Overview

Macromdia Flash is a part of the Macromedia Studio MX suite. Flash allows for interactive and animated web graphics. By using symbols, frames and layers, you wil be able to create your own web animations.

This is a Group Project from the very begining. Both you and your partner will learn the basic skills by going through the Flash Tutorial/lessons. THEN both you and your partner will produce your own web animation, demonstrating skills learned during the lessons.

 

Lessons (top)

Lesson 1: Drawing with Flash
Lesson 2: Working with Layers
Lesson 3: Animation
Lesson 4: Animated Characters

Final (top)

Both you and your partner will create an animation that consists of at least 6 scenes and two orginal characters. The animation will need to contain an intro title, background and ending title.

Rubric (top)

Flash Scoring Rubric

Materials (top)

Macromedia Flash (available on most Macs on campus)
Lessons
Rubric

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Journal Questions (top)

Question 1: If you want an object or symbol to be animated, what do you insert? If you have a background (non-animated), what do you insert?

Question 2: In Order for something to be animated properly, it needs to have/be 3 things. What are these three things?

Question 3: What do you call the line that an object follows when it is animated? (Think of the Boat and Bird)

Question 4: Please visit the CBT Cafe site at http://www.cbtcafe.com/ . This site has many tutorials (mini lessons) for different programs. Navigate your way to the Flash Tutorial page. Once there, locate the tutorials for Flash Basics & Drawings. Please list the first three tutorials and briefly describe what each tutorial teaches.

Question 5: On the same Flash Tutorial page from question #4, please list and describe 2 Special Effects tutorials.

 

Student Work(top)