1. Scene with Layers
2. Basic Motion Tween

1. Expanded Square
2. Monochrome Scene
3. Intro Scene
4. Navigation Scene

1. Introduction
2. Character Design & Symbol Creation
3. Terms & Definitions
4. Overview of the Walk Cycle
5. Getting Started
6. Frame Nine
7. Body Bounce
8. Animating the legs and feet
9. Refining the Arm Animation

In this class you will be doing a series of assignments and projects. Assignments are designed to be completed within 1 or 2 class sessions. Projects are something you work on over a few weeks.

Keeping Organized

I recommend that you keep all your files in a single folder in your documents folder. You can also create sub folders if you wish.

When working with Flash, you can potentially have a number of different files to deal with. The most important file that you need to save and keep track of, is the one called an FLA file. The FLA file is the file that you’ll be working on, making edits to etc. You can recognize a FLA file by it’s filename extension (suffix after a dot).

For example: Untitled.fla

To open and work on FLA files, you need to have the Flash application program.

Whenever you “test” or publish your movie, Flash creates a compact file called a “SWIFF” file. We call it a SWIFF file but it’s actually spelled .SWF. This file is much smaller, making it quick to download over the internet, and all you usually need to view it is a reasonably new web browser. You cannot really edit a SWIFF file. The SWIFF file is not “linked” to your FLA file. It only represents what your Flash movie looks like at the time you created the SWIFF file.

Naming Your Files

Because you’ll be creating files that will be appearing on the web, and because I’ve already created the HTML(web) code for the links to your files, all files that you turn in to me need to follow a specific naming scheme. It also helps me keep your files organized and easy for me to find them.

If your name were Jack Bauer, your assignment and project filenames would look like:

A1_baurj.fla    or    P1_baurj.fla

NOTES ABOUT FILENAMES

• HTML is case sensitive, meaning it differentiates between uppercase and lowercase letters. To keep things simple, only the letter A (for assignment) and P (for project) are capitalized. All other letters in filenames should be lowercase.
• HTML does not like spaces and punctuation symbols in filenames. If you follow my naming scheme everything should be just fine.