Kapi’olani Community College Macromedia Flash 2 In-class Presentation Week 1

Macromedia Flash 2 :: Week 1 In-class Presentation :: Introduction  Class Description:  Learn how to make a fully animated interactive flash web site using the industry standard 2D web animation software package. Beginning with some basic actionscript, we will build a fully animated flash interface from the ground up adding features such as scene transitions, scene sub sections, and custom preloaders. Applications: Macromedia Flash and Adobe Illustrator. Platform: Both PC and MAC.  We’re going to continue learning from where we left off at the end of Flash 1.

Macromedia Flash 2 :: Week 1 In-class Presentation :: In-class examples: Flash Presentations  Fine Living Channel   Warner Brothers Home Video   Mandalay Bay Gaming   Mandalay Bay Convention Center   Grey Advertising   CCA Director’s Meeting (2003)  esentation.html esentation.html

Macromedia Flash 2 :: Week 1 In-class Presentation :: Today’s Lesson  Adding sub sections to your flash site  Begin with the original flash file from Flash 1.  Nesting all body content into one movie clip.  This will enable us to do scene transitions next week.

Macromedia Flash 2 :: Week 1 In-class Presentation :: In-class Exercise/Take-home Assignment  If you haven’t done so already, go through the tutorials from the Flash 1 class and set up a very simple flash web site. Please feel free to alter any graphics, colors, and text to your liking. Be a designer and have fun with it!  Once you are done, your file should act/behave something like this:  site.html site.html  Next, follow the first tutorial for Flash 2 and do the following:  Add subsections to your site  Nest all body content into a movie clip  Once you are done, your file should act/behave something like this:  sections.html sections.html

Macromedia Flash 2 :: Week 1 In-class Presentation :: Next Week  Adding a high-lite state to your main nav  Adding scene transitions