Flash tutorials. two lessons so far

Just completed the first 2 tutorials on flash and am so far finding it very helpful as am a newbie to the program. Have experimened with motion tweens and am more confident with working with the timeline and basic tools.



In lesson 2 i created a sparkling water animation using shapes and motion tween animation.

Main things learnt - how to fill a shape with a bitmap file, and how to animate graphic symbols at different times in the timeline.




The motion tween have give me an idea for designing a flash game - a game where the player has to keep their eye on a ball underneath a shot glass (or just a circle) while they move around the screen. The game could include levels where the speed and complecity is increased after each round. Ill look into actionscript for this and try to develop the game..

Things to do..

• Look around for a festive product i can create a banner for


• Start brainstorming ideas for the project. Bannerblog ideas?


• Lesson 3 in the flash tutorial


• Look into flash game idea. Ask David Downes


• Read up database stuff from today