Indicative contents

• Introduction to Flash & Creating Graphics
Creating a Document and setting Properties, Saving a File, Setting Preference, Using Drawing Toolbar, Selecting Objects, Fills and Strokes, Painting tools, Working with Colors and Gradients, Importing Images.

• Working with Text, Layers, Symbols
Using Text Tool, Formatting Text, Types of Text, Adding Timeline Effect to a Text Field
Modifying Shapes and Objects, Layers, Layers Masking, Symbol, Library, Creating Graphical Symbol, Modifying Symbol.

• Animation and Importing Sound
Frame and Key frames, Creating Frame – by – Animation, Tweened Animation,
Creating Movie Clip, Animating Layer Masking, Adjusting animation Speed,
Importing Sound Clip, Placing Sounds, Editing Sound.

• Flash Buttons, Scenes and Flash Scripting
Creating Buttons, Working with Scenes, Introduction to Script, Using Action Panel, Using Movie Explorer, Adding Actions.

• Toon Boom Studio: Basics, Drawing and Importing Artwork
Starting your Animation, Setting the Animation Frame Rate and Camera Size, Adding Scenes to a Movie, Working with Text, Optimizing Drawing Objects for the Web, Cutting and erasing the Objects, Modifying the Shape of Vector Lines, Importing Static Image.

• Inking and Painting and Animating
Coloring Your Character, Swatches, Painting Zones in Your Drawings, Inking Line Art, Creating Multiple Palette Style, Animating Elements with Pegs, Using Keyframes and Timeline Properties, Animating Size Changes with the Scale Tool, Creating with Motion Path, Editing Functions Using the Function Editor.

• Creating Effects, Playback and Rendering
Additive and Multiplicative Color Changes, Clipping Mask Effects, Drop Shadow Effects
Preview a Scene Interactively, Real Time Playback, Exporting Your Movie, Exporting Drawings.

 

Module Resources

• Books

1. Tom Green and David Stiller, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers, Friends of ED, 2007.
2. Robert Hoekman, Jr., Rich Shupe, Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity, O’Reilly, 2006.
3. Mark Stephen Smith, The Art of Flash Animation Creative Cartooning, Wordware Publishing, Inc. 2007.
4. Joey Lott and Robert Reinhardt, Flash 8 Action Script Bible, Wiley Publishing, 2006
5. Toon Boom Studio User Guide.
    

• Laboratory

Software Tools / Hardware :  Flash,  Toon Boom Studio
Lab Manual : Flash Books & Tutorials, Toon Boom Studio Books & Tutorials