MAT 150 - Flash 1

My journey through web resources online was a very difficult one. I had a hard time finding well laid out sites that didn’t have too many advertisements or irrelevant banners. Luckily, the four I did find seem very useful in my opinion and I may possibly go back to them and use some of them in the future.

The first site I found was actually a magazine I used to buy each month called “Layers”. Not only is it a digital photography magazine, but it also incorporates nearly every Adobe program available, including Flash, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamwaver, and Illustrator. They have nearly everything you need to know about how to build layouts in Dreamweaver to publishing magazines for the iPad on InDesign. Their tutorials are formatted either as text-based pages or in videos.

The next site is specifically designed for the web design enthusiasts. The Smashing Magazine’s webpage contains hundreds of resources that are useful to nearly anyone. The only problem with their site is that it is hard to navigate. Unless you know exactly what you are looking for to type into the search engine, you HAVE to go through each page one by one and look carefully through each entry.

Flash Perfection is nearly a haven for all things Flash related. Every tutorial is laid out neatly in a nice sidebar menu for easy clickability. Each link takes you to more than 100 tutorials for each section! Each tutorial is shown in nice, bold step-by-step instructions with visual aids. The only downside to this site is the annoying ad that keeps popping up on the top of the screen whenever you switch to a new page.

The last page is one of my favorite sites of inspiration: Tarboy! This animated film by James Lee has been a great source of inspiration for possibly developing my final project. I just love how simple the characters are and that they each have their own personalities. The storyline and animation is spectacular and simply amazing. The only problem is that there hasn’t been an update on the new sequel since late 2010. Still, I love this animation and the rest of these resources enough to share them with the rest of the class.