The Flash Professional CS5 Software from Adobe is a Mac software application that is used to create interactive web pages and powerful web applications, and to deliver video via the web and mobile devices. Flash is supported by almost every web browser and many mobile devices. It uses a powerful scripting language, ActionScript, allowing you to create fully-featured applications that will run the same on all supported platforms.
This CS5 version of Flash has a wealth of new features. Its Text Layout Framework gives you enhanced control over typography. You'll be able to use the Code Snippets panel to find commonly-used ActionScript commands, perfect for insertion into the enhanced ActionScript editor. The Bones tool allows you to create inverse kinematic effects, and the Deco tool gives you access to a comprehensive set of animation effects and brushes.
Features:
Text Engine Take complete control over your text with print-quality typography via the new Text Layout Framework. Work with columns and bidirectional text, and maintain layout and formatting with greater fidelity when importing from other Adobe products
Creative Suite Integration Enhance productivity when working with Adobe Creative Suite components such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash Builder
ActionScript Editing Increase development speed with an improved ActionScript editor, including custom class code hinting and code completion. Use Flash Builder as your primary ActionScript editor for Adobe Flash Professional projects
Inverse Kinematics Take advantage of advanced motion capabilities and visually add realistic physics effects with new Strength and Damping settings for the Bones tool. Create natural, chainlike motion with a simple, familiar interface
Video Improvements Streamline video embedding and encoding processes with on-stage video scrubbing and a new cue points property inspector. See and playback FLV components directly on the stage
XML-Based FLA Source Files Manage and modify projects using source control systems and collaborate on files more easily. An XML-based nonbinary implementation of the FLA format allows projects and associated assets to function as items in a directory or folder
Code Snippets Panel Reduce the ActionScript 3.0 learning curve and enable greater creativity by injecting prebuilt code into projects. Quickly include functional code for things like timeline navigation, actions, animation, audio and video, and event handlers
Object-Based Animation Model Use object-based animation and visually achieve granular control over motion attributes with the Motion Editor. Develop interactive content more efficiently with the Motion Preset panel that offers prebuilt motion effects and lets you create, save, and share your own
Advanced Native Drawing Tools Author expressive interactive content with easy-to-use tools. Draw stylized shapes and transform them into complex patterns and effects, and animate 2D objects through 3D space with 3D transformation tools
Support for an Extensive Number of Device Runtimes Deliver interactive content consistently for more runtimes across personal computers, mobile devices including the iPhone, and screens of virtually any size and resolution, and leverage integration with Adobe Device Central for enhanced testing and debugging Please Note: Subject to Apple's current requirements and approval
Web Design
Text Engine Take complete control over your text with print-quality typography via the new Text Layout Framework
XML-Based FLA Source Files Collaborate on projects more easily with a new XML-based implementation of the FLA file format. Uncompressed projects appear and act like folders, allowing you to quickly manage and modify assets such as images
Code Snippets Panel Speed project completion by using convenient prewritten code snippets for common actions, animation, audio and video insertion, and more. Also discover an easier way to learn the ActionScript 3.0 language
Wide Content Distribution Publish content virtually anywhere, using Adobe AIR for desktop applications and mobile platforms including the iPhone, or Adobe Flash Player for browser-based experiences Please Note: Subject to Apple's current requirements and approval
Deco Drawing Tools Add advanced animation effects with a new comprehensive set of brushes for the Deco tool. Quickly create movement for particle phenomena like clouds or rain, and draw stylized lines or patterns with multiple objects
Video Improvements Streamline video embedding and encoding processes with on-stage video scrubbing and a new cue points property inspector. See and play back FLV components directly on the stage
Creative Suite Integration Enhance productivity when using Flash Professional together with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash Builder
Spring for Bones Add expressive, lifelike animation properties like spring and bounce with new motion attributes added to the Bones tool. An improved inverse kinematics engine provides more realistic and complex physics movements within a simple, familiar interface
ActionScript Editor Speed up the development process with an improved ActionScript editor, including custom class code hinting and code completion. Quickly grasp the fundamentals of ActionScript, and efficiently reference your own code or external code libraries
Flash Builder Integration Work more closely with developers who can use your Flash project files with Flash Builder to test, debug, and publish your content more efficiently
Web Application Development
XML-Based FLA Source Files Manage and modify projects using source control systems and collaborate on files more easily. An XML-based nonbinary implementation of the FLA format allows projects and associated assets to function as items in a directory or folder
ActionScript Editor Speed the development process with an improved ActionScript editor, including custom class code hinting and code completion. Start projects and grasp the fundamentals of ActionScript more quickly, or reference your own code or external code libraries efficiently
