Alas though, I will not give up. I have plenty of time tonight to keep playing around with this to figure it out. I will not go any further though in the modules until I do figure it out. Maybe. I hope it doesn't take too long.
Showing posts with label FlashCS5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FlashCS5. Show all posts
Sunday, October 17, 2010
PE3 - Flash CS5
Ok. Well I will admit it. At this point "I SUCK AT FLASH!" I'm getting a little discouraged with myself as I'm trying to work with the Lasso Tool to section off a piece of a bitmap that I brought into Flash.
Ok, I will take a step back for a second before I go on my rant about my abilities. I did learn something today though. Here is a screen shot of an image that I brought into the flash library. There are 2 ways that you can choose to bring the bitmap image in. I chose to bring it to the stage as it seems silly to add the extra step of importing it into the library and THEN putting it on the stage. Just doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense to me to do it that way.
I first tried to use the lasso tool on this image thinking maybe it was just the fact that I was trying to separate out rocky outcropping at the bottom of the image. Every time that I would try to close out the selection it would deselect everything. Really! I am at the point where if I started pulling hair out of the top of my head I would have to get creative on finding spots. This next screen shot shows me at least figuring out how to select the multiple areas in a different image to try and select it. Pay no mind to the line going up to the top left corner as that was necessary for me to start the screen shot selection using Skitch.
Alas though, I will not give up. I have plenty of time tonight to keep playing around with this to figure it out. I will not go any further though in the modules until I do figure it out. Maybe. I hope it doesn't take too long.
Alas though, I will not give up. I have plenty of time tonight to keep playing around with this to figure it out. I will not go any further though in the modules until I do figure it out. Maybe. I hope it doesn't take too long.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
PE2 - Flash CS5
I'm continuing with my practical experience learning Flash CS5 via the lynda.com tutorials. I'm now through with the third module. Much of what was covered in this third module I'm familiar with already from my experience using Photoshop CS5. Again, I'm very thankful that many of the keyboard shortcuts are the same.
The one thing I did learn tonight though was how to add a outline stroke to an object that either didn't already have one or needing a larger stroke around it in a different color. In this first screen shot I have created a basic merge drawing circle shape with a color fill. There is a small black stroke surrounding it. This is an example of what I learned in modules 1 and 2. It is always good though to review concepts previously learned so it is reinforced.
In this next example screen capture I've added a yellow stroke with a thickness of 22 around the red circle. I've also added yellow brush strokes around the yellow to give it the look of a sun. In the top left hand corner I've created the shape of a cloud using the brush tool. I then used the ink pen tool again to give the shape an outline black color. I then used the paint bucket fill tool to fill in the empty area with a grey color.
At this point, my experience working within Flash CS5 reminds me of using Microsoft Paint. However, I know that when I tried using Photoshop CS3 for the first time I was floored by all the tools that were in the toolbar. I had NO idea what any of them were used for. Much like in this PE experience, the tools that I used in this example were things that I have not used before in the other CS5 programs. Tomorrow's Practical Experience blog post looks to be covering using the timeline and external images. Time to get into the nitty gritty of it. I can't wait!
The one thing I did learn tonight though was how to add a outline stroke to an object that either didn't already have one or needing a larger stroke around it in a different color. In this first screen shot I have created a basic merge drawing circle shape with a color fill. There is a small black stroke surrounding it. This is an example of what I learned in modules 1 and 2. It is always good though to review concepts previously learned so it is reinforced.
In this next example screen capture I've added a yellow stroke with a thickness of 22 around the red circle. I've also added yellow brush strokes around the yellow to give it the look of a sun. In the top left hand corner I've created the shape of a cloud using the brush tool. I then used the ink pen tool again to give the shape an outline black color. I then used the paint bucket fill tool to fill in the empty area with a grey color.
At this point, my experience working within Flash CS5 reminds me of using Microsoft Paint. However, I know that when I tried using Photoshop CS3 for the first time I was floored by all the tools that were in the toolbar. I had NO idea what any of them were used for. Much like in this PE experience, the tools that I used in this example were things that I have not used before in the other CS5 programs. Tomorrow's Practical Experience blog post looks to be covering using the timeline and external images. Time to get into the nitty gritty of it. I can't wait!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
PE1 - Flash CS5
As I mentioned in my Pre-Practical Experience post earlier today, I'm focusing on my PE for the next two weeks on learning and improving in my use of Flash CS5. I'm using the lynda.com tutorial on Flash CS5 Essentials to facilitate my learning. So as not to have to go from screen to screen on my macbook, I'm using Safari on my iPad to watch the tutorials while at the same time having Flash CS5 open and following along the examples as they are being shown in the video.
This first example is a compilation of my learning through modules 1 and 2. This is my first experience working within the Flash CS5 environment. Going into this experience I thought there would be more similarities to working within the Photoshop CS5 program. The only thing that I've found so far is many of the toolbar features and shortcuts are the same. This will prove invaluable because much of what I do in Photoshop is done through shortcut keys. The things that are displayed in this example are the following toolbar features: Line Tool, Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Oval/Rectangle Primitive Tool, Polystar Tool and the Deco Tool.
I've also started on the third module "Moving Beyond the Basic Shapes" tonight while sitting at my son's Cub Scout meeting. I now see the big difference between merge drawing and object drawing. I'll talk about that more in my PE2 posting later this week. My goal is to go through at least 2 to 3 modules per day. That is a very loft goal, as some of the modules are almost an hour long. We shall see if I can maintain that level of commitment.
This first example is a compilation of my learning through modules 1 and 2. This is my first experience working within the Flash CS5 environment. Going into this experience I thought there would be more similarities to working within the Photoshop CS5 program. The only thing that I've found so far is many of the toolbar features and shortcuts are the same. This will prove invaluable because much of what I do in Photoshop is done through shortcut keys. The things that are displayed in this example are the following toolbar features: Line Tool, Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Oval/Rectangle Primitive Tool, Polystar Tool and the Deco Tool.I've also started on the third module "Moving Beyond the Basic Shapes" tonight while sitting at my son's Cub Scout meeting. I now see the big difference between merge drawing and object drawing. I'll talk about that more in my PE2 posting later this week. My goal is to go through at least 2 to 3 modules per day. That is a very loft goal, as some of the modules are almost an hour long. We shall see if I can maintain that level of commitment.
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