Graphics and Multimedia Flash Demonstrations

Overview Learning Goals

  • To develop and apply skills designing Vector Animation Flash files for the World Wide Web
  • To develop and complete a vector graphic project

Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate at least 10 of the following

  • Animated Color Tween
  • Shape tween animation
  • Motion tweening along a path
  • Use of a bitmap mask
  • Use of a bitmap fill
  • Invisible button
  • Rollover button with sound
  • Movie clip
  • Dynamic text
  • Input text file
  • Sound
  • Embedded video
  • Form
  • Pre loader file for final posting

Flash vs HTML

  • Flash files are embedded in html files for the Web using <object> and <embed> tags
  • Creating Flash movies can be time consuming and require an experience developer.
  • Flash content is compress and smaller file size than HTML for download speed
  • Flash is downloaded as a movie
  • HTML pages are rendered one at a time
  • Flash allows visual control, enhanced interactivity, video, scalability, streaming content, combination of Vector and bitmaps, and faster download speeds.

Flash

  • Flash is a multimedia platform used for animation and interactivity on the web. Flash allows manipulation of vector and raster graphics allowing uniformity by resizing.
  • The .fla file is the source code of your movie and can be converted into a .swf (ShockWave Flash) file which is a compilation of the code into a object.
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