In Class Tue Jan19th

Review

FPS = Frames Per Second

120 frames at 12 FPS = 10 seconds of animation

Import

You can import JPGs, GIFs and PNG24's into flash

You want the images your bringing into Flash to be as close to the size they need to be as possible

Resolution of all screens is 72 dpi

Review 4 Animation styles in Flash

- Frame by Frame - anything goes

- Shape Tween - requires a shape

- Motion Tween - requires a symbol

- Motion Path - requires a symbol

* you can turn any 'Shape' into a 'Symbol' by selecting the Shape and clicking 'Convert to Symbol'

* Symbols can be either Movie Clips or Buttons

* Symbols are stored in the 'Library' (found under 'Window')

Buttons

- React to the movement of the cursor

- Contain: UP, OVER, DOWN and HIT frames

- May contain Actionscript

Actionscript

- Stop();

- gotoAndPlay('frame #');

- gotoAndStop('frame #');

- on (release) { 'what ever you want to do' }

NEW ACTIONSCRIPT

- getURL("url", window);

- loadMovieNum("url", level);

- unloadMovieNum(level);