flash work

in uni we have been learning how to use flash.

our 1st lesson learning about flash was learning the basic tools and windows used within Flash such as the timeline where we create are animation. The timeline shows different ways on how the animation can be made such as using frame by frame animating or motion tweening and shape tweening.

In this I've learnt  a lot about different types of framework that could be used in flash of which I will use later in any animation I may create.

 Other things learned within Flash was putting objects onto a rail/grid this will allow an object to move in a certain direction but keeping to the grids line. We learn this by creating a little planet and a UFO going round it and then created a grid. This allow us to attached the UFO to the grid so it would go around the planet.  The UFO used a motion tween while the grid itself simply attached to the UFO but did not show up in the end animation.

another thing learnt within Flash was to use the action script this would allow us to create buttons that would react with our animation, how this would work would be making a simple animation which would react to an object within the scene and only start or stop when the object was pressed.  At 1st the action script seemed difficult to understand but over the course of time became easier to understand, the action script works in coding certain objects within the animation allowing the animator to create buttons within the animation.  For example I created an animation where a sphere would change colour and change shape I then created 2 boxes at the bottom of the screen that I would turn into action scripts which would affect the animation of the sphere. One button would start the animation while the other would stop.