Introduction to Flash<br><br>Week 9 Lesson Plan:<br><br>This lesson we will go start by going through a range of applications for Flash in the industry and show you some related inspirational links.<br> <br>Skills: <br>We'll introduce the Flash interface features including the Tool bar (and all tools), Contextual Tool bar, Palettes, Library, Timeline, Layers, Stage and Menus.<br> <br>Concepts:<br>We'll review the concept of vector graphics and demonstrate some of the tools for creating graphics in flash.<br><br>We will turn some vector graphics into Graphic Symbols and explain how Instances and Symbols work, then demonstrate how to use the Library.<br><br>Next we will introduce the concept of key-frame based animation, demonstrate how to use the Timeline, make layers and create frames and key-frames. <br> <br>Exercise:<br>We will create a simple Motion Tween animation and a Shape Tween Animation.<br><br> We will show you how how to create a Mask Layer then animate that mask using a Motion Tween.<br> <br>Wrap-up: <br>We'll remind you of the resources available and briefly go through the ones posted. As always, there will be time for students to ask questions and play around in the software.