Thursday, January 14, 2010

Flash Basics

Questions:
1) What type of file can be modified in Flash CS3? (just list the file ending)
A) .fla

2) What is the national standard for American television video broadcast?
A) NTSC

3) What part of the Flash interface displays the movie you are working on?
A)stage

4) You need to turn these on BEFORE you can use guides.
A)Right click on the "graphic" label and select "Add Motion Guide" from the pop-up window.

5) What is the gray area surrounding the Stage in Flash CS3?
A) the work area

6) What is the magnetic pull of objects to a grid? (this grid can be turned on/off)
A)The objects snap to the grid set up by Flash.

7) What is the default frame rate for Web playback in Flash CS3?
A)12

8) What is exporting your final Flash CS3 file called?
A)The final file type is SWF.

9) Designing for the Web is normally measured in what unit of measure?
A)The web is measured in pixels.

10) What are palettes in Flash CS3 called?
A)Flash uses panels instead of palettes.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Hocus-Focus



Differences:
1:Kid on right's shirt
2:Bus sign post
3:Tree's poster
4:Antenna on car
5:Kid on lefts hat
6:Dog is farther from kid on left


Differences:
1. kids hat
2. plant
3. wife's shirt sleeve tip is striped in the bottom picture
4. lantern in doorway
5. wife's collor is smaller in top picture
6. Glasses in dad's hand in top picture and not in bottom.



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Questions:

1. How would this activity help you as an HTML programmer?
A. Spot differences between things.

2. How many differences did you discover?
A. 6 out of 6.

3. Do you see these differences once they were pointed out to you?
A. Didn't need to since I found all. But maybe if I didn't.

4. Discuss what you can do to write better code in the future.
A. Practice and pay attention!