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New features introduced in CS5 version of Flash Pro and Dreamweaver

Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by Editor in Software

• Adobe Flash Pro CS5

Where all is talking about the end of flash after the debut of HTML 5 in web standards, flash has make us sure that flash is a never ending platform and it will make the web platform more vibrant by shaking hands with HTML5. With the pre-release video demo of flash cs5, we have come to know that now flash content can be play without a flash player. Flash will export a FXG format of file which is a playback element of canvas tag introduces in HTML5.

Adobe has progressed towards a better integration between products in the Flash Platform. Flash Builder and Adobe Flash® CS5 will have a better work-flow, with greater integration starting Flash Builder 4 (which just recently released). We are also expecting, that the newest member of the Flash family - Adobe Flash Catalyst will also be unveiled as part of the CS5.

Now Flash Pro CS5 can create iPhone app with targeting the iPhone system. Basically iPhone does not have the support of flash. So you cannot play flash games and animation cannot be played in iPhone. Now Flash CS5 has an ability to compile flash content into a native iPhone app. These apps can be distributed through the Apple App Store.

• Flash Catalyst

Flash Catalyst is Adobe’s attempt to bridge the gap between Flash developers and designers. This is something like Fireworks® terminology. This software is both for designers and developers. You can shuffle between the designers view and code view as you might do in Dreamweaver®. You can add some gradient with the code and have some button with hover and click state. In Catalyst, a designer can use the UI created in Illustrator, Photoshop, or any other tool which can generate FXG, and turn it into a live interactive application in a short amount of time.

• Dreamweaver CS5

Now Dreamweaver® CS5 comes with some new eye catching feature, one of them is SmartPaste. With this you can directly copy one image and paste into your web design. Dreamweaver will create a FXG file and create a canvas tag for it with the new JavaScript rendering. Now as I say the canvas tag, you might guess that the new Dreamweaver will have HTML5 and CSS3 support and yes it is. FXG file will keep the original information from your illustrator file. That means your artwork will be crispier on the web. You can also create a chart with external information with the SmartPaste function. You have to select the dataset and the artwork to represent your data.

Tags: adobe, cs5, dreamweaver, flash, flash catalyst, smartpaste