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Lesley has invested in some online training and although some of it looks old, if you look for the right version of the software, you’ll be in good hands.

I just had spent some time with the Flash CS3 basic tutorials and it looks quite useful.

Log into MyLesley and click on this link for the Flash Tutorial.

There’s even one here on WordPress, Illustrator and others (full list).

If you need help with any of this the Academic Computing people will help. Let me know what you think and the tutorials helped with your learning style.

Here are all of the examples, which were prepared by Peter Kirn of Create Digital Media. We are only required to do up to example 2d this week. If you want to do more, please do so. Be prepared to ask questions and to be confused, but don’t let this go to the last minute. It requires quite a bit of attention, just like a foreign language (because it is). Mess with it. Break it. Start over again. Put random numbers in there. Take some of the examples in Processing and mess with those. Break them. Start over again. Combine a few. Play!

Next week I will introduce variables and how variables are the key to understanding most of this stuff and why it’s not that hard after all.

Here is your link to the exercises.

Colin

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Keep examining your site/space. What is significant about it? What is the symbol?

The above photo is one I took in New Orleans this summer. The spray-painted symbol on the front of this house packs a lot of meaning that on first glance might look like vandalism.

In preparation for the next assignment, we will learn the fundamentals of programming and visualization. We will be using processing, an open source programming language geared specifically for designers, artist and researchers. What you learn in Processing can be applied to ActionScript, Java and similar languages–the structure is basically the same.

For class next monday, download the Processing language through this link. If you are on a PC or you prefer to download from the downloads page, use this link. Be sure and download only the 0135 version.

Please feel free to take a look at the examples under FILE > EXAMPLES. To run an application, all you have to do is click on the “play” button on the upper left-hand corner.

If you have any questions, please email me.