Hey there flashthusiasts – want to get your Flash trial on? Head over to the trial link (log in if need be):
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flash
And you can choose your download.
Go tween something, and let us know what your thoughts are.
If you want to learn about new motion tweens in Flash, and you’re going to be at Adobe MAX, you’re in luck. I’ll be giving a short presentation as part of the QE team session, and we’ll be at the Flash birds of a feather session. This isn’t in the MAX session guide so I thought I’d blog about it so the two of you out there interested can read all about it.
More fascinating info after the jump.
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If you bought Flash CS4 already, you might want to check out the Flash CS4 updater for Flash Player 10. You can read about it, and download the installer, here:
Adobe Flash Player 10 Update for Flash CS4 Professional
What is it for? I quote “The update replaces the Debug and Release versions of Flash Player 10 browser plugins, standalone players, and Test Movie players that are included in the initial release of Flash CS4 Professional (player version 10.0.2.54). All users are encouraged to apply this update. These new players are version 10.0.12.36.”
UPDATE: Please note that the original release notes for this updater noted test movie players, however test movie players are not updated with this update. See comments below.
The little picture of the box in the store says “Now Available” next to it – so it looks like you can buy it. (I’m looking at the United States store, so take that for what its worth)
You can go buy Flash CS4.
Do it.
And then tween something.
http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?event=displayStoreSelector&keyword=flash
If you go to the Flash Player page, it still says Flash Player 9. But if you go to the “get flash player” page at http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer, new player is live.
If you want to see 3D in your Flash, go get it now :)
Yesterday at FlashCamp, I gave a presentation on using the new motion model in Flash CS4. The files are linked on this post. This is a general synopsis of what I covered, and I’ll detail how I did a few things in the presentation. Please comment with any questions you have.
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Here are the FLA and SWF files (Flash CS4 and Player 10) for today’s presentation at FlashCamp on new motion in Flash and using Tween instance (contains that ActionScript).
FlashCamp files for motion tween presentation
The next post will be a bit more about these files and the stuff used in them.
UPDATE: Here it is! For a bunch of information about the presentation and the files in that ZIP above, read this.
Enjoy!
After spouting off about the benefits of the new motion model in Flash CS4, I thought I’d take a bunch of screenshots of Flash, most of which are showing new features and such. For all of the following photos, click the thumbnail to look at the full size photo.
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So now that you’ve heard all these great CS4 announcements, lets get into some constructive details about Flash CS4 (whoo hoo, I can finally talk about what I’ve been working on!). But before we start, this is the first time I’ve written in detail about a non-released product, so bear with me and please comment about whatever is really confusing or assuming you have the product already, below.
There have been sneak peeks of some of the upcoming features in Flash thanks to conferences and keynotes, and you may have seen that one of the big new features (and to some of us on the feature, *the* big new feature) is a new way of creating animation. So yeah, tweening has changed. Finally. In Flash version 10. No more arrows on purple blackground. Um, now it’s blue with diamonds. And a whole lot better in many ways.
Update: articles on Adobe Developer Center for the new motion model:
* Motion Migration Guide for Flash CS4
More after the jump.
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