Flash 8: How to use Flash to create simple animations and websites
Instructor: Katy Walker
Location: Digital Media Lab
Saturdays Dec 2, 9, 16
11a-2p
$180 members/ $225 non-members

Macromedia Flash is a program used by designers, animators and programmers to enhance the interactive experience. It is the industry standard tool for making dynamic websites. In this intensive, 3-session course, there will be an overview of: the essential tools (type, brush, pen, and color mixer/gradient), time-based design, sound, and the basic use of Flash's programming language (actionscript). Students will learn how to apply these tools to create simple websites and animations that communicate your ideas to the world.

Katy Walker has been creating interactive media for almost 10 years. She moved to New York in 2003 from Austin and worked as a freelancer for R/GA, VH1 and several other agencies. She created her own company, Motiv8media www.motiv8media.com, worked for Atmosphere BBDO for two years as an Animation Director, and is currently an Art Director at Deep Focus, an online entertainment & marketing company, where she designs and animates flash websites and banner advertisements. She has helped promote HBO's original shows Entourage, Deadwood, and the Wire, as well as HBO films and HBO Comedy series by creating microsites and rich media banner animations. She also features her music and design work on www.12tonestudios.net