Post on 19-Dec-2015
INFO 424 Week 7
WEEK 7 – take home exam (emulate 2 designs)
WEEK 8 – Flash exam
WEEK 9 – take home exam (find your own designs to emulate)
WEEK 10 – Flash exam
Flash Quiz #2
Flash Quiz #2
REVIEW
More practice with building XML files and retrieving data from them
How to loop through an XML file
for each (var myXMLbit:XML in myXML.firstElement){
How to change the display order
Direct select tool
YOUR DRAWINGS
PREVIEW
morphing animations
frame-by-frame animations
Tweens in AS
var myTweenx:Tween = new Tween(purpleCircle_mc, "x", Back.easeOut, 0, 300, 3, true);var myTweeny:Tween = new Tween(purpleCircle_mc, "y", Back.easeOut, 0, 300, 3, true);var myTweenHeight:Tween = new Tween(purpleCircle_mc, "height", Back.easeOut, 5, 100, 3, true);var myTweenWidth:Tween = new Tween(purpleCircle_mc, "width", Back.easeOut, 5, 100, 3, true);
Change x positionChange y positionChange heightChange width
creating an arrayvar myArray:Array = new Array();
adding to an arraymyArray.push(<name of object/item to be added>);
finding out the size of an arraymyArray.length
looping through an arrayfor each (var mySprite:Sprite in myArray){}
retrieving a value from an arraymyArray[0];
Arrays in AS
More Visual Design Concepts
BalanceWhite SpaceEye Movement
Visual potentialEncodingUses of textUses of colorLayeringVisual hierarchyUnity & VarietyAssociating text with visual elementColor blindnessLegibilityContext – comparable, other information
Visualization Concepts
Visual potential & encoding & context
How the US compares to other nations in terms of health care costs & life expectancy
Visual PotentialEncodingUses of textUses of colorLayeringVisual hierarchyUnity & VarietyAssociating text with visual elementColor blindnessLegibilityContext – comparable, other information
http://blogs.ngm.com/.a/6a00e00982269188330120a7a46406970b-popup
Visual potential & encoding & context
How discount airlines reduce costs relative to standard airlines
Visual PotentialEncodingUses of textUses of colorLayeringVisual hierarchyUnity & VarietyAssociating text with visual elementColor blindnessLegibilityContext – comparable, other information