Author:
Joe Hakooz
Category:
Flash
Just a quick post to let you all know that Lee Brimelow has released a new video (over 30 minutes) showing many of the new features we can expect in Flash CS5. As I mentioned before, Flash development will change greatly with the new "Export to iPhone" feature, but that just looks like the beginning. Make sure to check out Lee's video.
Here are a few notable features...
- Several new video playback skins
- Video playback during design time
- Add AS cuepoints at design time... Finally!
- New font embedding panel. Manage all embedded fonts in one place.
- XFL Format... The future FLA? This is pretty huge!
- SWF history property let's you track file size changes in each SWF export.
- Code snippets panel. Create your own and Adobe presets.
- Code hinting!!! Even for third party or custom classes.
- Workflow between Flash Pro and Flash Builder (previously Flex) has been improved.
- Deco Tool... Not sure about this thing but apparently it's been improved from CS4.
- SWFObject is finally the default embed script.
- Text Layout Framework (TLF). This revolutionizes text in the Flash environment and is way overdue!
So there you have it. Flash CS5 looks very promising and I hope you make the time to see Lee's entire video.