Flash is the industry standard for creating interactive vector graphics and animations on the Web. It can create scalable and compact navigational interfaces, technical illustrations and animations that automatically anti-alias and scale to the viewer's screen size. This course will explore both 2D animation and basic interactivity. Topics include vector illustration with Adobe Flash's unique drawing tools and working with type and animation (keyframe, FBF and shape tweening). Students will learn how to create basic interactivity through buttons, scenes and frames; and how to add actions to frames and buttons for more sophisticated interactivity and special effects. PREREQUISITE: SMC-1031, Digital Design Basics, or equivalent.

Michael DelGaudio
Senior interaction designer, frog design Inc.

Group exhibitions include: Wook & Lattuada Gallery; 3rd Ward; Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee; McCaig-Welles Gallery

Education: BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design; MPS, New York University

Clients include: Credit Suisse; Samsung; TODA; Paramount BioSciences; Max Protetch Gallery; New York Women in Communications, Inc.

Awards include: Photo District News Annual, Communication Arts, Nielsen Norman Group

Publications include: The Camera Phone Book: How to Shoot Like a Pro, Print, Store, Display, Send Images, Make a Short Film; Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design