Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Uploading files to BaltimoreStories.com
If your work has been chosen to add to BaltimoreStories.com, you will have to upload your stories and pictures. This manual explains how to do so. You will need to get login information from me before doing so.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Learn how to create your own Podcast -- in two minutes!
This article on one of the sessions at the 2005 Online News Association Convention includes a two-minute audio clip detailing how you can create your own Podcasts. It's easier than you think!
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Slideshow software
If you need the Real Slideshow software, you can download it here. You can find a thorough instruction manual here.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Flash tip: Using a button to play an MP3
Flash Journalism expert Mindy McAdams has come up with a very simple way to use a Flash button (which she has already created) to play an external MP3 -- and you don't even have to open the Flash program to make it work. You can find her tutorial and the sample button here.
Flash tip: Using a button to open a Web page
As I went over in class last time, to make a button cause a Web page to be opened in a browser window, you just need to follow these steps:
1) Create a button and save it to the library.
2) Create a new layer and drag the button to it.
3) Select the button.
4) Open the Actions panel and do these steps in the Actions panel:
Global Functions>Movie Clip Control>On>Release
Global Functions>Browser Network>Get URL
Then add the URL, in quotes. The resulting script should look just like this:
On (release) {
get URL ("http://www.towson.edu");
}
1) Create a button and save it to the library.
2) Create a new layer and drag the button to it.
3) Select the button.
4) Open the Actions panel and do these steps in the Actions panel:
Global Functions>Movie Clip Control>On>Release
Global Functions>Browser Network>Get URL
Then add the URL, in quotes. The resulting script should look just like this:
On (release) {
get URL ("http://www.towson.edu");
}
Friday, November 11, 2005
Video podcasts at washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com is now offering users video "podcasts" of select original video news programming. Users can subscribe to existing and newly released video directly from washingtonpost.com or via software such as iTunes.
Video available so far includes news and short-form documentary pieces on the preservation of New Orleans jazz after Hurricane Katrina, large-scale evangelism events and updates on National Zoo panda cub Tai Shan.
The video podcasts may be found at this link.
(Source: CyberJournalist.net newsletter)
Video available so far includes news and short-form documentary pieces on the preservation of New Orleans jazz after Hurricane Katrina, large-scale evangelism events and updates on National Zoo panda cub Tai Shan.
The video podcasts may be found at this link.
(Source: CyberJournalist.net newsletter)
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Resources for our Flash lessons
With the tools we used in the first Flash class, you can create actual cartoons. To learn how, watch this Macromedia presentation. The animator uses the same shape drawing techniques we used. The presentation is an hour long, and the latter half includes some animation techniques we did not cover.
In our third Flash class, we'll be working on slideshows. You'll find templates and instructions here.
For the timeline template, go here.
In our third Flash class, we'll be working on slideshows. You'll find templates and instructions here.
For the timeline template, go here.
