Adobe Master Collection, Mac, ES 65067527 User Manual
Product codes
65067527
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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection
What’s New
Adobe Flash authoring tools in Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection
With Creative Suite 5, Adobe delivers a variety of tools with the capability to author interactive content for the Adobe Flash Platform.
Each project you work on is unique, presenting various requirements and specifications regarding design, development, and
deployment. This comparison chart is a quick reference that will help you choose the best tool or tools for what you want to accomplish.
Each project you work on is unique, presenting various requirements and specifications regarding design, development, and
deployment. This comparison chart is a quick reference that will help you choose the best tool or tools for what you want to accomplish.
Flash Professional
Flash Catalyst
InDesign
Flash Builder
Typical
projects
Rich content, interactive
video content, advertising,
video content, advertising,
games
User interfaces, rich Internet
applications, microsites,
prototypes, widgets
applications, microsites,
prototypes, widgets
Documents, presentations,
and portfolios in both print
and digital formats
and portfolios in both print
and digital formats
Rich Internet applications
Product
description
An authoring tool that
enables you to create
enables you to create
immersive experiences that
can include video content
An interaction design tool
that enables you to transform
artwork into functional
interfaces and interactive
artwork into functional
interfaces and interactive
content
A page layout tool that
enables you to design
enables you to design
high-quality documents,
interactive presentations, and
portfolios
interactive presentations, and
portfolios
An integrated development
environment (IDE) that
enables you to develop rich
environment (IDE) that
enables you to develop rich
Internet applications
Project
approach
approach
Free-form design
Structured interaction design
Free-form design
Structured development
Project
organization
Timeline and frames
Pages and states
Pages and layers
Projects
Motion
capabilities
Advanced vector animation
Transitions, basic movement
Transitions, motion presets,
motion along paths
Transitions
Video
playback
playback
Encoding & advanced
playback controls
playback controls
Basic video playback controls
Basic playback controls
Advanced playback controls
Extensibility
ActionScript coding or
components
components
Flash Catalyst components or
export to Flash Builder to add
more functionality
Only if content is opened in
Flash Professional
Flash Professional
Flex coding/components,
ActionScript coding/
components
components
Coding
knowledge
required
required
Some ActionScript coding
None
None
Advanced ActionScript
or MXML
or MXML
Playback
support
support
Flash Player, AIR, Flash Lite,
iPhone*
iPhone*
Flash Player 10, AIR
Flash Player 10
Flash Player, AIR
*Packager for iPhone preview, included with Flash Professional CS5, compiles ActionScript bytecode into native iPhone application code.
iPhone applications are distributed as iPhone application installer (IPA) files, via the iTunes store.