DMA455 - Advanced Action Scripts with Flash

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Last revision date 2012-10-12 15:14:18.366
Last review date 2012-10-12 15:14:18.366

Subject Title
Advanced Action Scripts with Flash

Subject Description
This is the final of three courses about Macromedia Flash, and is taught as a series of mentorship opportunities to provide students with one-on-one direction by industry experts. These mentors will provide essential tips, feedback and pointers to enable students to hone their Flash Skills in a way that makes them more marketable in the professional world. Expanding on the technical side of Flash (including sound), this intensive course features a special emphasis on Action Scripting to enable students to maximize interactive possibilities in their designs.

Pre-requisite: DMA 355 - Advanced Flash.

Credit Status
Digital Media Arts Diploma Program

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1. Identify abstract techniques that will enhance interactive product.

2. Develop time-management skills and budgeting techniques.

3. Apply Flash as an application building tool and creative extension.

4. Structure and organize content for a professional studio production environment.

5. Utilize user input to drive information based creations.

6. Work with Flash's build-in object classes that allow for script based data control.

7. Understand the method and reason of using components.

8. Work with actionScript for dynamic control of assets and data.

9. Introduction of the drawing API and the uses and guidelines.

10. Increase understanding of the concept of navigation alternatives.

11. Utilize audio architecture for interactive integration.

12. Develop re-usable code that drives basic physics.

13. Modify text based fields and data using actionScript.

14. Develop proper actionScript practices for server side control.

15. Utilize 3D content and understand the advantages and limitation.

16. Develop a scalable understanding of interaction and creation to showcase and market oneself.

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