Adobe Design Premium CS5.5, Win, DVD, ENG 65112424 User Manual
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65112424
Adobe Flash authoring tools in Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium
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 deploy-
ment. 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 deploy-
ment. 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
Typical projects
Rich content, interactive 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
portfolios in both print and digital
formats
Product description
An authoring tool that enables you to
create immersive experiences that
can include video content
create immersive experiences that
can include video content
An interaction design tool that
enables you to transform artwork into
enables you to transform artwork into
functional interfaces and interactive
content
A page layout tool that enables you to
design high-quality documents,
design high-quality documents,
interactive presentations, and
portfolios
Project approach
Free-form design
Structured interaction design
Free-form design
Project organization
Timeline and frames
Pages and states
Pages and layers
Motion capabilities
Advanced vector animation
Transitions, basic movement
Transitions, motion presets, motion
along paths
Video playback
Encoding & advanced playback
controls
Basic video playback controls
Basic playback controls
Extensibility
ActionScript coding or components
Flash Catalyst components or export
to Flash Builder to add more
functionality
to Flash Builder to add more
functionality
Only if content is opened in Flash
Professional
Professional
Coding knowledge
required
required
Some ActionScript coding
None
None
Playback support
Flash Player, AIR, Flash Lite, iPhone*
Flash Player 10, AIR
Flash Player 10
* 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.