New Features Adobe Flash CS4
The following features are new to Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional.
Object-based animation
Object-based animation dramatically simplifies designing in Flash while simultaneously providing greater control. Tweens are now applied directly to objects instead of keyframes,providing precise control over each of the individual animation attributes.
Motion Editor panel
Experience complete independent control over every keyframe parameter including rotation, size, scale, position, filters, and more using the keyframe editor. Use the keyframe editor to graphically control easing using curves.
Motion Tween Presets
Apply pre-built animations to any object to jumpstart your project. Select from dozens of pre-built presets, or create and save your own. Share presets across teams to save animation time.
Inverse Kinematics with the Bone tool
Easily create chain-like effects with a series of linked objects or quickly distort single objects using the Bones tool.
3D Transformation
Animate 2D objects through 3D space with new 3D transformation tools. Transformation tools including rotate and translate allow you to animate across X, Y, and Z axes. Apply local or global rotation to rotate an object within relationship to itself or to the Stage.
Decorative drawing with the Deco tool
Easily turn any symbol into an instant design tool. Whether creating patterns that can then be applied using the brush or fill tools, or creating kaleidoscope-like effects using single or multiple symbols with the deco symmetry tool, Deco provides a new way to design with symbols.
Adobe Kuler panel
The Kuler panel is your portal to groups of colors, or themes, created by an online community of designers. You can use it to browse thousands of themes on the Kuler web site, and then download selected themes to edit or to include in your own projects. You can also use the Kuler panel to create and save themes, and then share them with the Kuler community.
Authoring for Adobe AIR
Deliver interactive experiences to the desktop with new Publish to AIR. Adobe® AIR™, a new cross-operating system runtime allows you to leverage local desktop resources and data to deliver even more personal, engaging experiences. Using the same skills you use to deliver to the Flash® Player, your content can now reach even more audiences across more devices – web, mobile and now the desktop.
Sample Sounds library
A new included library of sound effects makes creating content with sound even easier.
Vertical Property inspector
The Property inspector is now vertically displayed taking better advantage of wider screens to provide you with more Stage real estate.
New Project Panel
Work with multiple-file projects more easily with the new project panel. Apply property changes to multiple files, save symbols to a designated file folder at the time they are created, and more.
Adobe Media Encoder with H.264 support
Deliver the highest quality video with more control than ever before. Encode to any format recognized by Adobe Flash Player with the same tool found in other Adobe video products such as Adobe® Premiere® Pro and After Effects®.
Adobe ConnectNow integration
Adobe® ConnectNow™ lets you share your screen and meet with other users online. You can open ConnectNow directly from the application interface by choosing File > Share My Screen.
Edit in Soundbooth
Users of Adobe® Soundbooth™ can now edit imported sounds in Soundbooth directly from within Flash. The Adobe ASND sound file format enables non-destructive editing of sound files
Enhanced metadata support
New XMP panel enables users to quickly and easily assign metadata tags to their SWF content. Enables addition of metadata into SWF files that is recognized by Adobe® Bridge and other Creative Suite® applications that recognize XMP metadata. Improves organization and enables fast find and retrieval of SWF files.
Collaborate with Flex developers
Import code-only ActionScript® 3.0 SWC components developed in Flex™ Builder™.
XFL import
Import content from InDesign® and After Effects® with complete file integrity. XFL is a new file format which enables designers to easily deliver content for further development in Flash.
Support for Adobe Pixel Bender
Easily apply custom filters and effects at runtime for real-time creative expression. Use Adobe® Pixel Bender™ to create unique filters, blends, and fills - which are now portable to multiple applications with Adobe Pixel Bender - to produce compelling, on-demand visual effects for the Adobe Flash Player runtime environment. Write a filter once, and then share it or apply it multiple times using ActionScript 3.0.
JPEG deblocking
This publish settings option reduces the the appearance of the common artifacts found in highly compressed JPEG files.
Improved Library panel
Work with assets more easily, thanks to a new, improved Library panel that includes search capability, sorting, and the ability to set properties on multiple library items at once.
New Creative Suite user interface
Boost your efficiency with intuitive panel docking and spring-loaded behaviors that help streamline your interaction with tools throughout Adobe’s Creative Suites.
New Font menus
The font menu in Flash now includes previews of each font and each style included in the font.
Hardware Acceleration
Published SWF files can now take better advantage of available hardware for better playback performance.
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