So for the third part of this series and I guess the last now that Adobe released the CS5 and You can explore the new Flash CS5 by Your own, in the above video I’m showing you the ActionScript 3.0 code snippets panel  this cool little panel will be loved by designers and new coders alike. Lee Brimelow had  already made one snippets panel and this one is based on that, to use it you simply select your movie clip and drag one snippet from this panel, your timeline will automatically add an ActionScript layer with the code needed. You can also create your own snippets so if you’re new to coding or a designer this panel will help you out a lot.

Download the Flash CS5 trial here and start playing.

Happy Coding !!!

So  the wait it’s over  Adobe Creative Suite 5 it’s out and You can order it here or check out the trial here

Some of the new features are:
Interactive design without writing code
Design sophisticated interactive content and create functional interfaces in new Adobe Flash® Catalyst™ CS5 without writing code. Transform your unique vision into compelling online experiences and deliver perfect project files to developers.

Extraordinary image editing
Use the Mixer Brush and Bristle Tips in Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended to explore lifelike, naturally textured painting. Add dimension to your imagery with 3D extrusions using Adobe Repoussé technology, and make precise image selections more quickly and easily with new Truer Edge selection technology.

Innovative vector drawing and painting
Quickly and accurately represent depth and distance using new perspective tools in Adobe Illustrator® CS5. Precisely control stroke width, arrowheads, and dashes. And use the new Bristle Brush to draw with the expressive quality of watercolors, oils, and pastels, but with the scalability of vectors.

Comprehensive reach of the Flash Platform
Realize your vision online with the capabilities of the Adobe Flash Platform. Use Flash Catalyst CS5 to design interactive content without writing code, Adobe Flash Professional CS5 to create free-form, expressive content, and Adobe Flash Builder™ 4 to develop rich Internet applications.

Interactive documents and presentations
Create memorable documents and presentations complete with interactivity, motion, sound, and video in Adobe InDesign® CS5. Enhance page layouts with rich media using new motion presets for easy animation creation. Take advantage of support for FLV and MP3 audio file import to engage and excite your audiences.

Flash CS5 Features 02 Custom class code hinting and completion. from David Gamez on Vimeo.

Ok  so for the second part of this series I’m showing You a little video of  something you’ll love if you use to code in FlashIDE  ActionScript editor.

The improved editor now let’s  you work with custom code hinting and completition and it works pretty fast it’s as easy as setting your classpaths and the editor will recognize all of your libraries and custom classes.

To be totally honest, I would not leave the ActionScript editor I’m using now for the one that comes with the Flash IDE but it definitely eases up the workflow if you’re using it.

See You around.

Ok this will be the first of  a series of post of some of the new features of Adobe Flash CS5, and I say some because the new Flash comes with tons of new and improved features that said lest move on.

Flash CS5 Features 01 XML-Based-Flas (XFL) from David Gamez on Vimeo.

In Flash CS5 there’s a new file format in the house that it’s called .XFL  that is a new  XML based  format that allows You to exchange and work on files more easy, how to use it ?  just save your file  as .xfl in this way all your assets and properties are not packaged in a .fla file instead they will be saved in a folder structure that you can open and modify without the Flash ide, the properties of the document and graphic elements of the library are exported in XML files and  can be edited from any text editor and modify its properties. Even Actionscript code of the frames is exported.

I see this feature as a very neat one that will let us have more control over our Flash work and expands the possibilities for new types of workflow.

Until the next feature,  See You around.

Adobe officially announced at Mobile World Congress the Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR for Android. Kevin Hoyt recorded a video overview of some demos on the Motorola Droid. The demo shows some of the capabilities of Flash on mobile devices.  It looks  pretty good so far the way The Flash Technology is moving into other devices so far. Check the video

Pixel Bender just got it’s Technology Center at Adobe Site, with tutorials, presentations and various resources here’s an excerpt of the site:

Adobe has updated the Flash Player version to 10.0.42.34 and AIR to 1.5.3 these runtimes are ready to go and include several bug  fixes including FP-503 ( Mousewheel on Mac OS X  wich has been needed a long time ago and forced developers to hack their way around this bug to use the mousewheel on Mac OS X).

