Archive for the ‘Flash’ Category
I just read about this on a Flash blog and thought I would jot it down here so I don’t forget.
“For scroll-wheel zooming in Flash,
Hold SHIFT-CTRL while using the scroll wheel in the Stage.”
Pretty nice and much quicker than mousing over to the toolbar, grabbing the magnifying glass, zooming down and then back over to the toolbar to grab your previous tool.
Saturday morning is the last day of class for the beginning Flash class I am co-teaching. I will be teaching my own ActionScript class in the spring (starts April), but this has been a good introduction into teaching a entire course.
On Saturday, the class will be turning in their final projects. The left over class time will be spent doing some extra stuff not covered by the book. Dianne, the other instructor, has asked me to do a bit on video within Flash. I really haven’t had much call for video in my Flash work, but I have worked with it and this might be something fun for the class.
I figured I would start off going over the basics and then walking them through the Macromedia video intro and then show them some completed video pieces and the ActionScript behind each one. The classroom is only outfitted with FlashMX2004 standard and not professional, so I will need to pre-build some SWFs to take into class.
I’ll blog back after class and let you know how the final projects looked and what the students thought about Flash video.
Guess I am back quicker than I thought. 
I decided just before the end of 2004 that I would go for my Flash Dev certification. I have never been someone who put much value in certification. I come across a lot of people certified from many programs (MS, Macromedia, A+) and it was never a good indication that the person was really qualified or if they are even up to date. Plus — how often do you ask for proof when someone says they are certified?
So why am I getting my certification? I decided that I wanted the challenge and certification will also force me to get more experience with those Flash features that I have not had a real need to learn. As much as I really like the idea behind web services and Flash remoting, I have yet to need it for any of my clients.
So I picked up the FlashMX2004 Dev study guide just before the Xmas holidays. I started to review it and plan on concentrating more on it after this Fridays deadline for a client. While I know the study guide is probably a good start, from the people I have spoken to, it is definitely not a crib sheet and you really need to know your stuff before spending the $150 on the cert exam.