Adobe TV gets a long awaited redesign that I am sure all users will come to love and appreciate. While the original Adobe TV got the job done, it simply was not up to par in comparison to other popular video sharing sites. I personally feel these new features add so much more value to Adobe TV. It now feels more natural of an experience.
New Features Added to Adobe TV are:
Loading speeds vastly improved
Easier/faster search capabilities
Customizable home pages
Save your favorite videos to a personal library
Post videos directly to your favorite social network
Video: Adobe TV Wasn’t Built in a Day
Check out this video and let the Adobe ones break down these new feature upgrades. Also, don’t forget to visit Adobe TV to experience these new features yourself.
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.
Ryan Stewart talks to Matt Chotin about the new Thermo design and upcoming additions to the Flex SDK. Then he shows you FXG, a new graphics interchange format supported in Flex 4, code-named “Gumbo”.
If after watching this video gets you all revved up for Flex 4, then, head over and download the latest build of the Flex SDK.
For those of you that missed it, last week Adobe announced to the world what we should all expect from the upcoming CS4 suite. You can view all 60 minutes of it on Adobe TV. This video showcases a handful of the hundreds of new features available on Creative Suite 4.
“Flash in a flash” is a series of training videos that John Schuman of Adobe designed to get you going with Adobe Flash CS3—in a flash. This series of training video takes you through the creation of a Flash project as you learn the fundamentals of working with Flash including working with symbols, creating and controlling animations, adding audio, creating buttons, and video.
As you can see these videos are intending for beginners looking to get into Flash CS3 or simply need a rundown of Flash CS3′s capabilities. Take a look at the following training videos below to see if any fit what you are expecting to learn from Flash CS3.
John Schuman introduces the fundamentals of Flash CS3 such as creating symbols, drawing tips and tricks and more. John will also introduce introduce the virtual hero of the series, Victor Vector.
In this episode you will explore the fundamentals of animation and some of the various animation techniques like keyframing and motion tweening and how to use ease in/ease out control.
Continuing with the Victor Vector project, putting the various animation and graphical components together and introducing sound. You’ll also learn how to use MovieClip filters, blends, and alter the speed of a motion tween.
An introduction to Flash video, in you will learn how to add video to your Flash project, how to create cue points and closed captioning for accessibility, fullscreen viewing, and more.
An introduction to basic interactivity and ActionScript 3.0. Learn how to create a simple UI slider, component, invisible buttons, and add basic interactivity in Flash CS3.
Using Flex Builder, Chet Haase of the Flex SDK team shows you how to create and enable an animated “spring” effect using custom effects on components.
Check out this creative solution to simulating a mac-like spring effect within Flex Builder. Until Flex becomes more “designer friendly”, solutions like this will help on producing some neat effects within Flex. Enjoy the video!
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!
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!
Developer and trainer Dan Carr explains and demonstrates the basics of creating the basics of creating an ActionScript 3.0 class.
The idea of this video is meant to get rid of the butterflies a Flash user might have when they hear the word external class. Though the example is simple, hopefully the concept of an external class will stick. Enjoy!
