Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia platform originally acquired by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems.
Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages. Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page Flash components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.
Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics, and supports bidirectional streaming of audio and video. It contains a scripting language called ActionScript. Several software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash content, including Adobe Flash Player, which is available free for most commonweb browsers, some mobile phones and for other electronic devices (using Flash Lite). The Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program is used to create content for the Adobe Engagement Platform, such as web applications, games and movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices.
Salient
Features
Import Photoshop Files
The best thing about Flash CS3? It integrates seamlessly with Photoshop. Flash now comes with an import wizard that allows you to import Photoshop's PSD files and Illustrator's AI files quickly and easily. All of the layers are kept in tact, and you can modify each layer in the import wizard to be brought in as a vector, a bitmap, or text
Exporting Motions and Animations
Flash CS3 supports a "motion export" that you can use across projects or bring into Flex. When you create something like a motion tween in Flash for a certain asset, you can right click on it, copy its motion, then apply it to any other asset in the stage, or in another project. It makes reusing motions and animations very easy. You can also export it as an XML-based file which shows all the properties of the animation in declarative markup.
Improved Skinning of Components
Traditionally, the default components in Flash were very functional, but tough to skin. In Flash CS3, the team put a lot of time and effort into making sure that the default components are easy to customize. The new interface allows you to double click on a component from the stage, then modify all of its states and properties from one screen.
Applications:
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Animated
Graphics
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Animation
for Web
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Interactive
Elements
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Corporate
Presentation
Introduction:
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia platform originally acquired by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems.
Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages. Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page Flash components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.
Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics, and supports bidirectional streaming of audio and video. It contains a scripting language called ActionScript. Several software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash content, including Adobe Flash Player, which is available free for most commonweb browsers, some mobile phones and for other electronic devices (using Flash Lite). The Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program is used to create content for the Adobe Engagement Platform, such as web applications, games and movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices.
Salient
Features
Import Photoshop Files
The best thing about Flash CS3? It integrates seamlessly with Photoshop. Flash now comes with an import wizard that allows you to import Photoshop's PSD files and Illustrator's AI files quickly and easily. All of the layers are kept in tact, and you can modify each layer in the import wizard to be brought in as a vector, a bitmap, or text
Exporting Motions and Animations
Flash CS3 supports a "motion export" that you can use across projects or bring into Flex. When you create something like a motion tween in Flash for a certain asset, you can right click on it, copy its motion, then apply it to any other asset in the stage, or in another project. It makes reusing motions and animations very easy. You can also export it as an XML-based file which shows all the properties of the animation in declarative markup.
Improved Skinning of Components
Traditionally, the default components in Flash were very functional, but tough to skin. In Flash CS3, the team put a lot of time and effort into making sure that the default components are easy to customize. The new interface allows you to double click on a component from the stage, then modify all of its states and properties from one screen.
ActionScript is the programming language that enables you to use Macromedia’s popular Flash to create highly interactive multimedia-based Web sites, product demos, teaching materials, and more. If you’re familiar with the logic of other programming languages, especially JavaScript or Java, ActionScript will seen quite familiar. After you’ve learned the logic behind how scripting works, as well as the many things it allows you to create and do, chances are you’ll wish you had started sooner. Creativity isn’t reserved for artist and designers, after all; scripting is another form of creativity, and equally as rewarding. With a through knowledge of ActionScript, you can express yourself in many ways may never have imagined.
Applications:
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Flash is Primarily an animation tool for the
Web.
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You can also create Corporate presentations and 2D Animations