Showing posts with label Flash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flash. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2009

Final Project Conclusion

While constructing this project I was able to realize how much work there is in the pre-production phase of creating a project. My project through the quarter took some changes do to the way I was constructing my video viewer. This was a challenging project because I was using Actionscript 3.0 and the Flex Builder for the very first time to build this project. It was something different and exciting at the same time to learn something new and powerful.

The project was all dynamic and there was no use of Flash or timeline animation, all the functionality was constructed with pure code, which I was very proud of myself. The final look of the project looks the same in a way but altered due to the scope of my project.


USER TESTING

I tested this video viewer with some of my fellow WDIMers and also people that I know. Thanks to their feedback on the project I was able to rethink certain ways that I could have constructed my code and later on vamp out the UI. One of the more interesting critiques I got was why is there no control bar and no status bar, so that is one of the elements that I will be adding to my project in the future thanks to the critiques


Final Thoughts of the Class:
I thought this was a very interesting class because it was a diverse class of all levels and interest. It has given me a better understanding on people get entertained by the media that is out there today. I hope that my video cast was great for all to...I tried to put in there the whole entertainment aspect by me being a bit goofy. Thanks Sharon again for the great class!


The video can be seen here:

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Week 3-Interaction Design Entertainment- Transitions

Hello all,

This week the case study was on transitions and how a webpage transitions from one section the other.  I chose a transition that changes the page by sliding the different sections and using XML to load in the content dynamically. This was using AS3 it was actually a tutorial about transitions inside of a web magazine I had. I am not too familiar with Flash and AS3, but I am starting to enjoy Flash and its rich potential for great interactive pieces.  Enjoy!


Here are some sketches:

Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Sketch 3



Here is the final: