Hey all! Amanda Davy here, Digital Media Arts Graduate, Winter 2009 (at least, I hope so). I volunteered at FITC Monday and Tuesday morning, and I must say it was an enjoyable experience. There was a lot of meet-and-greet, chatting and generally friendly conversation. There was a great atmosphere floating around the halls and some friendly/competitve games of Rock Band going on during the breaks.
The most informative presentation for me on Monday was “The Ins and Outs: Flash CS4″, led by Richard Galvan. It basically explained all of the new implements in Flash CS4 for animation, along with hints for the developers as to how to integrate code into their functionality. I’m really interested in getting a look at that code.
I didn’t go to many of the presentations either day, but of the ones I saw on Tuesday I found “Get off your ass and start using AS3 already!” by R Blank the most helpful. Naturally, both appealed to my developer side and hence they were my favourites. There were a lot of other really good presentations though, such as “Getting in the Groove with PureMVC” by Tim Willison and “Things Every ActionScript Developer Should Know” by Grant Skinner.
I’m glad that I went to FITC, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people, learn a few new tricks and just to hang out and have a good time.
- Amanda
Tags: ActionScript, CS4, FITC Toronto 2009, Flash in the Can, Seneca College