Flash Lectures 3 & 4

If you just want motion, but the shape is staying the same, save it as a symbol.
If you are changing to another shape, you need to save it as a bitmap.

Modify -> Break Apart
then you can use the lasso tool to select only the part of the picture you want.

Insert -> New Symbol to add a new item to a scene.

Assignements:
Lecture 2 - 1 & 2
Lecture 3 - Just 1
Lecture 4 - Assignment 1; a & b

Flash Lectures 1 & 2

Tools
Solid arrow - Click on solid arrow when you're finished. It also moves things around.
White arrow - use to drag, like handles on shapes
Free Transformation (box with dot inside) - change size & free rotate
Lasso -
Line -
Text -
Pen - creates multiple anchor points
Circle
Square
Pencil
Ink Bottle
Paint Bucket
Eraser
Eye Dropper

Movement:
Click on frame one.
You need to convert it into a symbol instead of bitmap
Modify -> convert to symbol -> graphic
(You can't erase a symbol.)

Click on a later frame on the timeline.
Insert -> Timeline -> Keyframe

Properties -> Tween -> Motion

Control -> Test Movie

To undo your conversion to symbol,
Modify -> Break Apart

Change Shape:
Properties -> Tween -> Shape
(You will have to delete the first shape when you are on your key frame.)

Homework:
Export -> Export Image -> save as .swf

Photoshop Lecture 6

Classwork:


Coherence Principle
Students learn better when extraneous material is excluded rather than included.
1. Student learning is hindered when interesting but irrelelvant words and pictures are added to a multimedia presentation.
WHY?

• Irrelevant material may direct the learner away from relevant material.
• Irrelevant material may disrupt the learner's building of cause-and-effect chains.
• The learner may assume the theme comes from the seductive details.

2. Student learning is hindered when interesting but irrelelvant sounds and music are added to a multimedia presentation.
WHY?

• There is limited capacity in auditory and visual channels.
• Processing capacity is limited.
• Irrelevant sounds and music will result in poor retention and transfer.

3. Student learning is improved when unneeded words are eliminated from a multimedia presentation.

WHY?

• helps students to quickly process information
• facilitates the process for retaining information

• Use key words in the captions.
• Present information in order
• Present information near corresponding illustrations.

Homework:

Photoshop Lecture 5

Erase Tool
Brush
Opacity 42%
Flow46%
(allows only part of the picture to be erased instead of the whole thing)





Magic Wand
change the tolerance if it is selecting too much or too little of the picture.

Matting
Image -> Canvas Size (to change the size of the whole project - it can also help you add a border)
You can also use the square marquee to select an area to make another mat layer. OR simply select the layer you want to add the mat border to and... Edit -> stroke

Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise -> Gaussian
Filter -> Texture -> Texturizer


Temporal Contiguity
Presenting verbal information and animation simultaneously (rather than successively) can help students connect the images with the verbal information better, allowing them to have deeper understanding and transfer of information.

Filter
Filter -> render -> lens flare
Filter -> blur -> motion blur


Assignment