Flash Speaks Actionscript

When developing Adobe AIR apps, having the capability of controling the look and feel of an application’s window chrome is huge. Not only does it allow for designers to create a much more appealing interface window chrome, it also allows for personal branding.

With a community full of AIR applications, personal branding is something that just might make your application stand out more than others. However, this concept can act as a double edged blade as you don’t want to risk usability when getting creative with your application’s window chrome.

Earlier this year, Lee Brimelow wrote a nice tutorial on how to go about customizing your application’s chrome and pros and cons on doing so.

Below is a video created by Lee which turns out to be a nice compliment his tutorial.

Dan Carr, ActionScript developer, shows you how easy it is to work with AIR and Flash.  Explore the file structure of an ActionScript 3.0 Flash sample movie and learn how to export it to an AIR application.

Another video that aims at demonstrating the Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR integration process using the Adobe AIR Flash extension.  The Adobe AIR Flash extension provided by Adobe makes the task of converting Flash applications into desktop applications less daunting.  Enjoy the video!

Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow shows you how to start an AIR application in Flash CS3. He also shows how to take an existing Flash Project and turn it into an AIR Application.

As you watch this video, notice how easy it is to convert your Flash masterpieces into Adobe AIR applications. The Adobe AIR Flash extension provided by Adobe makes this task less daunting. There is obviously much more to creating Adobe AIR applications from Flash CS3, however, this video will get you going into the right direction. Enjoy!

Grab the Adobe AIR Flash extension.