Agenda

Disney Animation Workshop:
Keynote

The capabilities of Macromedia's Studio MX 2004

  • Dreamweaver:
    • Create web pages easily
    • Create web sites with consistent page designs and navigation schemes
    • Update web pages and entire sites easily
  • Freehand
    • Create graphics from scratch
  • Fireworks
    • Create animated gifs
    • Modify graphics for use on the web
    • Optimize graphics for web and print use
  • Flash
    • Built multimedial, animated, interactive web applications

NOTES:

  • Macromedia Studio only provides the TOOLS for creating content that you imagine
  • It is used by more than 80% of professional web designers
  • The formats (html, gif, jpg, even .swf) are universally accessible by multiple computer platforms and programs
  • It is only a container, not an end-product
  • Its utility depends on your own passion, creativity and persistence
  • Learning these tools can be difficult, but the rewards can be enormous
  • Most of what you learn here is transferrable to other software, but not all

 

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by Craig A. Cunningham, Ph.D./http://craigcunningham.com