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Homework 1

COAP 2110 - Fall 1 2007 - Week 2

Assignment

Think about a simple 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 frame-by-frame animation
  • Some sort of background
Submission date and format
  • To be returned by Monday, at start of week 2 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.

Please upload the file to the Blackboard system (assignment 1)

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 frame-by-frame tween must be made by yourself.
  • You must fill in a document description using a template (see below)
  • 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.
Evaluation criteria - bonus and malus points

See homework template. Paste your text into the Flash file documentation: Modify->Document or hit CTRL-J

The document description

Your p1-xxx-xxx.fla file must include a document description.

  • Insert it with menu Modify->Document
  • Enter a title and description
  • You may first cut/paste the template below into a notepad and edit, then paste contents to Flash.
  • Please keep the titles surrounded by "===" and use "*" for bullets as in the example that follows.

Cut/paste this template:



=== Author and Date ===


=== Objectives ===
 
 
=== Production steps (summary) ===
 
  
=== Difficulties and self-evaluation ===
 
 
=== Credits and bibliography ===



Example:

=== Author and Date ===
Daniel K. Schneider, sept 1 2007.

=== Objectives ===

A flying rocket that I could insert on top of a web page to give it a feel of dynamism.
It should be flaming.
 
=== Production steps (summary) ===

* Copied a rocket in SVG from the Internet
* Made a frame-by-frame animation with 4 frames
* I broke apart the rocket and changed size and shape of the flames
* Made the rocket smaller and turned it with the transform tool
* Changed background to blue
  
=== Difficulties and self-evaluation ===
 
* I didn't find this difficult.
* Please teach me how to stop the animation.
* I am quite happy with the result, but I think that the flame animation could be improved,
  i.e. the flames are hard to see in the motion animation.

=== Credits and bibliography ===

* Rocket: http://commons.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/Image:Rocket.svg
* I just used the handouts and textbook

Hints
  • Go for something that is simple, e.g. animation of something with "sticks" is just fine.
  • Type of background depends on your objectives, it can be just a color.
  • Use this exercise to prototype some feature of your term project.
  • Remember the academic honesty policy ! Homework without credits given to external resources used will be refused.