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Macromedia intros Flash MX environment

updated 09:20 am EST, Mon March 4, 2002

 
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Macromedia today announced Flash MX, the latest version of the the vector animation development environment. Among the 45 new features is video support, new graphic design tools, pre-built components/templates, a customizable ActionScript editor, and timeline enhancments as well as support for the Sorenson Spark codec and for ECMAScript, HTML, MP3, Unicode, and XML. It is due to ship on March 15 in English, French, German, and Japanese-localized versions and will support OS X.. Upgrades to the $500 application are $200.


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  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    03/04, 09:36am | report spam | Reply |

    Well...

    ...it is about time!

  1. throatmonster

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    03/04, 09:50am | report spam | Reply |

    Can't wait...

    To see those bugs!

    I used to really like Macromedia and Flash until they merged with Allaire. I'm suprised they are going to support Macs at all, and would be very suprised if the Mac support isn't quite sub-standard.

    Still, I'll at least try it. Hope springs eternal in the Mac-lover's chest.

  1. The Pie Man

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    Allaire?

    They haven't updated their products since they bought Allaire. So why did your view of them diminish when they rounded out their product offerings to give more real functionality across the board?

    I doubt Cold Fusion runs on X (but who really cares? I have Apache,PHP,MySQL/PostgreSQL already).

    Flash MX looks like a killer app - and looks to allow true robust dynamic development - which is what Flash really needs to get out of it's niche application and into mainstream use. More robust Actionscript, a redesigned (and I hope better) interface, the ability to store your re-usable widgets easily - tweaked timeline. All good things to me...

    I for one am really excited (running it native in X is a huge bonus too!).

    They've got my upgrade dollars.

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    yes

    it does look impressive. this might be the first version i use since i could not stand the interface of pre flash 6.(I used to be a director guy)

    sorreson and jpg support is quite a coup.

    and native on X mmmm.....

  1. bviw

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    yee-haw!

    video support!video support!video support!video support!video support!video support!

  1. MacNN.com Reader

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    XP Yuck

    I always thought that XP looked good but I hadn't seen it next to OS X. As I went throught the feature tour and looked at the different screen shots yuck. XP is tan where OS X is white.

  1. EddieDesignsDotCom

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    03/04, 12:13pm | report spam | Reply |

    Super Flash

    geez some of you cant but help post NEGATIVITY!

    Roll on Flash!!

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    Other products

    Anyone know if anything else is coming from Macromedia for OS X?

    Dreamweaver/Fireworks would be nice!!!!

  1. someToast

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    YA Negative comment

    Flash is still stuck with that cell-based timeline. With the improvements to scripting, I'm giving much more serious thought to LiveMotion 2.0

  1. tinomedia

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    Video export as .swf

    so lemme get this straight .... you can now export 'Video' in a .swf file? like importing QT and exporting an .swf, and have the QT work?

    Tino

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