The labs this semester have been very useful but yet difficult at times. Its not so much the lab content that worries me but rather how to combine all of the information in the Dreamweaver lab sheets for example to create a fully functioning website. I think it was great that we will have at least a basic knowledge of tools such as Audacity and Adobe Fireworks too. Captivate seems like it will be a very useful tool for different projects, however I cannot say that I am as enthusiastic about Flash. I have found the Flash lab sheets quite complicated and rarely completed everything correctly during the lab times. To be honest I would say I am dreading completing a Flash assignment this semester. I know this will definitely take at least two weeks. Action Script will probably be my biggest issue but I think the lab we had on HTML hopefully help with this.
There are lots of useful tutorials on the Adobe website and also on YouTube. Here are links to a few online tutorials I found very helpful, tutvid seems to provide the most comprehensive tutorials:
- Action Script 3.0 Linking and Using Buttons: Flash Tutorial
· Build Simple Sound Player: Flash Tutorial AS 3.0
During the interactive courseware labs we were also introduced to the animation websites Animoto.com and Xtranormal.com.I had no idea that these tools were free to use. I am sure there are many more, possibly even better free tools out there. Here is my video that I made in Animoto using a compilation of photographs <object width="400" height="222" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1969895766473" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1969895766473" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="222"></embed></object>
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