RE: FLASH: How to write down your plans...

[Dorian Nisinson]

	I also recommend a movie/movie clip diagram with the name of each movie

clip and its Instance name. This really helps me keep track of where

everything is nested and how the movie is organized. I've learned a lot

about better and more logical ways to structure projects by keeping this

kind of diagram up to date, along with my notes. I also use Fast to store

all my scripts from a project and I always put a comment at the start of

each script telling me what MC it is in and what frame or button it is in.

between notes, Fast project script print outs and the diagram it is easier

to find problems and come back to a project later and jump right in

productively.

	I can put together a diagram and put it up for download if anyone would

find that helpful?


Dorian



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> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Stephan

> H�bner

> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:52 PM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: How to write down your plans...

>

>

> on 14.06.2000 23:32 Uhr Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media wrote:

>

> >> I'd just like to know how all of you make plans and things

> like "storybooks"

> >> for your projects?. What I mean is: Flash itself isn't hard to

> understand,

> >> but the structure of a flash-project can sometimes be rather

> complicated

> >> with buttons within movieclips, different scripts and so on.

>

> > Good question, I think.

>

> I thought so too... ;)

>

> > Well, it helps first of all to have a good system for creating

> and naming

> > layers, and using lots of comments (not labels, which get

> exported and cost

> > bytes). Having a dual monitor system is, I think, almost essential with

> > Flash so you can use all the layers you need and still see the stage.

>

> unfortunately I think this isn't an option for me as I am using an iMac DV

> and so I think inserting a second gfx-card could be a bit

> problematic... :)

>

> > Keeping lots of notes sometimes seems cumbersome and time-consuming. But

> > really it helps me to use my head more about what i'm doing, so it's a

> > learning aid, not to mention saving time when revisions are

> needed in a few

> > months.

>

> That's what I use to do also when I do something in MM director.

> Thanks for

> your ideas. They will definitely help a lot to know what's going

> on when you

> are sitting at the computer. But the other problem I have is that at the

> moment I have no really good concept for constructing the movie

> in theory as

> it is done with normal programming languages. I have some ideas

> about that,

> but I am not sure if they're practial or not too time-consuming.

>

>

> Greetings,

>

> Stephan Huebner

>

>

> BTW: Just wanted to say that I am from Germany, so I hope nobody will be

> annoyed if I misunderstand something...

>

>



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