North Bay Multimedia Association

Events - November ActionScript Salon

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Actionscript Salon #7: The Drawing API

Who: Marc Tanenbaum
When: Monday, November 24, 2003
Time: 6:30 PM Q&A, networking; 7:00-8:15 PM program; 8:15-9:00 PM Q&A
Where: PINC/GAI, 665 Third Street (near Townsend), Suite 500, San Francisco, CA (Directions)
Cost: Free to NBMA members; $10 for Non-members; $5 for Students.
Register: Members and non-Members, please pre-register with Acteva to hold your spot.
Info Contact: Marc Tanenbaum.

Please note - WE’RE BACK AT PINC/GAI THIS MONTH ONLY!

The North Bay Multimedia Association presents a continuing series of topics on programming inside the Flash environment. Actionscript is a powerful, built-in language that operates from within Flash, and is at the heart of all truly dynamic swfs. Mastering Actionscript can transport your websites and other Flash files from glorified Powerpoint presentations into the realm of full-featured applications.

This month we’re gonna have some fun! The Actionscript Drawing API allows us to create drawings on the fly at runtime with no buttons, no movieclips, no…nothing. It’s pretty simple stuff to learn, but like many an artist’s tool, it’s one thing to draw a stroke…it’s quite something else to paint a picture. So once we’ve got the hang of it we’re going to spend some time looking at beautiful examples of runtime drawing in action. Hope to see you there!

Please pre-register with Acteva if you plan to attend!

This Salon is rated: Intermediate

Beginner: basic understanding of fundamental concepts, button control, handlers, properties, variables, etc.
Intermediate: complex math operations, arrays, objects, functions, bitwise operations, debugging, dynamic movieclip control.
Advanced: XML, server-side integration, remoting, multi-dimensional arrays, AI.

Marc Tanenbaum is the NBMA Web SIG leader. He is a writer, designer and Flash developer. He hangs out at flashmxfiles.com, flashgoddess.com and bit-101.com forums where he dispenses Flash and Actionscript advice to the unwary.