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Adobe Flash CS3- Week #7
Macromedia Flash is a very interactive software. I have basic experience with Flash MX and for the most part, creating animation, text and images are simple. However, the detail of creating any animation is what takes much concentration. In one of our assignment projects, I think project #2, we were to use flash to create a simple presentation. Macromedia Flash, people seem to either love it or hate it. As its popularity continues to grow across the internet, so are certain misconceptions of this software. While reading the article, several points were made as to the ways some people feel about flash. Some people feel that flash animations are too slow, take to long to download, that anyone can build a Flash animation and that flash is nothing more than eye catching software. I would think there is a grain of truth as to what people are saying. Flash is a cool tool, it provides relatively low impact, high payback, in the means of creating compelling, entertaining and effective customer interactions. Animations and images created with flash are rich in graphics, such as banners, games, navigation systems, and an entire website. Millions of money is being made by developers of flash. It gives designers a platform to create cartoons, videos, and games especially, those that gear towards young people. Such as website that dance and sing, with ease. The article expressed how flash has gotten a new interface, one that makes it consistent with the rest of the CS3 suite including Photoshop and illustrator. Some of the vector based tools are a lot easier to use than Photoshop equivalents. Having the ability to open up a PNG file with firework is some of the upgraded features in the interface. Being able to see a quick – edit option on the right click conceptual makes navigation easier. It opens a streamlined Photoshop for quick rotate, crop and red eye tools feature without loading up the full application. By having this entire feature in one, means designers would be able too, quickly, and easily jump between programs and keep on working. The panels are all collapsible. CS3 includes workspace preference so their can be one for home, office and perhaps laptops.
A feature mentioned in the article, is the video importer. It allows for the ability to deinterlace video. As I look forward to using this program for my project, based on this new empowered upgrade of flash CS3, I do not believe it would be too difficult in creating any animation. However, the time it would take to create these layers is what I do not look forward too, due to its time consumption.
As flash CS3 focused on making the entire CS work together well, I think most people would be more willing to learn its product. Being able to download a free trail for those beginners just makes the burning desire to want to learn a new product more exciting especially, when tons or no money is involved. For those high end -spenders, that are developers that designs for a living, is when it’s necessary to have high end programs. Incorporating all of the adobe products into one, make the live of any developer simpler.
Wouldn’t you agree?
Reference:
Stewart, Ryan (2007, April l9). The Top 5 new features in Flash CS3.from http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=336
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