Art 381, Advanced Computer Studio, Fall 2009
Professor Bill Gorcica

Syllabus

Schedule

Project Descriptions

Exercise 1, Shape Layers in After Effects

Project 1, Countdown to…

After Effects Tips

Audio Tips for After Effects

Settings for Outputting a Movie from After Effects

Flash CS4 Tips

Moving a Video from After Effects to Flash and Giving it User Controls

Model for Basic Interactivity using Frame Labels and ActionScript 3.0

Simple Button Example

Movie Control with a Button

Building a Button (on Kirupa.com)

Adding Sound to a Button

Bill's Flash Resources (for general use, note: ActionScript 2.0-based)

Flash Site Examples

Born Magazine (shows a variation of solutions that use Flash together with literature)

Overview of Some USEFUL Options for Creating your Flash Project

Review the file above to see an invisible button, text and audio controls to enhance a project. Read the comments and questions. Do one yourself for practice.

Controlling a Set of Movie Clips using Various Methods

Scenes and Alternatives to Scenes in AS3

Top Eight Resources for Learning AS3

Video Tutorial on the New Motion Tween in Flash CS4

Drag and Drop in AS3

Loop Function

Sound Volume Control with Mouse - Basic Sound in AS3

Week Plans

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Resources

History of New Media Art

Early Animation and Motion Graphics

New Media in Relation to Art History

New Media Design

Stephen Wilson's UBER List of Art, Science and Technology Links

UBU Web

rhizome.org

ARTstor

From the link above to the Art Research area of the SCSU Library, scroll down to Find Images, Videos, Audio and Digital Media…ARTstor and follow instructions.
The university and department have a license agreement for you to search this art database and use it for academic purposes.

Learning Technology

Adobe Video Tutorials

Useful for viewing technique in Adobe programs

Lynda.com

Useful site for learning programs. Subscription-based beyond a certain point.

Miscellaneous

Countdown Slate

Start at one such as this from Google Videos and browse from there.

Some Areas of Exploration in New Media Art and Design

Video Projections in Installation

Interactive Art

Software Art
Open Source
Processing.org

Tiny Sketch Competition at Rhizome.org

Generative Art

Corporate Parody

Hacking

Social Intervention

Identity Art

Telepresence and Surveillance

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Data-Driven Design

Data Visualization

Ben Fry

Writing

Salary vs. Performance

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Physical Computing
Arduino
Sensors

Kelly Dobson

Scream Body

Blendie

High/Low Tech Initiative at MIT

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Flash Interactivity

Web-based Art and Design

More Resources to Look Up

rhizome.org
northernlights.org
forecast public art
jerome foundation
walkerart.org/gallery9
processing.org
arduino.org
billgorcica.com