Minor Project 1: Slideshow Demo

In class we learned about Flash and ways on how to "cheat" or pretend that we know how to use code by using code snippets.  Code Snippets allow us to make buttons and put code into our flash projects.  By putting in code it allows our projects to be interactive and fun to use.  We made four layers one called photos, another called actions, another called forward and the last one called backward.  In the photos layer we made three separate blank keyframes and places a photo in each blank keyframe.  In the actions layer we also made three blank keyframes and used code snippets to do stop().  The importance of this step is because when the frame moves to the next image it stops so people can look at the picture.  We then made two buttons one button that was made on the forward layer and another button made on the backward layer.  We then used code snippets to use code to allow the buttons to become interactive.  We made the forward button go to and stop at the next image and for the backward button we did the opposite of the forward button.  In the end we created a small slide show that brings interactivity.  This lesson in class showed that you do not need to know code to make a successful slideshow but know how to cheat the system and pretend that you know how to use code.