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This article provides an overview of the Flash program and media convergence.
The prior article, published in the last issue of Feedback, dealt with the
impact of Macromedia Flash on interactive biomedical animation. Frame-by-Frame
animation is closer to traditional animation. Sound is a very important
element in animation. Background soundtracks can be synchronized to the
animation using the Streaming setting. Interactive hot-spots can link segments
within a given animation, or call open a Website over the Internet. For
example, a button can direct the viewer to a relevant topic in a previous
animation sequence, or open a browser to a page on your Website. Flash also
offers a separate print package free-of-charge, which allows a viewer to
print information by clicking on a Web banner ad.2 While I'm not planning
on using banner ads any time soon, I do think this feature can be useful
for delivering a take-home-message after viewing an animated sequence on
a uses Flash to Eight things from the world of cutting edge art, design, and digital media that caught our eye this month. Compiled by Mattie Alston. Relive every moment of joy and pain, from any angle Euro 2004 Virtual Replay, from the BBC A Flash site for flash footwear Nike Cycling Microsite It's not often that you see a truly impressive use of Flash - generally there are few visual tricks now that haven't been seen before, and fewer still that work without interfering with usability. The elegant animated menus are simply a joy, and feel extremely tactile, encouraging even the most jaded users to play with the site. http://www.nike.com/nikecycling/flash.html Well, at least you can't blame your animals anymore, as you now treat them Inexplicable Japanese Flash game of the month Grow Take a big red sphere. At its core is an animated night sky that's also a live representation of the world's stock markets, with each star representing a traded company. 1Define the term foreign key. i. Suggest the datatypes that should be used for each of the fields in the above table. ii. Suggest a field from the above table, which can be set as the primary key. d) What is the full form of MPEG? What kinds of files are stored using the MPEG file format? Name any two formats in which a Flash movie can be published. Name the two kinds of tweening. c) Write the procedure and property settings for animating the above scenario. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to both prepare your images in Fireworks through batch processing, and use a technique that allows you to quickly rename and number your images. Once your images are ready you'll automatically import the photos in sequence and add the simple ActionScript that creates the click-through interface. Before getting started let's review the steps: 1. Decide on the size of the Flash movie and the size of the photos that will be inserted into it. 4. Import the images into the Flash movie 5. The Flash movie will be 350 X 267 to allow for some room for buttons, titles, and interface. 1. File >> Open Navigate to the set of images select all and check the "open as animation" box at the bottom. Flash will recognize that, because of how it is named, this one file appears to be part of a sequence and will ask you to import all. Flash puts one image per frame for as many frames as are needed. ENCYCLOPEDIA" Corpedia is in the business of making available digital content over the Internet: in this case, the content is the wisdom and knowledge of the world's most respected experts on important business issues. Corpedia, whose name is derived from "corporate ency-clopedia," was founded in 1998, and is based in Phoenix Arizona. The compa-ny obtains content from the leading authorities on a specific topic, and then packages that material into Web-based, multi-media courses for use in business environments. To date, Corpedia has published nearly 100 courses. EXPERT "CONTENT PROVIDERS" The first step in the process is to obtain the base content material. After audio record-ing, the project is turned over to Corpedia's crew of Web developers, who add Flash animation and other multi-media treatments. For example, the audio file is imported into the Flash animation file, but it also stays in the audio file. The spot, part of a campaign by Merkley Newman Harty, is based on real kids talking about their anti-drug message. For Paterson, this spot was his directorial debut. Curious Project Producer, Jenn Mann, commented on Paterson's lack of prior commercial experience as benefiting the production process. "Not knowing the process, James had more freedom to preserve his original vision of the piece. We didn't seek out a Flash artist in particular, but we were attracted to James' work because of its' intrinsic artistic integrity and unique aesthetic. The different characters are animated line drawings that morph from one character to the next, eventually pulling out of the line drawing to reveal a live girl who states, "This is my anti-drug." The entire spot was done using Flash animation. This may be the first animated commercial done 100% in Flash." The Curious staff of directors, artists, designers and animators specialize in visually-inspired live action, graphics, Flash is an inexpensive program designed for web applications, but with a little ingenuity, it can be used in place of much more expensive and complicated professional animation software. Because Flash is cheap, easy to learn, and ubiquitous, it is an appealing alternative to traditional broadcast animation and motion graphics production tools like After Effects. This class presents various approaches to high-end 2D animation in Flash: full animation, limited animation, cut-out, and rotoscope. Also titles, motion graphics for broadcast, and compositing Flash animation with live action video in post. Students may use Flash to: produce broadcast or film quality 2-D character animation; enhance live action broadcast video projects with high-end motion graphics; modify existing web animation for broadcast video. Examples of high-end animation produced with Flash will be shown. Flash Actionscript is the heart of Flash for advanced interactivity. Rigorous attention is placed Saving Word Documents as Web PagesThis workshop teaches students the purpose of buttons in a Flash movie and explains how to create a rollover button with Macromedia's Flash MX. Have taken Introduction to Flash MX, or have the approval of the instructor; Be familiar with the Flash MX drawing tools, the use of the Timeline, and be comfortable with the Stage area. Without buttons the viewers can do nothing but watch your Flash movies. Now that your file has been published into an HTML file, you have 2 options: You may keep the HTML file Flash has made for you or You may want to view the source code for the HTML file Flash created and copy the source code between and including the <object> tags to a web page that you've already made. Here are some websites you may find interesting to help you enhance your knowledge in Flash and also check out cool sites that were made with Flash. Flash Lessons On the Help menu of Flash you will find some very helpful introductory lessons on how to use the basic tools that FlashBest%20Practices%20for%20Accessible%20Flash%20DesignThis document is designed to establish a basic framework with which to approach accessible design in Macromedia Flash. In order