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Archive for April, 2010
Save Time, Reduce Errors with Code Hinting in Flash CS5
Save Time/Errors with Code Hinting in Flash CS5 from Paul Trani on Vimeo. Writing ActionScript in Flash just took a giant step forward with significant enhancements to the ActionScript editor in CS5. You can easily increase your development speed with new features such as code completion and custom class code hinting.
Add Interactivity in Flash CS5 without Writing Code
Add Interactivity in Flash CS5 without Writing Code from Paul Trani on Vimeo. Learn how to add interactivity to your Flash file without writing code! Using the Code Snippets panel you’re able to add interactivity to your Flash file and even save your own ActionScript code for later use.
Allowing Multiple People to Work on the Same Flash File
Allowing Multiple People to Work on the Same Flash File from Paul Trani on Vimeo. Flash Professional CS5 has a new uncompressed XML-based file format called XFL. Why is this great? Because it allows multiple people to work on different aspects of the same file! As the video shows, one person could be engineering the [...]
Using InDesign CS5 Content in Flash Professional CS5
Using InDesign CS5 Content in Flash CS5 from Paul Trani on Vimeo. Flash is of course a great product on its own. But if you’re a print designer you’re probably more comfortable in InDesign and probably have content in there already. Well, InDesign CS5 not only has the capabilities to add buttons and animation, but [...]
Text Layout Framework in Flash Professional CS5
Text Layout Framework in Flash Professional CS5 from Paul Trani on Vimeo. If you’ve ever used text in Flash you know that it gets the job done but might not control the text to the extent InDesign controls text. Well, Flash Professional CS5 takes a huge leap forward in giving you options and rendering text [...]
Advanced Text Options in Flash Professional CS5
I thought that with the release of Flash Professional CS4 it was the easiest time ever to get into Flash. And I was right. But with the release of Flash Professional CS5 it’s even EASIER. You can actually create an entire web site in Flash without writing code! You can import files from InDesign and [...]
Adobe Flash: One Web. Any Screen.
Note that Adobe and its partners believe in delivering the full web (including Flash content) across all screens. Check out this new video, which features different mobile devices including a sneak peak of one of Dell’s new tablets (5” tablet, not released yet) plus Dell’s 12” smartbook (Latitude Xt2) running a broad variety of Flash [...]
More than 100 iPhone Apps Already Created with Flash CS5 Professional
As you probably know, Apple’s iPad tablet goes on sale tomorrow as well as many other tablets and smartphones becoming available or are already available. The issue (and opportunity) from a designer/developer standpoint is how create and monetize apps across screens without reinventing the wheel every time. Well, Adobe Creative Suite 5 and Flash Player [...]
Latest Update to the Flash Platform: Me
Technically I won’t get installed, because as a designer all I would do is change your desktop background. Instead, as of this week I’m officially part of the Adobe Flash Platform Evangelist team. I’ll be joining the North American team with some other outstanding guys like Kevin Hoyt, Ryan Stewart, Terry Ryan, Lee Brimelow, and [...]
