Your Flash Project is due 8AM on Friday.
Don’t forget to mount your NBS site by Friday.
Must include a screenshot of:
- Home page
- 1 Inner page
Mounted vertically, please. Be courteous to the other class, don’t wait until the last day to do this.
Storyboard Specifications
Purposes:
- A guide to what assets will be needed
- A structure/layout to follow in the design of your Flash movie
- A reference for client buy-off before creating the actual movie
Requirements:
- Should contain as many (or as few) panels as necessary to convey significant changes in a scene
- Level of detail per pane should be adequate to convey what objects are where and when.
- If individual movie assets don’t exist, client buyoff on their final comps will be necessary at some point.
Due Tuesday June 8 @ 8am!!!
Storyboard templates:
Recreate this ad using Flash:
Slice, code, and upload as a live site the following (html example provided): Widget Box
- Your example should be an accurate reflection of the .jpg comp provided.
- You MUST use the provided sprites for the nav elements on the page.
Due by Thursday, June 10.
Please read chapter 1 in your Flash CS4 book, complete all the practice exercises, and share them with me (preferably zipped/archived) via Dropbox @ andre@ampmusic.com.
You can bring them in on a thumb drive if you have any problems getting them to me electronically.
As we transition from CSS/html to a focus on Flash, a summary of what we’ve covered and have yet to cover seems appropriate. We’ve come a long way, baby!
Topics discussed:
- XHTML Rules
- CSS review
- CSS/html interaction
- Doctypes
- Link structure/directory syntax
- Block vs. inline elements
- XHTML rules
- Box model
- CSS/browser hacks
- Dreamweaver interface
- Dreamweaver Behaviors
- Benefits of semantic code
- C.R.A.P. design approach
- Usability/interface design
- FTP concepts/use
- Workflow
- Time management
- Professional communication/confidence
- Research
- Site architecture
- Wireframes
- Comps
- Slicing
- Floats
- Intro to Javascript
- Forms
- Sprites
- Favicons (.ico)
- CSS Media types
- Current events
Topics left to discuss:
Flash
- Overview
- Bitmaps vs. vectors
- Interface
- Drawing
- Importing
- Timeline
- Layers
- Keyframes
- Shape tweens
- Motion tweens
- Symbols
- Filters
- Blend modes
- Easing
- Motion guides
- Masks
- Intro to Actionscript
- Basic timeline actions
- Nested animations
- Buttons
- Sound/video
- Embedding in html
- Components
Other
- Freelance vs. corporate jobs
- Bidding on projects
- Guest speaker
Slice, code, and upload as a live site the following comp/template:TwitPhone
- Your example should be an accurate reflection of the comp provided.
- You MUST use sprites for the nav elements on the top right of the page.
Due Wednesday, June 2 @ 8am.
[IW104 Day] CSS Media Types
May 27