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Today’s Lineup. More Flash: Video Conversion, Templates Consult on Final Projects. More Flash. By now you should know: The basic Flash interface How to use the drawing tools How to create “ tweens ” More Advanced: (See tutorial) Buttons Action script. More Flash: Video.
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Today’s Lineup More Flash: Video Conversion, Templates Consult on Final Projects
More Flash By now you should know: • The basic Flash interface • How to use the drawing tools • How to create “tweens” More Advanced: (See tutorial) • Buttons • Action script
More Flash: Video Two ways to add video: • Import it directly into a Flash project • Encode it using Flash Video Encoder
Why Use the Encoder? • Saves a step when importing into a Flash project. • Faster upload to YouTube, blip.tv, other sharing sites. • More control: Tweak settings for size, compression, etc.
Example • See Video
More Flash: Templates Reuters/Media Storm: Recycle, Reuse • Economic Crisis • Iraq Anniversary
Using Templates: Concept Knight Digital Media Center (Berkeley),Ventura County Star • Most reporters aren't designers. • Staff designers don’t have time to do it all. • Web-focused stories relegated to special projects. • Remedy: Create free templates that cover “70-80 percent” breaking news, features.
Result: Flash Templates • The Templates Student Project
Finally…Flash Can Be: Really Simple Really Engaging Media Storm Homepage • CNNHeath Care Bill