Think in sequences or segments

Visualize the action

The End Work through Lesson 4 and Lesson 5 in their entirety before you begin work on Flash Exercise 2 (due next Monday) And let’s preview Week 8 …