1. Macromedia Flash Presented by: David Cox Devin Scheller Victoria Kisekka Suzann Baer

2. Introduction History What files makes up a Flash Animation? Strengths Weaknesses How difficult it is to use Flash?

3. History Jonathan Gay –Architect –Space Invaders clone –Super Paint –Airborne 1 st Machintosh game using digital sound and smooth animation

4. History (cont.) Charlie Jackson –Lisa Computer –Silicon Beach Software FutureWave Software –Founded by Jonathan Gay –Invested by Charlie Jackson

5. Flash Versions (History Cont.) Smartsketch CelAnimator FutureSplash Animator Flash 1 Flash 2 Flash 3 Flash 4 Flash 5 Flash MX Flash MX 2004 Flash MX 2004 Pro

6. What files makes up a Flash Animation? Flash Application files.fla Actionscripts.as “swiff” files.swf Flash video files.flv

7. Strengths Simplicity of Flash movie viewing Media Animation Quick start templates. Flash allows animation interactivity No programming skills required

8. Strengths cont. Flash movies are stable in web browsers Easier font handling Easy importation of media Rendering Flash in different browsers

9. Weaknesses User must wait for flash document download so as to view the whole page Forms in Flash are usually not recognized as forms. Flash is not readable by humans in the.swf format. Need a Flash software program to create flash.

10. Weaknesses cont. Need a plug-in to view Search engines cannot index Flash movies Difficulty in printing Flash content Hard to bookmark flash pages Advanced features have a steep learning curve

11. How difficult it is to use Flash? Very easy with the use of Tornado Flash

12. Flash Movie