Week 10 - Interactivity & Buttons

Interactivity in Flash

• Stop an animation using Actionscript 2.0 code. 
• Create a motion tween of a ball on a layer called "ball"
• Create a new layer called "actions" with a blank keyframe
• Right-click on the blank keyframe and select Actions
• Place stop(); code in the actions panel of the blank keyframe
• Test your scene
• Move the blank keyframe to another frame
• Test your scene
• Create a Button to Play the animation
• Create a rectangle and type "PLAY" inside it
• Select the rectangle and text and Convert to a Symbol (symbol type is a button)
• Right click on the button and select Actions
• Place play(); code in the actions panel
• Test your scene and click your button

• Create a Button to Stop the animation
• Create another button the same way you created the "PLAY" button
• Right click on the button and select Actions
• Place stop(); code in the actions panel
• Test your scene and click on your buttons

Resources:

• Buttons - Flash Tutorial: Basic Button Properties
• Interactive Example - Jordan: History of Flight

Week 9 - Panning and Basic Interactivity

Camera Panning in Flash and Animation Revision
Exercise: Create an animation of a car driving along a country road

• The car must remain in the vertical centre of the screen (don't move left to right)
• The car wheels must spin
• Foreground graphics must include a fence
• Midground graphics must include a windmill with spinning blades

Monty Python Intros - Simple but effective animation
Below is an example of a great animated film credit sequence, using only simple animation techniques.  The graphics and music are the heroes of the clip.

Week 8 - Layer Masks

Introduction to Layer Masks - Disney Pixar Short - Day and Night

Demonstration: How to create a layer mask in Flash

Resource: http://www.entheosweb.com/Flash/masking.asp

Exercise: Create your own animation using layer masks.

Week 7 - Traffic Lights & Finishing Touches

This week: Complete the finishing touches of your animation. 
Demonstration: Creating traffic lights (basic instructions can be found on last weeks blog)



MovieClip Revision
Create an animation of a bouncing ball using movieClips. 



Finished? If you have finished and uploaded your work, practice your animation skills on a project of your choice. Ask for assistance if you need help.