Week 3 practical experience post 3- Flash

I just watched some cool videos on you tube about Flash. I then saw the iPhone creator on Flash and wanted to try it out.

I was happy to notice the same icons were in the applications within Flash, so I can practice using them. It brings me back to my Tandy 1000 HX with 256k, my first computer. The paint program had many of these icons, but Flash has gone futuristic with additions.

OK, so I made an optical illusion:

I was seriously proud of myself.  I am no where near being able to teach a student how to use this. Thank goodness English requires little or no Flash requirements.

week 3 practical experience post 2 -Flash

I just opened it up again and it froze. I must have broke it. I restarted my computer, and it opened again. I found I had the same problem with iWeb. It would have to be forced quit, and then i needed to restart it.

TWEENING- I thought that was just another word for a pre-teenager! I was going to attempt to motion tween in Flash, but watching the tutorials made me dizzy.

I tried to make growing vines. I remembered why the art teacher in school asked me to just be the helper; art is as far from me as a snowman on a jet ski. I will stick to English. I spent 30 minutes just to figure out how to do this:

I was so proud of myself that I finally figured out how to add the color. Animation will have to come later.

week 3 practical experience- post 1-flash

Flash looks like a great tool for me to learn. I can not wait to begin to use it. Flash is something I hear about all the time. I am still trying to learn about the programs in the adobe suite. I learned how to make a flip book.

I watched a video on how even begin on flash. I kept getting lost in the steps. I am so confused in layers, and tools. I have a whole new respect for people who use this.

I tried to make a man move. This is what is was supposed to look like. This is what I made:

I couldn't even figure out where to go on the screen. The icons are all so small!  I printed out a cheat sheet, and spent time cross referencing that. Too funny!

I will try again tomorrow.

week 4 Practical experience post 3 -iMovie

I was excited on today's visit to iMovie. I found the "show full screen" button. Not that I have made tons of movies, but each time I watch my preview in the little window, or upload it to youtube and then watch it in full screen. This causes me to have to edit, and re-upload. I was SO excited when I saw it.

I also, just saw share in iDVD. I have been very depressed because I did not have any software to add my children's videos to. They are just saved on another laptop I do not use. I just realized I had that software. If you are a parent, you might be able to realize how happy this made me. I will need a whole summer to make the videos, but now I know I have the power to make that for my children. I always thought iDVD was only to watch videos on. I had no idea it made dvd's. This practical experience taught me that, and I could not be happier!

week 4 practical experience post 2 -iMovie

I tried making my own music in Garage Band to use in iMovie. Let's just say I shouldn't quit my day job. My music was posted to my iWeb page. Take a look. I felt like the characters in Revenge of the Nerds when they played a music show for the college campus.



http://web.me.com/ruruboxer/Site/Podcast/Entries/2010/9/29_My_Song.html

It took me awhile to figure out I could add different tracks. It kept swooping the music back because I kept dragging it to the wrong place. I figured it out though.

Week 4 Practical experience post 1-iMovie

I find it takes so long to make a good movie. I have been trying hard to become a better iMovie creator. Day 1:

Today I tried adding the sounds from the iMovie library during a transition. I listened to all of them, and enjoyed some of the sounds they had available. I also wondered how they go about making something in the library. Who decides what will be most beneficial to users of the program?

Today I wanted to try to spruce things up. It was an initial learning experience because I wanted to add pictures from my new iPhone. Once I plugged it in, I have two hours of updates, and technical support to call. I found music from iLife on iMovie, which is better than my cheerleading music I found the first time. I didn't realize there was such a library. However, I could not make it spread over the minute worth of pictures.

I did learn I could add a color tint to the pictures. FUN!

BP11_OMM_Quizlet

Here is my video.