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Lab Assignment

Web Graphics-Introduction
Fireworks MX, Flash MX

Summer 2004
Course Outline
Prof. Raymond J. Kimball
email: Raymond.Kimball@montgomerycollege.edu

1. Attendance
2. What you need for this class
3. Textbook - Bishop, Shuman/Waxer - The Web Collection, Thomson Course Technology, © 2003, ISBN 0-619-10980-7
4. External Storage Device
   1. Zip (199 or 250 MB) or
   2. Mini USB Flash Drive (32, 64, 128, 256, 512 MB)- 64 or 128 MB would be plenty of space - see CNET.com for ratings, prices. (128 MB is about the "minimum" these days.)
5. Data files from Course Technology
6. See Page xxiii of the textbook and Data Files List in the back of the Textbook
   1. Go to www.Course.com. Click on Student Downloads
   2. Copy and paste the following ISBN No. for the Web Collection Textbook - 0-619-10980-7
   3. Download the Fireworks (5.86 MB) and Flash (454 KB) files to C:\My Documents or My Downloads. (You can also download the DreamWeaver files if you wish, but we probably won't be using them in this class.)
   4. After download, copy the files to your Zip or Flash USB mini-drive.

Class 1 - Fireworks - Workspace, tools, Bitmap, Vector Images

• Getting Started - Fireworks pp. A-1 - A-7
• Learning About the Fireworks Window - Fireworks A-8 - 11
• Work with Bitmap and Vector Images - Fireworks A-12 - 16.
• Create and Modify Text - Fireworks a-18 - A-27

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Class 2 - Fireworks - Working With Objects

• Macromedia Fireworks B-4 - B-19
• Working with Interactivity and HotSpots
• Fireworks C-1- C-19
• Slices and Hotspots
• Create Links in Web Pages
• Create Rollovers (from slices)
• Create Basic Rollover buttons - See Class Notes, Creating Fireworks
• Roll-over Buttons

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Class 3 - Saturday Lab - Fireworks & Web Design - Exporting/Importing

• Create FireworksBasic Home Page Design
• Export from Fireworks - Macromedia MX Ch. A-4 - A-13 (last chapter in book)
• Import into DreamWeaver - Macromedia MX Ch. A-14 - 15;
• also see Export/Import Notes
• Edit Fireworks images in DreamWeaver
• Create a page which has the following elements
  • Banner
  • Graphic "retouched" with Fireworks tools or effects.
  • See graphics at MC-RJK Pictures , or use your own bitmap or vector image
  • Navigation Bar
  • Main text area
  • "Contact Information" area at bottom of page.
  • Break all of these into slices. See tutorial notes on slicing, and Fireworks Chapter C-4 - C-19
• Distinguish between image slicing and HTML areas. See tutorial notes.
• Export your Fireworks product.
  • See Macromedia MX Ch. A-10 - A-17.
  • See also Tutorial Notes Export / Import.
  Import Fireworks Object to DreamWeaver

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Class 4 - Flash

Getting Started - Flash A-1 - A09

• Open and start Movie
• Create a Movie
• Working with Layers and Timeline
• Publish and Distribute Flash Movies - A-28-31
• Drawing in Flash - Flash B-1 - 39
• Drawing Tools

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Class 5 - Flash Symbols, Interactivity, Tweening, Buttons, ActionScripting.

• Objects-Symbols & Instances - Flash C-4-9
• Flash Library - C-10 -C-15
• Create Buttons in Flash - C16 - 21
• Basic ActionScripts - Assign Actions to Buttons C-22 - 27
• Working with Text
• Timeline
• Animations - Flash, Ch. D
• Frame-by- Frame Animations
• Tweening - Motion Tween
• Shape Tween

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