Tonight's big problem was how to work in a document and then transfer to the buttons I was working on.
I spent ages trying to solve this conundrum and I'm still not clear on it now. However I did learn that to change from one state to another the simple task of clicking on the border of the image you're working on will do the trick. I was working in the button rather than in the bigger document.
Jamie began the lesson with a quick recap of last week's work. He then showed us how to fade up an image, the large one that appears when the mouse is placed over a button.
In the second half of the lesson Jamie showed us how to place our gallery work into a larger document. He said when we've cracked this then we'll have made big progress as most Photographer's website gallerys are as advanced as what we learned tonight.
Unfortunately, I am a fair way of this stage at the moment. I ended the lesson by studying and copying the timeline with the four buttons on it. I'm going to try to replicate this at home.
If I can just work out how to move between the gallery and the buttons I should be able to make swift progress.
The only way I'll experience this Eureka moment is through hard work. I've definitely got the zeal for this. When I got home last night I raced through Katherine Ulrich's Flash (Visual Quickstart Guide) which was a consolation.
Perhaps my best approach for the next few days would be to do as many exercises from the books I have. Maybe that way I'll find solutions to the problems I've got.
Notes.
Below are scanned copies of the notes I took during class tonight. Although I can understand the shorthand these pages probably look indecipherable to the viewer. Fair enough, so's my knowledge of Flash!
I'll get there.
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