Flash+Activity+Two

= Flash Activity Two = = =

Below is an animated graphic about the Fourth of July that I created in Adobe Flash CS5.

media type="file" key="SmithF2.swf" width="360" height="270"

=Reflection: = For Flash Activity Two, I created an electronic greeting on the Fourth of July for the citizens of the United States to enjoy as they remember our military as well as our heritage. Unfortunately, this was a terrible experience for me and I am definitely not happy with the finished product. I had planned to use this assignment to make a greeting for my boyfriend’s birthday; however, I just couldn’t apply the information that I had learned in Flash Activity One to this one (for some reason). My difficulties developed with the layers because I didn’t realize that the background layer should be placed on the bottom while all the others should have been arranged above it. I usually learn technology fairly quickly and enjoy exploring the programs to create these assignments. Sadly, Flash Activity Two was extremely difficult and frustrating because I couldn’t find any useful YouTube videos about several of the requirements in the assignment. I finally located a guide on Google that I used to help me create the electronic greeting on the Fourth of July (which needs A LOT of work). I will probably start over and try again in attempts to learn the program in a more effective manner and to create a greeting that displays all of the requirements.

1. Text – “Happy Fourth of July!” I created the text using the text tool (Layer – Text, Frame 43). I also changed the font to Pristina, the font size to 20, and the color to grayish-white. 2. Graphic created by me – I created the entire scene (Layer – Background, Frame 1) in Adobe Flash, including the buildings (with the rectangle tool), the moon (with the oval tool), the windows (with the rectangle tool), the fireworks (Layer – Fireworks, Frame 1) and the stars (with the brush tool). 4. & 5. Graphic of any type – As stated in #2, I created the entire scene (Layer Background – Frame 1) for the electronic greeting. 6. Motion Guide – I could not determine how to fulfill this requirement. 7. Sound – For this activity, I used http://www.findsounds.com to search for a firework sound to include in the electronic greeting (Layer – Sound, Frame 1). I also faded the sound out as it neared the end of the animation. 8. Tweens – I used a motion tween with the text so that it would fade in at the end (Layer – Text, Frame 43). I decided to use a shape tween on the fireworks (Layer – Fireworks, Frame 1) in order for them to expand from small to large as they often do in the sky. 9. Buttons & Actions – I followed the steps in the video in order to stop the electronic greeting at the end (Frame 48) and also to insert a replay button (Layer – Button, Frame 45). Unfortunately, they do not operate correctly; however, I attempted to correct both problems but couldn’t determine a solution to resolve either issue.
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=References: = [|http://www.findsounds.com] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[]