I was so grateful to be admitted on to this course. I missed the first lesson because I was told it was fully booked but thankfully, due to Victoria at Ffotogallery and Jamie I'm on board.
Tonight's lesson went very well. Jamie (the tutor) was tremendous. He helped me get up to speed with what I had missed by half-time in the lesson, a feat which I found amazing.
Initially Jamie showed the class how to move a ball along the line.
He then instructed me to create a ball and then move it up and down the stage.
Basically this meant creating a circle and then working with timelines, keyframes and the tween facility in the property palette.
Next, Jamie instructed us how to stop the ball on the path. (At this stage I learnt that pressing Control & Enter makes one see their work on the browser.)
Finally, in this action-packed lesson, Jamie showed us how to create a rollover state and also how to put a border around the mask.
This involved importing an image from the library, working with layers and masks and frames.
I must admit that by this stage I was beginning to have information overload (my fault though I think this understandable) and my curiosity about the scoreline in the European Champions League game between Chelsea and Liverpool was growing!
All in all, one of the best lessons I've had. I'm so happy to be on this course.
I now need to practice the above and sharpen up before the next lesson. This is crucial. I want to make my work on the Flash module the best of the three courses I've attended.
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