Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Fixing Sound Problems in Flash

Hi there,
Several of you have had problems controlling sound playback in Flash. I have found the answer – it’s new for Flash CS4!
The command is as follows:
flash.media.SoundMixer.stopAll();
If you have sounds associated with a scene, it is best to place this command into the…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Post Your Use Case Scenarios Here

Please publish links to your use case scenarios in the comment section of this post.

3 years, 1 month ago

Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Button Navigation in Flash

BUTTON NAVIGATION
Button navigation is navigation with buttons (things you press to go from frame to frame or scene to scene)
There are two steps to button navigation:
1. Create the Button
2. Create the ActionScript that will tell Flash to go to a new frame or new Scene
CREATE A…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Next Assignment: Social Media Use Case Scenario

Dear students,
For your next assignment you will use Flash to illustrate a social media use case scenario. You must tell a story of how some person uses social media for a specific reason. For example, you could document how to use FaceBook to promote Ali’s Deli.…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Tips for Recording Good Sound

Production and Post-Production
Production – The process of recording audio and video segments. It’s easier to edit good material than mediocre material.
Post-Production – The process of selecting recorded audio or video segments and editing them together. Titles, graphics and…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Flash Animation Assignment

Your Flash animation assignment should have these two components:
1. You must tell a story with a beginning, middle and end.
2. You must use two of the three methods of Flash animation that we discussed in class (art-based animation, motion tween, shape tween). One of your animation…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Social Media Revolution

Fun Video on Social Media

3 years, 2 months ago

Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Information Architecture for Website Development

Broadly speaking, Information Architecture, is a term for modeling how the organization of data in a system. This is an important aspect in the development of any automated computer system, ranging from a complex enterprise resource planning system to a simple…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Flash Animation Brief

Three Ways of Flash Animation
There are three ways to create animation in Flash:

Art-based animation
Shape tween animation
Motion tween animation

You can see some examples of Flash animation here:

The Three Ways of Animation in Flash
Flash Animation Examples

These files are in the…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Working with Flash

Flash is the animation and interactivity tool of choice on 99 percent of Web sites. Flash is a versatile program that is used all over the Web to create photo slideshows, interactive presentations with audio, video and photos; animation; and Web site navigation. We are going to learn how to…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Post Your Photo Essays Here!

Please create a comment to this post, and link your photo essay to our comment. This way we have a central location where we can see everyone’s photo essay!

3 years, 3 months ago

Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: This is My Fabulous Image

3 years, 3 months ago

Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: RTDNA Issues Ethical Guidelines on Journalism and Social Media

The Radio-Television Digital News Association has issued ethical guidelines on the use of social media in journalism. You can read them here:

http://www.rtdna.org/pages/media_items/social-media-and-blogging-guidelines1915.php

Although the…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Open-Source Hardware

Design something new. Send the specifications to a factory. Get it in the mail.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1813626064?bctid=63270385001

3 years, 3 months ago

Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: The Art of the Photo Slideshow

Basic Photo Shots

Long Shot – provides a full view of the subject
Medium Shot – brings the subject matter closer to the viewer and starts to isolate an element of interest
Close-Up – focuses the viewers attention and isolates the subject entirely from its surrounding…

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Susan Jacobson wrote a new blog post: Looking at Blogs

Evaluating Blogs
Who is the Author(s)?
What is the author’s agenda? What is the relationship between the author as a person and the material they are covering? Is this a personal blog, written by people who are expressing their own views, or is it a corporate blog, where the views are…

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