Adobe Flash Player 10.0.42.34:

Adobe Flash Player Devnet  Overview on this security update.

Adobe AIR 1.5.3:

Highlights of some of the important changes in this release taken from the post of Adobe Air Team Blog:

• If you have deployed an existing Adobe AIR application using AIR 1.5.2 or earlier and you want to update your application to use the 1.5.3 namespace, you will need to specify the old publisher ID of your application in your descriptor. Instructions on how to find your publisher ID and specify it in your descriptor are described in the release notes.
• The process for changing certificates in an update to a deployed application has changed. Beginning with AIR 1.5.3, certificate renewals will no longer be handled automatically and you will need to use the migrate feature of ADT. Please learn more about this topic by reading the release notes.

Critical issues fixed in this release:

• When an intermediate certificate expires, it is no longer possible to sign an application with a renewed certificate (fixed by removing the publisher ID).
• The AIR application installer crashes on Linux systems using AMD Phenom processors.

Important links:

• Read the Adobe AIR 1.5.3 developer release notes
• Download the Adobe AIR 1.5.3 runtime
• Download the Adobe AIR 1.5.3 SDK

Upgrade here:

Download Adobe Flash Player 10.0.42.34

Download AdobeAIR 1.5.3

This is a short post but a helpful one in case You haven’t noticed it The ActionScript 3.0 reference for the Adobe  Flash Platform it’s out of beta and works great letting You select and filter out your results by APIs, frameworks, platform and more, and its information it’s not only of ActionScript 3.0 but also for Flex, TLF,  AIR, LiveCycle, ColdFusion and more. So if you need help in finding some information and see the inner works of those API’s be sure to check it out, it’s a must have in any Developer library.

Adobe Influxis Latin Flash Tour is an event targeting all enthusiasts of the Flash Platform in Latin America. It will discuss the latest news of Flash for iPhone, Flash CS5, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst and more.

As you might know the Adobe Influxis Latin Flash Tour has already started and has gone through the cities of  Santiago – Chile, Buenos Aires -  Argentina,  Lima – Peru and will continue on Nov 13th in Bogotá – Colombia , Nov 16th in San Jose -Costa Rica  and will be closing on  Nov 18th in Mexico City  – Mexico.

I was invited by the organizers (RIAHispano, RIActive and FlashMC) of the event in Mexico( .FLAT  Latin Flash Tour ) to participate giving a  Flash Catalyst Workshop where I will be talking about what is and how to use Adobe Flash Catalyst in a production environment. The workshops will be held in Nov. 17 a day before the conference From the folks of Adobe.

Registration for my workshop has finished but there are still space in some of the other workshops and conferences that are equally interesting and taught by very talented people of the Latin Flash Community, both the conferences and workshops that will be given that day are completely free so all you will need is to register and bring your Laptop to be part of them. Click here to  see the workshops schedule and availability.

The conferences by Lee Brimelow (United States), Evangelist at Adobe focusing on the Flash Platform and Flex developer communities and AIR , Mike Chambers (United States), Principal Product Manager for developer relations for the Flash Platform at Adobe, Enrique Duvos (Spain), Group Manager of the Flash Platform evangelists in Europe will be held in Nov 18 .

I thank the organizers of this event for their invitation and for being  the people that will make the Latin Flash Tour Mexico happen,  in particular Edgar Parada ( @edgarparada ) who has been my contact all this days.

The official site for the event in Mexico is: www.latinflashtour.com.mx be sure to check it for more info and details on the event.

See you there.

Keep updated on Twitter: Use #latinflashtour hashtag and follow the account @latinflashtour

Adobe has just made available Adobe Labs Ideas a place to share and discuss the new tools and features of  the Adobe technologies that are currently on development, and this will let us post our own ideas or requests  that we want to see in the final version of the products. Anyone can comment and vote on the submissions, and then they will be reviewed by Adobe Development Team.

Adobe  Labs Ideas currently  is open for Flash Catalyst. so if  You tested the beta of Catalyst, you’ll probably want to go there and submit some ideas before the final version of Flash Catalyst is released.