Midterm Madness & Flash Demos

On Wednesday, Feb 18, we'll take a look at your midterm projects. . . so . . . get to work!
You can present one grand project or several smaller ones. It's up to you.

On Monday, Feb 23, you'll present pseudo code, concepts, and a work schedule for your final project.

Here are the .fla demo files we covered today:
sound01.fla
sound02.fla shows how to add a dynamic text box
sound03.fla shows how to place a movie clip on the stage with ActionScript
alarm.wav

Heads, you lose

We'll critique your jump pieces in class on Wednesday. A quick note: 400 pixels wide seems to be about the maximum width for embeded .swf files in the blogspot blogs. Bigger widths wreck the layout. If you're working on a bigger piece you can either:
1. Not embed the swf, but post a still with a link to the .swf file.
2. Make a mini-version using the edit multiple frames onion skin option. (Save a copy BEFORE you do this--it can go hilariously wrong.)

Here's a link to the headsy.fla file above. And here's the code:

// headsy.fla ActionScript 2.0 by Miles Inada
// demonstrates how one button can control several movie clip timelines.
// the head movie clips have stops on frame 1 of their timelines.
// the body movie clip is looped and has a still rest frame on frame 40.

but01.onRelease = function(){
head1Ani.gotoAndPlay(2);
head2Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
head3Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
bodyAni.gotoAndStop(40);
}

but02.onRelease = function(){
head1Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
head2Ani.gotoAndPlay(2);
head3Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
bodyAni.gotoAndStop(40);
}

but03.onRelease = function(){
head1Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
head2Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
head3Ani.gotoAndPlay(2);
bodyAni.gotoAndStop(40);
}
//this button is placed over the figure's head to reset all movie clips to 1
clearButton.onRelease = function(){
head1Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
head2Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
head3Ani.gotoAndStop(1);
bodyAni.gotoAndPlay(1);
}

Art 351 Weekend Assignment

1. Create a timeline-jumpin' interactive piece. We'll critique these on Wednesday 21.

2. Go to another place you've never been before n' blog it. You could also add photos, drawings etc. to your post.

3. Find and post a link to a cool Flash site. It could be a tutorial on how to do something or just a cool site that uses some kind of interactivity--

4. Blog a bit about your advent calendar thinking.

All of this is due by Wednesday, January 21.