…and especially enthusiastic about motion tweens in Flash…
If you think Flash CS4 is perfect, doesn’t need to change, or don’t care about Flash at all then you can quit reading this and go back to Flash and tween something.
If you don’t think it’s perfect then keep reading. Actually, even if Flash is perfect this post still applies… so please keep reading anyway :)
Adobe’s Product Improvement Program is what this post is on, because it might not be obvious from the option’s name but it’s a) not a survey, b) doesn’t require any work, and c) pretty darn important. Essentially you can opt into this program that sends anonymous information (the info it sends is pretty much like the list you see in the History panel) about what features you use in Flash. Big deal? Yup. It tells us what features you actually use. And that then helps us know what’s most important to you. Which is good. You help influence what gets attention in Flash. You, personally. You affect the future.
So your good deed of today is to go make sure this is turned on. Go to Help > Adobe Product Improvement Program in the main menu, and in the window that opens read the info and click Yes Participate if you agree with the stuff it says. And then create a whole lot of new motion tweens. Please. I’ll promise to upload more FLA files if you do!
This blog specializes in the new motion model of Flash CS4, and is brought to you by team tween of Flash at Adobe. The blog will includes tips, techniques, and info on tweening in Flash using the Timeline and Motion Editor (as well as some stuff about motion runtime with code). From time to time, we might also talk about ActionScript 3.0. So if you're interested in tweens, this blog is for you. We also want to hear your feedback in the comments. All views expressed here are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the opinion or views of Adobe Systems Inc.

Mr K
December 5th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Hi Jen, long time no chat.
I gotta say, coming back to Flash after a long time, I’m finding CS4 a bloated beast. There are some great things in there like Bones, but when it now takes SO much more code & requires a change to the HTML tags for your flash file JUST to allow a button to link to another site - I shake my head and walk away.
I’m not convince all the amazing new stuff in AS3 should ever have made some of the simplest of things obsolete.
Anyhoo … hope things are going well for ya
Jen deHaan
December 5th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hey there Mr K! Wow - long time indeed! Great to hear from ya!
A button is a little bit more code, but only an extra line (3 vs 4). And you can still use AS2 in CS4 as well (works with new tweens and non-runtime IK even) :) Regarding the tags, do you mean the eloas stuff? Luckily those days are over, but even using something like swfobject that solves it for the legacy IE where it helped with the click thing, means less code than some of the default stuff people use :)