Action Script is so cool

Where the movie can be seen:


http://tv.adobe.com/watch/flash-downunder/programming-my-button/


 stop();


button.addEventListner(MouseEvent.CLICK,movie);
function movie(e:MouseEvent){
gotoAndStop(1);

}

Buttons

Buttons work like a movie in flash.










They need action script, which we will dabble in.









DO. Make a button with all four stages.









Go to insert and create a new button. Name the button.









You will have 4 requirements: Up, over, down and hit.









Up is the normal stage of the button, over is what the button looks like when you go over it, down is what the button looks like when you click it, and the hit area is where the button is "live"









Put keyframes in each of these stages and change the button.









Press F9 to open the action script. Copy and past this action script:









var numPressed:Number = 0;



btnCount.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, countUp);



function countUp(evt:MouseEvent):void { numPressed++; trace("Button was pressed " + String(numPressed) + " times.");}









Show the teacher what you have done for credit. Put on your blog "Success!!" when complete.

Turn in your work to this folder

1.  Save the .swf of the 15 second movie you are working on by going file/export/movie.  Name it "your name"

2.  Go to start then run then \\gh118-jchapman press enter or click ok.

3.  Open Ofc2007sr

4.  Open the Mills folder and look for your class folder then open it.

5.  Save your .swf file

Movie

Today: Create a 15 second movie in Flash with the following:

The Bone Tool

3 movie symbols

A Story line. If you can't think of one, use this one: A person at the beach is picked on by a stronger person. The weak person works out then becomes the HERO OF THE BEECH!

Over 5 layers.

 

Save your .FLA file and we will watch all these on the big screen.

You MUST show evidence of learning in all your work!

Instructions for bouncing ball

1. Import a ball as a .png file from illustrator
   
2. Put the ball on the top of the stage at frame one.
   
3. Make a keyframe on frame 20. Move the scrubber bar (the red thing) to frame 20.
   
4. Move the ball to the bottom of the stage.
   
5. Make a new key frame on frame 21.
   
6. Squish the ball
   
7. Make a new key frame on 22. Unsquish the ball.
   
8. Make a new key frame on frame 44. Move the ball up.
   
9. Put the scrubber on frame 5. Right click and make a classic tween.
   
10. Put the scrubber on frame 25. Right click and make a motion tween. Keep moving the scrubber every 5 frames and move the ball. There should be a movement line appearing which acts as the ball track.
    
11. Show Mr. Mills your .fla file.

Upload you movies as a gif...Upload it as an image and not a movie. Click original size after clicking on the image.

Click original size after clicking on the image.

A Flash Symbol

New Blog. Call this blog Movie Symbol.

 

Ok. You should have the motion tween down now, if you don't , come to tutoring!

Flash has three symbols: Graphic, movie, and button.

Make a movie symbol of a ball bouncing. Place this movie onto the stage 10 times. Save it as a .gif and export it to your blog.

 

Create a new movie symbol of a ball which rises from the floor then explodes about halfway up the stage. Make a cup, then put 5 or more instances of this movie on this cup to simulate "fizz." Export it as a .gif and put it on your blog. If you can't save it to the blog, save it to your skydrive or flash drive.

Flash Bouncing Ball

1. Create a bubble in illustrator which has two circles, one within the other, the one on top a little lighter than the one back. Use the feather at 66 on the one on top. Then make two gradient bandannas and place them on there.
2. Export the bubble as a .PNG. Name it so you can find it!
3. Then open it up in flash action script 3.
4. Put the bubble in the library and eventually it will be changed into a symbol.
5. Make it bounce with a tween.
6. Squish it at the bottom.
7. Then bounce it back.

Save it as an .avi file and upload it to your blog. If you can't, save it to your flash drive or sky drive.



Save early and often!

The first of the new year

We are going to ease in today, then hit the ground running.

Blog:

1. Clean up your blog. Nothing should be on it.

Do the following: Keep this school appropriate!


1 - Go to Wikipedia’s “random” page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page’s "random quotations":
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3

The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click “explore last seven days”
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days

The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it together.

5.  Post it on your blog.

6.  Low stakes write about it:  Tell me about your band in developed sentences.