Recording and Audacity

In order for me to record the sound, I was required to go to a recording studio so that the recording would be done in a quiet environment making the sound being recorded clear. I had used a microphone and headphones to help me do this. After the recording was complete, the files were transferred over to the computer which I then used a program called Audacity to help me, Audacity was a program offered by the school which limited my choices of programs, this required me to go to the internet to do research in order to learn how to use Audacity, I have found the website http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq which has given me the basics of using Audacity and how I can edit my sound using the Selection tool. I was then able to convert it to either WAV or a MP3 file, I have preferred to keep it as WAV as my original file was WAV as well.

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

When creating my template, the area in the center was left for my screen to be placed on top once it was complete, after testing the screen, I have found the animation to not stay inside the screen, this was because the center is not hollow. I also needed to rearrange the order on Macromedia Flash so that the main screen will be behind the template but as the center was not hollow, the main screen would not been seen, as a result, I will need to use Adobe Photoshop to help me remove the center of the screen making it hollow, I have used the website http://www.astahost.com/info.php/photoshop-tutorial-cutting-out-psd_t12610.html which explains the use of the "Delete" button on the keyboard, this can be utilised with the magic wand tool after selecting the part I did not want and remove it by pressing delete.

Wednesday, 1 April 2009


For my previous screens, I have learned how to link them together thanks to the help function as well as my teacher as she has given us a tutorial lesson. But in order to link the template to the login screen which is a new screen, we will require a new code as the login screen will not fit into the template. I have then done research over the inter net and found the website http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary424.html, which explains the use of the code " loadMovieNum( " url ", level [ , variables ])", I have then tested this code in my project combined with "on (press)" and other codes so that it would work. In the end, I have successfully made this code work.