TIMELINES
Creating layers for each part of the video
Unlocking and Viewing the layer that I wanted to work on developing
Recognizing the order of the layers in order to achieve the correct display
Working with multiple timelines within each other
FRAMES
Inserting, removing, cutting, copying, moving frames.
Understanding the key frame and what it does.
Assigning labels to frames for navigation of the timeline.
Extending time lines frame by frame.
Extending time lines through the property window, such as how many frames would occur per second.
AUDIO
Importing Audio sound bytes
Working within the sound byte properties to designate when it should play as well as how I wanted it to sound (i.e. fading in or out)
IMAGES
Importing images into my flash library
Converting images into symbols: movieclips, buttons and graphics
Duplication of the symbols in the library in order to create new instances of them
BUTTONS
Creating and Importing buttons
Naming buttons and their instances
Developing animation of the button
Using layers within a button.
ANIMATION
Frame by frame animation of graphics
Understanding the differences between Motion Tweening and Shape Tweening and figuring out which type of of tween to use with my content.
Adjusting the time to slow down animation.
Selecting and manipulating the symbols being used in an animation.
Animating Text.
Animating simple lines being drawn
ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0
How it controls my Flash project
Specific codes used:
Adding EventListeners
Functions
Variables: strings and numbers
How to comment within the script
Adding Counters and tracing them
FLASH TOOLS
viewing Output and Compiler errors
checking the errors and their location
Onion Skin in order to create more accurate animation and placement of objects
Drawing
Modifying objects - their size and properties
Grouping and arranging the objects
Aligning objects
Adjusting the stage dimensions
Controlling playback and testing my movies and scenes
INTERACTIVITY
Involving the viewer with how the movie unfolds
PUBLISHING
How to save my Flash Video for use on a webpage
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
Saving and renaming each version of a video that I worked on
Consistency with naming the buttons and files so that they could be easily retrieved from the library.
Camel backing the names
Organizing folders in my library according to the type of symbol I was using
