These are some of the notes that I took last BTT class:

*Flash is a program created by Macromedia
*Flash was the first interactive program in the World Wide Web
*Before this websites were "static"
*Flash is used for animation in websites and movies, encoding videos, etc
*The FLA stands for Flash Project File
*The FLA is a set of instructions
*An FLU is a video that you can play
*SWS is a shockwave or interactive program
*Action Script is the programming language embedded in Flash
*Action Script 2 is easy to play around with and user-friendl;y, but is is not as complex or powerful as Action Script 3
*A timeline, property inspector, color swatch, toolbar, and menubar is in Adobe Flash
*The Adobe programs are very similar to create a familiar setting
*The main area in the middle is called the "stage"
*The framerate for a digital video is 29.97 frames per second
*The framerate for cinemas is 26 frames per second
*The framerate is the number of still pictures per second
*The refreshrate is the rate at which the pixels refresh
*12 framerates per second is the website standard
*If you go to View and thhen Fit In Video, the stage will change itself to fit perfectly
*The Timeline is used for frames (the timeline of the frames)
*Add a new layer to not mess your background up if you happen to make a mistake
*The "Circle Tool" can be used to make a cueball that will eventually be animated
*By using symbols you save space because the computer is told to get the same picture
*It is important to double click the circle, otherwise the border does not get selected
*A keyframe is a frame where something importanat happens to your animation
*Flash allows us to use "tweens", which means inbetween frames
*Tweens save us a ton of time by allowing us to fillin the animation frames in between; the longer your tween the slower the animation and the shorter your tween the faster your animation