Wide Content Distribution Publish content virtually anywhere, using Adobe AIR for desktop applications and mobile platforms including the iPhone, or Adobe Flash Player for browser-based experiences
Please Note: Subject to Apple's current requirements and approval
Spring for Bones Create more realistic inverse kinematic effects with new motion attributes added to the Bones tool. Strength and Damping settings provide more realistic and complex physics movements within a simple, familiar interface
Video Improvements Streamline video embedding and encoding processes with on-stage video scrubbing and a new cue points property inspector. See and play back FLV components directly on the stage
Deco Drawing Tools Add advanced animation effects with a new comprehensive set of brushes for the Deco tool. Quickly create movement for particle phenomena like clouds or rain, and draw stylized lines or patterns with multiple objects
Code Snippets Panel Quickly include functional code for things like timeline navigation, actions, animation, audio and video, and event handlers. Reduce the ActionScript 3.0 learning curve and enable greater creativity by injecting prebuilt code into projects
Text Engine Get global bidirectional language support and a set of advanced print-quality typography APIs via the new Text Layout Framework. Format text in columns and maintain layout and formatting with greater fidelity when importing content from other Adobe products
Creative Suite Integration Enhance productivity when using Flash Professional together with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash Builder
Interactive and Video Projects
Video Improvements Streamline video embedding and encoding processes with video scrubbing directly on the stage and a new way to work with cue points. See and play back FLV components directly on the stage
XML-Based FLA Source Files Collaborate on projects more easily with a new XML-based implementation of the FLA file format. Uncompressed projects appear and function like folders, allowing you to quickly manage and modify assets such as images
Creative Suite Integration Enhance productivity when working with Adobe Creative Suite components such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash Builder
Text Engine Take complete control over your text with print-quality typography via the new Text Layout Framework. Work with columns and bidirectional text, and maintain layout and formatting with greater fidelity when importing from other Adobe products
Deco Drawing Tools Add advanced animation effects with a new comprehensive set of brushes for the Deco tool. Quickly create movement for particle phenomena like clouds or rain, and draw stylized lines or patterns with multiple objects
Flash Builder Integration Work more closely with developers who can use your Adobe Flash Professional project files with Flash Builder to test, debug, and publish your content more efficiently
Code Snippets Panel Quickly include functional code for things like audio and video control, timeline navigation, actions, animation, and more. Reduce the ActionScript 3.0 learning curve and enable greater creativity by injecting prebuilt code into projects
Wide Content Distribution Publish content virtually anywhere, using Adobe AIR for desktop applications and mobile platforms including the iPhone, or Adobe Flash Player for browser-based experiences
Please Note: Subject to Apple's current requirements and approval
Spring for Bones Add expressive, lifelike animation properties like spring and bounce with new motion attributes added to the Bones tool. An improved inverse kinematics engine provides more realistic and complex physics movements within a simple, familiar interface
ActionScript Editor Speed the development process with an improved ActionScript editor, including custom class code hinting and code completion. Quickly grasp the fundamentals of ActionScript, and efficiently reference your own code or external code libraries
System Requirements:
Operating
System: Mac OS X 10.5.7, 10.6
Processor: Multicore
Intel Mac
RAM: 1GB
Hard
Drive Space: 4GB for installation; Additional free space required
during installation; Cannot install on a volume that uses a
case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based
storage devices
Display: 1024
x 768 (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
Hardware: Combo
Drive or SuperDrive drive
Software: QuickTime
7.6.2 required for multimedia features
Other: Broadband
Internet connection required for online services
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If you are a programmer using Flash in your daily work, you should absolutely get this release. No doubt about it - the enhancements to the workflow and code editor alone will pay for the upgrade. If you're a designer - it depends. The new brushes for the Deco tool and the improved IK is hardly solid selling points. If you need better control of text, the TLF integration will save you a lot of time. If you're a designer that want to get into programming Actionscript, this is a good release as well since the new snippets function can give you a good starting point for learning. ...As for not being able to publish iphone applications to the Apple App Store - this is sad but it will still be useful for prototyping iPhone applications. After all, there's few tools that are better or faster than Flash for prototyping so in itself that has value. ...Another great move is the change of contents in the Web Premium package: Dreamweaver CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Photoshop Extended CS5, Illustrator CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash Builder 4, Fireworks CS5. This really is the collection I would have wanted to put together myself. It's all software that I can really use rather than crummy site editing software like Contribute. I will however miss SoundBooth. Not sure why they removed that and added Business Catalyst instead. Flash Magazine: http://www.flashmagazine.com/reviews/detail/flash_cs5_review/
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