Well here I am. It's twenty three minutes to midnight and I am within a couple hours of wrapping up my project 2 for the Flash Action Script class. Guess what? It won't publish. AGAIN!
This is the fourth time. And the solution is not obvious. I have to dig and sift through all of the files, script, tweens, frames and names to find where the problem is. I've never thrown in the towel, but right now I'm in the last round and my ass is getting whooped.
Which brings me to my question. What is your greatest graphic design catastrophe or challenge?
And from that experience, what would advice would you give to your peers to help them circumvent the trauma. My fatal flaw was not publishing the flash movie every 2 minutes. I'd gone probably 30-50 minutes without publishing, which in design time feels more like 13.78 minutes.
Also, while I typically do my best when I push the envelope of time, when it comes to anything involving more-than-simple-printing (i.e. Package Design) or simple-to-complex-coding (Flash and Web Design) NEVER EVER EVER push the envelope!
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With Flash you definitely cannot wait until the last minute to get the work done. The scripts are too confusing for some of us not to mention frames, tweens, scenes, and whatever else it deals with. Don't give up Will when you get it right it feels great. Even if your work is not a masterpiece, after dealing with Flash in your eyes it will be. Good things don't always come easy!
With Flash you definitely cannot wait until the last minute to get the work done. The scripts are too confusing for some of us not to mention frames, tweens, scenes, and whatever else it deals with. Don't give up Will when you get it right it feels great. Even if your work is not a masterpiece, after dealing with Flash in your eyes it will be. Good things don't always come easy! My catastrophe was with flash as well on the second project of my web animation class. Let's just say I haven't given up on it yet! it's a work in progress.
Hey Will,
I havent taken Flash yet but all I can say is hang in there and you will do just fine. The classes that I have had with you, your work is awesome so don't give up just yet. Keep pushing and you will do fine. My design catastrophe was my first quarter here in Illustrator. My final project was due and I saved it in a different format. When I came to the lab to print it, the project would not come up on the screen so I basically had to start from step 2 from scratch. Needless, to say that the project wasn't done and I DID give up. I turned in what I had and took the grade I deserved BUT I am still here in the Design Program loving every minute of it. My advie to my peers is to sstart your projects way ahead of time then if you have a case like mine, you will have time to rework it.
Flash is one of those programs that is all about timing and organization. You have to really plan out what you want to do with the program, and then allocate enough time to execute it.
To everyone that is learning how to use Flash...hang in there! Flash can be very frustrating and hard to learn but it is a skill that can enhance your employability in the Graphic Design field. Individuals who know how to use Flash professionally is a viable commodity in today's market.
Just keep practicing with the program and don't give up!
Will,
This happens to everyone who's ever taken a programming language. Go back to the base level where you know it was working and trace forward. That's my best advice. It's likely to be something very simple and when you get it, you'll want to scream. Good luck!
Oh noessss!!
While I haven't taken Flash yet, I have learned the lesson of saving frequently. I suppose that would be the best thing I could recommend to anyone in any class, not just design: Be obsessive about saving and always keep a back-up.
I can't think of a design catastrophe, yet. It's definitely not that I'm that good. It's that I'm that new!
Chin up, Will!
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