In class Mon Oct 11th

TYPE

A graphic character created out of metal traditionally used in various printing process.

* Designing with Type is called Typography

* Different styles of type are called typrfaces, on the computer they are called fonts.

* Font size is measured in points

Fonts come in different flavors

- Serif & San-Serif Typefaces

- Bold & Italic

- Display Type & Text Type

Text in Flash

~ Text in Flash is Vector so it is scaleable and can be manipulated.

* Text Tool
- Modify --> Break Apart (then do it a second time to make transformable text)

*Images
- Import
--- JPG, for Photo Quality and small file size(use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
--- GIF, to keep the edge and color of solid graphics (use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
--- PNG-24, Photo Quality & Transparency (use 'Save for Web' in Photoshop)
* it goes into the 'Library' look for it under Windows --> Library
- Trace Bitmap
- Optimize


work on project

In class wed Oct 6th

Project 2 Due!

How Goes the Flickr

Go to the Flickr group here and request to join the Art216 group

Design in Flash MX
It's Vector!

* Vector is a set of mathamatical calculations displayed as storkes (lines) and fills

*it is simular to Microsoft paint
* it's re-sizable unlike bitmap images (Photoshop)

Whats there:
- Tools
- The Stage
- The Time Line
- Windows

--> Modify --> Document, To change the document size

lets play. Try it out and ask questions.


work on Project

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