e-Developing+Storyboards

Return Clips Page
1. CLIPS background - Should we link from here to Judy's descriptor page

2. Getting Started
 * Download [|ActivityTemplateCLIPS_2008-04-07.fla]
 * Download Testbed
 * Watch a movie about the Testbed (purpose how does an activity work in the testbed etc.)
 * Watch a movie about the activity template (how does the template work)
 * Add link to Adobe Flash page

3. Tutorials
 * [|Tutorialized.com Macromedia Flash Tutorials]
 * [|Actionscript.org Flash Tutorials]

4. Adding Sound
 * How to import sound into an activity
 * How to add sound effects
 * Link to sites that have free sound effects ie no copyright infringement
 * http://www.soundsnap.com/
 * Download sounds

5. Ubertools
 * Patterns
 * dashed line
 * Storyboard Grid - use and e-developer code
 * Graphing Tools

6. Commerical Products
 * [|Patrick Jansen Collection of Flash Text Effects and Animation Components]
 * [|Extend Studios]

7. Instruction and Review
 * textboxes/movieclips - types, properties and methods (ones we commonly use)
 * hyperlink to - another CLIPS activity; uploaded file; url
 * import a picture - must convert to symbol in order to access methods or properties
 * basic animation with tweens - use a pencil to draw a line (each must be on own layer)
 * changing the colour of points and lines

8. Sample Code (Flash Code Bits and Pieces)
 * Textboxes - setFocus; setTabOrder; update dynamic text
 * Movie Clip - start drag and stop drag via onPress and onRelease
 * Movie Clips - hitTest; _x and _y plus tolerance; some other function?
 * action script to animate - move a point or draw a dashed line (on and off the graphing board (use CLIPS add layer instead of one at different level otherwise xtoPix etc need to be adjusted by the offset) ;onEnterFrame; setInterval; across the timeline
 * gotoAndStop on certain frames in a button to change their colour??
 * Using a pencil to draw a line on the graphing board or stage
 * xtoPix and xtoFun to place points on correct place on the grid and store location in case of resize
 * program around no onMove for a Movie Clip - set flag true onPress; set flag false onRelease; onMouseMove if (flag true) do this

9. Movies (link to same files)