Resources

Flash Final : This is a folder with the files I give me students as a final in my Flash Animation Class

General Resources

Adobe TV: Lessons on all the Adobe software. This ROCKS!
Adobe Associate Certification: This certification is a credential that validates entry-level skills needed to plan, design, build, and maintain effective communications by using different forms of digital media.
- Learn Adobe Flash CS4 Professional by Video: Core Training in Rich Media Communication
  Combines more than 15 hours of interactive video and a printed reference to teach you the basics of Flash CS4 Professional. Structured around the objectives of the “Rich Media Communication Using Adobe Flash CS4 Professional” exam at the Adobe Certified Associate level, the product teaches you not only the fundamentals of Flash, but also the basic principles of rich media design. Includes lesson files, assessment quizzes and review materials.
Joe's Animation Foundations Class Web Site: We use Microsoft Sharepoint in our district so everything is housed in a sharepoint site.

Free Animation Software

Google Sketchup: This is a very easy and fun software that you students will enjoy using. My brother-in-law uses it in the Architechure program at the University of Washington.
Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a unique software, that allows you to create stick figure animations easily and without any artistic skills.
Maya Personal Learning Edition: This is the free version of Maya that includes a watermark on your designs but it is a great way to introduce your students to Maya until you can afford to purchase the real thing.
DoInk | Draw, Animate, and Collaborate: Draw and animate online easily, collaborate with friends and other artists by reusing props.

Design

Kuler: This is a great site for developing color schemes.
ColorBlender: your free online tool for color matching and palette design.

Online Tools

Adobe Photoshop Express: Photoshop Express is your online photo sharing and editing resource. Upload, tweak, rotate, edit, share and store your photos.
Tutorials: Kelby Training Videos (These are great!)
Adobe Premiere Express: Online video editing or video remixing through Photobucket (with your pictures and video) and MTV (remix their video).
SchoolTube and YouTube: SchoolTube is the educational version of YouTube.
rsizer: This site will do some basic image editing.
Wordle: This is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
Sliderocket: SlideRocket is a web application that provides everything you need to design professional quality presentations, manage and share libraries of slides and assets, and to deliver presentations in person or remotely over the web.
BuzzWord: Adobe® Buzzword® is a new online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others. It looks and behaves like your normal desktop word processor, but it operates inside a web browser, so there's no installation required.
This online word processor and pdf converter is powerful and free!
Flickr: Online photo and video sharing and editing tool.
Picasa: Free software from google that lets you organize, edit and share your photos.
Google Docs: Create, upload/download or share your Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents.
Animoto: Animoto is a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.
Online Storyboardig Tools
- Xtra Normal: http://www.xtranormal.com/
  How to: http://digitalworlds.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/friday-fun-19-lets-make-a-movie/
- Kids Video Storyboard Tool
  http://kidsvid.altec.org/scripting.html
- Atomic Learning
  http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/storyboardpro
- Celtix Screen Writing and Storyboarding
  http://www.celtx.com/

Adobe Flash Workshop

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