Week 3 (Friday the 13th, eek!)

Aiiight, check it.

This week during the lecture we were introduced to usability. Luke showed us a few sites in which we had to comment on. We looked at the effectiveness and efficiency of the site and also satisfaction from the viewer. We also took a look at a couple of search engine sites (e.g Google) and discussed why each were successful or not.

During the tute, we followed a few video tutorials teaching us how to motion tween, mask etc. Then most of us got started on listing ideas for our ecards. I decided to choose Chinese new year, I came up with a some ideas then starting mucking around with flash and creating some sort of layout. I hope it all goes well and ready for week 5!

Later Alligator.

week 2

Today we were introduced to our first assignment, the Ecard. During the lecture Luke showed us Ecards from previous students, all of them were really well done. It was interesting to see the many ways you could approach the assignment and it also gave us good insight to what we could achieve if we worked hard. During the tute, Angela showed us how to create layers and organise them in folders with the correct naming conventions. We did a few exercises on tracing an image and creating motion tweens which im sure will come handy in the coming weeks.

Also..

Not enough computers to cater to all students = very lame.

Week Uno.

Today was the first day of interactive programming. I found the course as well as the assignments really interesting. Luke and Angela seem very friendly and approachable. Luke seems to know everything about the subject, which is very reassuring and its great that Angela was a past student because she’s been through the course and her advice will be valuable to us. Im glad Angela knows her way around flash CS4, which makes it easier for us to learn. Im excited about making the Ecard, I’ve never made one before so it should be interesting.

I was really impressed at the brand new computers. They look pretty!

And thanks Luke for letting us know they were checking the parking.

Peace.