to build accessible Flash content, designers need to develop at least a limited understanding of a screen reader and other assistive technologies. For the Flash designer and developer, the challenge of is to remove the obstacles that prevent users with disabilities from effectively using a site or application. In order to create accessible Flash content, it is important to consider the use cases for people with disabilities. While Flash has long been an essential enhancement to the content for people with cognitive disabilities, it was only with this release that people with visual impairments were able to access Flash content. It is up to the designer to assign a text description of any graphic or animated elements in a Flash movie. While Flash is now much more than an animation tool, it is still commonly used to create and deliver animations for a2667-fmFlash MX for Interactive Simulation will teach you a sound, logical framework for designing and implementing simulators and simulation-based training. The methodologies and system architecture are implemented in Flash MX, but the principles--evolved from real engineering best practices--are applica-ble to any development platform. We have developed many simulations of varying complexity using the methodologies and our Flash MX implementa-tion, so you can benefit from the experience that has gone into the implemen-tation. The chapters on the statechart notation are completely independent of ActionScript programming and hence should be understandable to technically oriented team members who may not be familiar with Flash or ActionScript. Because this book is about teaching a methodology that requires practice to become proficient (and is certainly worth the time), you may be disappointed and confused if you simply browse for quick tips andawnKaren Raugust looks at how convenience and flexibility make distance learning a viable option for animation education and training. Distance learning has become an increasingly attractive alternative for animation training and education. The rise of broadband and price reductions for animation software have driven growth, as has increased demand from animators looking for convenience and flexibility. All of its programs are intended to build interest in and understanding of animation, as well as develop future professional animators. It is introducing a Flash animation course this fall that will teach the basics of character animation along with software instruction. Anthony Rossano, president of Mesmer Animation Labs, a Seattle-based training center -- one of several animation training facilities offering online courses -- was skeptical about online distance learning when it first took off more than five years ago. It's difficult to teach the concepts of 3 DPrinter FriendlySimulation: bringing e-learning to a new level URL: http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2207,1,1,1,0701,03.html As an engineer in the U.S. Navy, Ken Freyer learned how to run a hydrofoil's powerful gas-turbine engines on a computer, manipulating virtual controls in a program that simulated the consequences of making a mistake while skimming across the water at 35 knots. Today, as a local manager for Verizon Communications in Aberdeen, N.J., Freyer sharpens his leadership skills by playing a computer game that conjures up a series of business meetings of escalating complexity and anxiety potential. More powerful processors, high-end graphics cards, and animation tools such as Macromedia Flash have brought simulation to the desktop over the past two years, allowing employees like Freyer to practice their newfound skills during lunch breaks and at home as well as in a traditional e-learning lab. Flash technology is "probably the greatest single advance that's enabledQuickTime Pro BasicsBefore learning how to add other elements to your QuickTime movies, like titles, sound and animation, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of the architecture of QuickTime. Difference Between QuickTime 1. Movie track - Contains copyright information, annotations, and other general information on the entire movie 2. Video track - Digitized video, rendered 3D animation, or any other compiled image sequence, with optional special effects 3. Audio track - CD-quality audio or other audio formats, may also be a background music sound track 4. Music track - MIDI music with QuickTime instruments 5. Text track - Text imported into QuickTime for titles, subtitles, credits, notes, and other uses 6. This includes text files, image stills, animation, sound files, and all the new video components that you have saved. A video track can contain images, animation or full motion video.369AsWk2Sp05Flash Rack and Pinion Assignment: Create an image of a pinion (small gear that has eight or more teeth) slowly turning against a rack (straight bar with matching teeth). Then create a table-based page in Dreamweaver showing all three versions of the image (Insert > Image, and Insert > Media > Flash), and link it to your homepage for evaluation. The three versions of the rack and pinion to be "published" in Flash include: 1) a static gif version of the image 2) an animated gif version of the image 3) an Flash movie version (.swf) Grading will be based on: Flash: Chapter 1An Overview of Flash. WMF WebCGM SVG VML What is the biggest advantage of Flash? What percentage of Web browsers have a Flash plug-in of some sort? Explain anti-aliasing in Flash. What is different about Flash MX 2004 Professional as compared to Flash MX 2004? What is the difference between Control > Play, and Control > Test Movie Flash: Chapter 3 Flash Basics Here is a list of tools and terms you0160Before we dive head long into PHP, we're going to spend a chapter looking at the facilities available to us from within our Flash movies to interact with the server and load dynamic data. Although this chapter is mainly focused on the Flash side of things, you will find a sprinkling of PHP code here and there and an impressive practical case study at the end. It'll only take two seconds and these details will also form the basis of your user profile on the PHP for Flash forum. It'll give you an insight into just how well PHP and Flash work together and how simple it is to put real PHP power into your own Flash movies, sites and applications. When the loadVariablescommand is called, the file identified by urlis fetched by the Flash plug-in and the variables are loaded into our Flash movie. Its job is to take the data from the Flash form and store it in the database, then fetch all the information in the database and return it back to the Flash form. In the course ofDive - Internet ResearchUse the Web Sites listed on the next page to answer the following questions: 1. List and explain each stage in the development of deep see vents. Create an illustration of each stage (you may use a separate piece of paper.) 2. What is the difference between white and black smokers? Where do each occur? 3. What role do temperature and pressure have in the creation of deep sea vents? 4. How are the dynamic forces of shifting plates related to deep sea vents? http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/expeditions/blacksmokers/animation.html The American Museum of Natural History Expeditions site provides a Flash animation provides a dynamic illustration of how black smokers are formed. Requires the Flash Player Browser Plug-in. | ||
