Friday, March 6, 2015

Week 29a 2015

March 9 - 13, 2015


Structure & Design
Assignment: Create a flowchart to portray the overall structure and screen views of the project.

Development
Assignment: Research code and programs to code in.

Possible Programs: Flash Action Script 3, Xcode, Game Salad, Scratch, AppCoda.

Links: Flashthusiast

 





Monday, March 2, 2015

Week 28b 2015

March 2-6, 2015

Object: Use correct dimensions for creating an mobile application.

App icon and image sizes (All sizes measured in pixels and 72 resolution)
-Icon Size: 1024 x 1024

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/IconMatrix.html


App image sizes (All sizes measured in pixels and 72 resolution)
-iPhone 5: Image Screen Size: 1136 x 640
For iPhone 6:
750 x 1334 (@2x) for portrait
1334 x 750 (@2x) for landscape



Week 28a 2015

March 2 - 6, 2015

Objective: Use a design model to create a project.

Assignment: App & Web Design

Details: Planning, Design, & Development:

ADDIE Model
a. Analyze -- gather and process contextual information affecting the goals, structure, purpose, content, audience, and design of a project.
b. Design -- plan the general look an scope of the application and the media it will use, along with the
budget, tools, objectives, outline content, storyboard, and schedule.
c. Develop – collect & create digital media content and testing of the application
d. Implement – publish the finished project and make it available to its audience.
e. Evaluate -- assess the effectiveness of the project with the target audience and make
adjustments in future revisions.

Adobe professional Model
Design and Development Process
a. Define -- Goals, target audience, content, and delivery requirements
b. Structure – Flowchart to portray the overall structure and screen views of the project
c. Design – design of comps, review with client, redesign from client feedback, and production
storyboard
d. Build and test – project production based on storyboards, technical and usability testing, revision, and final project presentation
e. Launch – launch and publish project

Assignment: Turn in on a word document:
-App Name
-Goal
-Description
-Target Audience

Monday, February 23, 2015

Week 27a 2015

February  23 - 26, 2015

Assignment: Final Animation


-100 Five Backgrounds
-100 Five Characters
-100 Five Sound FX
-100 Title & Credits
-100 Detail & Quality
-100 Animation

Total Points 600



Assignment: Update Portfolio
Details: Export 6 or more still images (.jpg) of your animated cartoon (.swf) and upload to your online portfolio.



Creating Buttons and Menu
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/creating-buttons.html

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Week 26b 2015

February  17 - 20, 2015

Assignment: Title & Credits



Friday, February 13, 2015

Week 26a 2015

Feb. 17-20, 2015

Assignment
-5 Sound FX
Directions: Use sounds library in flash, download or create sound effects in Garage Band.
Sound FX Links

Soundbible
Freesounds
Findsounds
Flash Kit
Speak Text
Sounddogs

Monday, February 9, 2015

Week 25a 2015

Feb. 9 - 13, 2015

Assignment: Cartoon Animation
Storyboard (100pts.)
Five Characters (100pts.)
Five Backgrounds (100pts.)

Animation Tweens (100pts.)
5 Sound FX (100pts.)
Menu & Credits (100pts.)
Quality (100pts.)

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