Day 6: Introduction to Flash

Other Flash Tutorials

Flash Skills

Drawing: We start by combining hand drawing with Flash Drawing to cover a variety of visual design concepts. Here are links to the Flash drawing tutorials.
Activity01: 1 Point Perspective (12;14)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj\flash\1pointperspective\1pointperspective.html
How to save a Flash File as a .gif File (1:34)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/gif/gif.html
Activity02: 2 Point Perspective (16:54)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj\flash\2pointperspective\2pointperspective.html
Activity01: 3D Overview (1:18)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj\flash\3d_intro\3d_intro.html
Activity02: Working with Symbols Part 1 (5:38)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj\flash\symbol1\symbol1.html
Activity02: Working with Symbols Part 2 (9:59)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj\flash\symbol2\symbol2.html
Activity03: Working with Layers (12:19)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj\flash\layers\layers.html
Gradient and Symbol Tutorial (13:29)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/gradients/gradients.html
Object Drawing Mode Tutorial (9:29)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/objectdrawingmode/objectdrawingmode.html

Animation: Next we explore animation techniques using both hand drawn and computer based. Here are the Flash animation Lessons.
Ball Bounce
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/bouncing_ball/part1/part1.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/bouncing_ball/part2/part2.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/stair_bounce_index.html
Dump Truck Animation Practice Assignment
In this lesson you will practice a variety of new animation techniques and review some old ones.
Lesson 1: Cycles (12:33)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/cycles/cycles.html
Lesson 2: Sound (4:14)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/sound/sound.html
Lesson 3: Rumble (4:26)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/rumble/rumble.html
Lesson 4: Drive and rumble (12:35)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/drive_dump/drive_dump.html

Action Script: Next we explore basic actionscript 2.0.
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/actions_intro.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/goto_06.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/weblaunch.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/actions_review.html
Navigation System
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/navigation/nav1.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/navigation/nav2.html

Buttons: You will need to know how to create a button if you want to make a Flash web site.
Activity01: Basic Buttons http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/buttons/basic1/basic1.html
Activity02: Buttons with a Text Layer http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/buttons/basic2_text/basic2_text.html
Activity03: Text Buttons http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/buttons/basic3/basic3.html
Glowing Button
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/buttons/glowbutton/glowbutton.html
Invisible Buttons
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/buttons/invisible1/friends.html
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/buttons/invisible2/tools.html

Cannon Project: This project is designed to practice creating buttons and using action script to control the viewers placement on the timeline.
Part1 (7:37)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/actions/canon1/canon1.html
Part2 (11:14)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/actions/canon2/canon2.html
Part3 (8:01)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/flash/actions/canon3/canon3.html

Instructional Animation Project: In this project you will be creating a series of animated movies that teach a basic concept or process.
Load Movie
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/loadMovie/loadMovie.html
Masking
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/mask/mask.html

Animation Class Web Site
http://sharepoint.svsd410.org/mshs/dockeryj/animation/default.aspx