Class Schedule

Week 1

Wednesday (7/16)

10:00–12 noon

• Introduction to the class.
• Flash basics
• Drawing & Painting in Flash
• Editing & transforming

• Begin Project 1: Lip Sync

Friday (7/18)

8:00–12 noon

• Layers
• Symbols and libraries
• Bitmaps

• Work on project 1

pp. 22–82

pp. 104-117

pp. 152–170

Week 2

Wednesday (7/23)

• Keyframes
• Frame-by-frame animation

• Exercise: Muybridge
• Work on project 1

pp. 161 –164

pp. 176–193

Friday (7/25)

• Sound in Flash
• Output

• Work on project 1

pp. 120–129

Week 3

Wednesday (7/30)

• Critique: Lip Sync due — critique
• Motion Tweening
• Shape Tweening (morphing)
• Motion guides
• Onion skin

• Exercise: Bouncing Ball

pp. 198–212

pp. 218–229

pp. 240–246

Friday (8/1)

• Text in Flash

• Begin Project 2: Ad Banner

pp. 88–100

Week 4

Wednesday (8/6)

• Movie clips inside of movie clips
• Masks

• Work on project 2

pp. 213–217

Friday (8/8)

• Filters

• Work on project 2

pp. 229–233

Week 5

Wednesday (8/13)

• Button symbols

• Interactivity and Media.
• Intro to Actionscript.

• Exercise: Moods
• Work on project 2

Friday (8/15)

• Input / output text

• Exercise: Input / output text
• Work on project 2

Week 6

Wednesday (8/20)

• Ad Banner Due — critique
• Manipulating movie clip symbols.

• Exercise: Movie Clip Symbols
• Begin Project 3: Interactive

Friday (8/22)

• Lab day

• Work on project 3

Week 7

Wednesday (8/27)

• Math functions

• Exercise: Snowflakes
• Work on project 3

Friday (8/29)

• More fun with math

• Exercise: Orbits
• Work on project 3

Week 8

Wednesday (9/3)

• Movie clips, math and masks.

• Exercise: Magnifying glass
• Work on project 3

Friday (9/5)

• More fun with dragable clips.
• Lab day

• Exercise: Custom cursors
• Work on project 3

Week 9

Wednesday (9/10)

• Sound objects

• Exercise: Sound objects

Friday (9/12)

• Lab day

• Work on project 3

Week 10

Wednesday (9/17)

• Animated drop-down menus

• Exercise: Animated drop-down menus
• Work on project 3

Friday (9/19)

• Lab day

• Work on project 3

Week 11

Wednesday (9/24)

• Pre-loaders

• Exercise: Pre-loaders
• Work on project 3

Friday (9/26)

• Final critique: Interactives due