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Slide 1: Flash MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 2: What is Flash?        Flash is a technology for the creation and playback of interactive multimedia on the Internet It supports audio, animation, video Flash can process user actions such as mouse clicks It can run on all Windows/ Macintosh platforms To create a Flash object, Macromedia's multimedia authoring tool called Flash is used Flash is a tool to create multimedia animations for the Web Flash is a multimedia platform combining sound, animation, live objects and real-time interactivity that can be displayed on the web. MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 3: Why Use Flash?     Flash can produce high quality animations which can be downloaded quickly Flash animations add an extra dimension to your website Flash is a popular medium, as 300 million people have downloaded the Flash Player for their browser Flash animations provide another method to display information MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 4: Disadvantages of Flash     Flash animations do not conform to the W3C accessibility standards An additional plug-in (Flash Player) has to be installed to view Flash animations Macromedia Flash requires a lot of study before, and during use The Macromedia Flash program is expensive to buy MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 5: Examples of Flash   Flash can be used to create interactive, animated Websites A good example is the Pot Noodle Website www.potnoodle.com  Flash is widely used to create animations, it is the modern cartoon www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/ifeelfine.php MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 6: What does the program look like?  A screenshot from Flash MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 7: How are Flash animations made?  A Flash animation is a timeline, with an unlimited number of frames, where effects are initiated MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 8: How are Flash animations made?     Keyframes are used on the timeline to initiate motion, and effects Every item in a Flash animation is known as a Layer Each Layer can be individually edited, without affecting anything else Sound can also be added to the animations MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 9: How are Flash animations made?   A Flash developer can be likened to a film producer, as they dictate what happens when in the animation Each Frame on the Timeline can be likened to a Scene in a film MIS Web Publishing Service
Slide 10: End Points  Although the Macromedia Flash program is expensive, there are Free/Shareware programs available to create Flash animations www.webmasterfree.com/software/WebAuthoringTools/FlashAnimationTools/  Although Flash is complicated to learn, there are lots of online help, information and tutorials available www.w3schools.com/flash/default.asp www.echoecho.com/flash.htm MIS Web Publishing Service