Mitchell_Create

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While creating my Flash e-card I had allot of fun and it was very exciting (to view it click the above thumbnail). This is because not only did I get to make my own flash animation I also got to learn all about how Flash works, and how easy it is! To view my flash animation click the icon above.
 * Introduction:**

During the ‘create’ I believe I covered all of the ESLR's. This is because my Flash e-card turned out just the way I wanted it, I had to think about what order to put all the frames in, I asked people questions, I helped other people, and I showed everyone my creative talents.
 * ESLR’s:**

While creating my e-card I think I did exceptionally well when it came to meeting all of the criteria. I managed to have an example of each minimal piece of criteria and even met three of the extra ones by adding a nice background, a unique voice and audio. I managed to meet all of the criteria by more ways than just one. The way I made sure this would happen was that I had the list of criteria open every time I was working on my flash, what I did was every couple of minutes I would look at it and cross off the things I had already done. The way I actually did add each piece of criteria into my flash was a very long and tedious process. To add in all of the tweens I actually had to add random extras like confetti, which at the same time was making the flash creative. The piece of criteria about emotion and message was actually the easier part because my story already had both of these things clearly. The colours and drawings in my animation were actually quite hard to do because in flash it is not really that easy to draw. The rest of the criteria that I added in were pretty straightforward and easy to do, so I am not going to go into great detail.
 * Reflection:**

Over all with my final product I am pretty happy with the outcome of my flash animation. I am happy because making the card was a lot easier then I thought it would be and my card even turned out better than I thought it would. I also didn’t think I could ever enjoy the ‘create’ part of an animation but I was surprised that I actually did. All in all I love my card and hope to make another soon.

At first making an animation seemed like a very hard process that was difficult and confusing but as I progressed through it got easier and easier to a point where I wanted to buy a version of Flash for my own computer at home. During the process I had many fun moments, which definitely made the whole process enjoyable and some may even say fun. The best bits of the whole process of creating were when I had my, “EURIKA”, moments when I had finally figured something out that I didn’t know how to do before, an example of this would be the first lesson when I was trying to make something move and change shape, I didn’t realize that to do this you had to use the shape tween not the motion teen, after I realized this I was so relived I couldn’t help but be happy.

Something that I learnt during this part of the project was that some things are easier then you try to make them. You see I was trying to make my little guy wave his arms with the rotation tween and then motion tween but I couldn’t do it. Then Mr. Noryr came in and showed me how to do frame by frame animation, which is a really easy way of making something move in flash. Something else I learnt is that it is not really possible to know everything about flash because there is so much to know and so much to learn.

Lastly I feel that there are many things for me to still learn but there are a few essentials that I need to know to become more advanced in flash. The first of these things I need to learn is how to put buttons in. I need to learn this because this will make my flash animations look more professional. One other thing I would love to learn is how to import real pictures to include in my animation, but only if this is actually possible.

Over all I did enjoy making this e-card, I also learnt many things and am eager to learn even more if I ever gain the chance.