Chapter 1 Background and Chapter 2 Flash Interface. Complete and turn in handout.

Chapter 3 Using the Drawing and Color Tools Work through exercises in Chapter 3, p. 42-94 and complete the following assignmenst:

Make a large circle or box filled with a rainbow gradient that you design.

Design a CD jacket (outside and inside) using the tools in the toolbox. The CD jacket is for a musical group whose name must be an oxymoron. Can't think of any? Go to www.oxymoron.com to get ideas! You must create the name, and the front jacket, and the inside song listings. Please give yourself credit somewhere on the two sides as the designer. Be creative and try to present a unified theme.

Helpful hints:To set the dimensions of the work area (Stage), select Modify, Movie, put ruler units into inches, and set the width to 10" and the height to to 4.75". This will be wide enough for the inside and outside of the CD.

To add text, click the A on the toolbox. Click into the Stage area. Change the kerning vertically or horizontally by using the slider in the Character Panel. To rotate text, Click the Arrow Tool (dark arrow) select the text, then select Modify, Transform, Rotate. You will be able to freely rotate text and drag it to the desired position on your screen. (Or right click on text) You can also change the font and size here.

Chapter 4 Animation Basics - Work through the exercises in Chapter 4, p 102 -145 and complete the following assignments:

1.Using Ovals or Circles, do a swirling introduction page where ovals or circles of different colors appear then disappear.

2.Create an object that moves using basic keyframe animation. You choose the object. Be creative!

Chapter 5 Shape Tweening - Work through the exercises in Chapter 5, p 146 -187 and complete the following assignment:

Create a simple face. Using shape tweens, modify the face so that it cycles through several expressions, for example: smile, surprise, scared, anger. Pay particular attention to the mouth, eyebrows, and pupils. Have the text describing each expression fade in and out at the appropriate time.

1 week

Chapter 6 Symbols and Instances - Work through the exercises in Chapter 6, p 188-239 and complete the following assignment:

Create a space scene which should have the following:

• A dark blue or black background
• A sun, partway off the screen
• Several stars - make one basic one - copy and paste it and then modify each one by rotating, scaling, etc.
• Several planets - one should have rings
• A moon with craters!
• A comet.
• Each object should be on a separate layer
  

1 week

Chapter 7 Motion Tweening and Timeline Effects - Work through the exercises in Chapter 7, p 241-311 and complete the following 2 assignments:

Create a PacMan-type Character; its mouth should open and close. Create a small maze. Using a guide layer, move the PacMan around the entire maze. As it moves it eats the little dots.

Flashy Intro Screen - Make a flash intro screen introducing a new product of your choice using effects such as: moving geometrical shapes, flying in text, fading text, exploding text, moving graphics.

 

 

1.5 weeks

Chapter 8 Bitmaps - Work through the exercises in Chapter 8, p 312 -349 and complete the following assignment.

Create an animated mask of your design. Be sure to select a large font.

 

Chapter 9 Buttons - Work through the exercises in Chapter 9, p 352 - 391 and complete the following assignment:

Make a Personal Flash Movie which includes:

• Animated Graphics
• Three Hidden Buttons which, when pressed, will show: Words you live by or a quote, Picture of yourself, short Autobiography <80 words discussing family, interests, courses etc.
• A sound file that starts when movie is loaded.
  
• Convert to HTML file which can be used in a browser.
  

Each student will present a final project to the class on the last meeting(s). You will be working on this project throughout the rest of the quarter. The final project will be graded at certain milestones. Each milestone must be approved by the instructor before work can be started on subsequent milestones. Below, you will find a description of each milestone and the points possible. You are encouraged to do something that will benefit the school/community/world.

Milestone 1 - Storyboard

Milestone 2- Presentation to the class (100 pts.)

On the final class meeting(s), each student will present her/his project to the rest of the class. You should state your objectives at the beginning of your presentation. You will be using the instructor station computer, projector, and speakers. You will have a maximum of 10 minutes.