COAP:COAP-2110/week3

Week 3

Theme: Transformation of graphics and morphing

Layers (again)

• Topics: Being organized
• Handout: Flash layers tutorial

Transformation of objects

• Topics: Simple transformation (scaling, rotating, skewing, distorting), envelope transformation of a shape with either the select tool, envelope transforms or the sub-selection tool.
• Handout: Flash object transform tutorial

Arranging objects

• Topics: align, stack, combine, break objects
• Handout: Flash arranging objects tutorial

Colors and gradients

• Previews: Colors
• Handout: Flash colors tutorial

Shape tweening

• Previews: Simple shape morph, Simple shape and motion morph, traced bitmaps morph, Shape tweening in motion
• Handout: Flash shape tweening tutorial

Mid-term exam preparation

See the week 4 program

Homework 3 - Week 3

Assignment

Think about a simple shape animation that you would like to create, e.g. something that could evolve into a comic strip, a splash page, a moving logo, an explanatory animation, etc. Then create a Flash file that includes:

• At least a shape tween

Reuse of homework 1

• If you wish you can build the shape tween on top of your homework 1 (in any way you like). But this is by no means an obligation nor does it have an influence on grading.

Submission date and format

• To be returned by Monday, at start of week 4 lesson
• Use the following Flash file name familyname-firstname.fla, e.g.

miller-joe.fla

... I must be able to distinguish these files and we want to avoid overwriting.

Other constraints

• Reuse of objects: 1/3 must be drawn by yourself, max. 1/3 imported but customized, max. 1/3 imported as is. (So you also can do everything by yourself).
• The shape tween must be made by yourself.
• You must fill in a document description using the same template as in homework 1.
• Homework projects are individual. If you work with others, make sure that the individual projects differ, i.e. the "reuse of objects" criteria above apply.

The document description

Your xxx-xxx.fla file must include a document description.

• Insert it with menu Modify->Document
• Enter a title and description
• See the usual template