The keynote opens up with a James Bond kind of theme where Tim Buntel (Agent B) collaborates with Ben Forta (Agent F) to go to the lab and find out what tools can be used to fight the evil agency named Status Quo.
To fight Status Quo they'll need improvements on Design, Development, and Deployment. They demoed a home automation system that is driven by an AIR 1.5 application.
Flash CS4
- Interchangeable XFL format introduced to work with files across applications. For example importing an InDesign project into Flash, and have all the properties editable.
- Made the process of animating something way easier for novices. Right click on an object, select animate, move where you want it to go and done. You can then manipulate the path to give it a custom motion.
- Flash CS4 adds a bone structure feature so that you can wire how an object is constructed, allowing you to give it really refined animation and movement. E.g. they used it to make a Surf board dance.
- Flash CS4 you can publish to an AIR app.
Photoshop CS4
- Adds context aware scrolling.
- Knows what can be stretched (like the background) while preserving important objects (like people). You can go further and lasso what you define as important.
- Autoblend layers features will automask all the soft areas.
- 3D painting allows you to draw on a 3D object while allow you to rotate and reposition. You can merge 2D drawings onto a 3D object.
Next posting will be on Flash Catalyst (under the Design category of the Key Note).
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