Our assignment was to make an interactive card or greeting of our choice using Adobe Aero, which is still in beta testing. I chose to make a graduation card, with a (mostly) space theme. It was actually a pretty straightforward program to use, which surprised me, though at this point all of the images and effects I used were preset, so there wasn’t too much to do. I did run into a lot of issues with the “proximity” trigger- in theory, as I’m moving around the room with Aero open on my phone, my proximity to points should trigger actions, like things to appear. I had to change all the proximity triggers to tap triggers because they just wouldn’t work. Also, my t-rex wouldn’t roar, and despite my best efforts, he won’t stand on the ground- which was a bummer. I also had a funny moment where I’d imported some text and didn’t realize how small it would be. I couldn’t find it until I zoomed all the way down to the armadillo’s feet. Despite the glitches, I had a lot of fun playing around with this program.
