Course Outline:

Introduction to Interactive Interface Design and User Experience

• History: Movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley (Quiz)
• Lecture: Introduction to Interactive Interface Design Concepts (Quiz)

Introduction to the Flash Design Environment

• Learning Flash’s Interface and Authoring Tools
• Creating Simple Graphics

Working with Text and Import Images

• Working with internal text
• Working with external text
• Raster or Bitmap images and Flash
• Vector images and Flash

Symbols and Libraries

• Understanding Graphic, Button, and Movie Clip Symbols
• Working with Libraries and Components

Animation: Understanding Motion and Tweening

• Shape Tweening
• Classic Tweening
• Motion Tweening

Animation: Frame-by-Frame Animation

• Creating Walk Cycles using traditional cell animation
• Combining Frame-By-Frame and Tweening for intermediate animation

Basic Interactivity: Static and Animated Buttons

• Building Buttons for Interactivity

Basic Interactivity: Navigation using ActionScripting

• Introduction to ActionScripting 3.0 for Navigation and Interactivity

Adding Sound and Video (Movie Clips)

• Working with Audio and Video to Enhance your Flash Movie

Publishing Flash Movies

• Techniques in delivering Flash Movies to your audience