I tried to create something out of an aligning and scaling movie clips demo from class and successfully made the action happen on a click. Initially, I was going to try and have the movie clips mask images, but the scaling caused everything to be distorted, so instead I scaled the images first so that they expanded to full size. At least, I have played around with a lot of different functions, even if it’s not as finished as my previous homework projects. The pictures in the piece are from my collection of interesting found images. View the .swf - hw4

Over the past few weeks I have neglected my writing in favor of concentrating on learning Actionscript 3. On only my 3rd class, I feel like I am really understanding logic of the programing side of flash. In my latest homework I have created a series of buttons that control a robot’s arm movements, a control panel that is drag-able, an object that follows the cursor and used the drawing api when clicking and holding down the mouse. Each class I am blown away by how much easier it gets… conditional statements and variables make things extremely easy. Here is my latest homework: hw3. 

I finally decided to get some formal Flash training and have enlisted in an intermediate flash class at SVA. We are starting to learn the very basics of ActionScript 3 (which I had no prior knowledge of). For my first homework assignment I have used basic event listeners and a mask to create the illusion of magnification and control buttons. It’s really simple, but I decided to spend a little time to make it a fun piece that I can eventually put on my site. I am still putting the finishing touches on the piece and I will post it when it’s finished.

Update: View the .SWF (it should size to your browser window if you have the flash plugin)