learning Flash
Adobe Flash is a single program with multiple purposes for creating:
* Complete websites : Portfolio: Manuel Dahm, Movie Site: Waltz With Bashir * Website interface elements, navigation, banners, etc. : Hotel Dramatik * Animations : Lullaby, hoogerbrugge, crappy cat * Comics : wulffmorgenthaler * Games : Filler, Don't shoot the puppy * Mobile phone applications : flashmobile.de * Interactive training systems * Prototypes of interactive products * interactive media installations
Flash specializes in vector graphics, which are particularly suited to the web and other low bandwidth applications which need small files.
Advantages of vector graphics:
* smaller files when compared to bitmap graphics
* Resolution independent
Example: comparison vector graphics with bitmap
Attach:zoom.swf | Attach:zoom.fla
Note that Flash also supports bitmap graphics, and can import files from Photoshop. In addition, Flash supports video. So Flash can be used to combine a variety of media in a single application.