David Jumeau's take on Web-related technologies, the Flash Platform, E-learning, and other cool stuff
Lee Brimelow announces an update to Flash CS4 on theflashblog that the next update for Flash CS4 is on. Last month I attended Lee’s “What’s new in Flash CS4?” workshop and admitted that there were several issues that are currently being fixed. I also heard from other developers working with it that it is buggy and tends to crash. We hope that this update can resolve all the issues.
Download or run updates via “help/updates” on the main menu of Flash CS4.
DJ
I discovered two eclipse plugins for Flex / Flash Development:
Joa Ebert released a FBDT, a plugin to create Pixel Bender filters that is compatible for Flash CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, and After Effects CS4. (I attended last Saturday’s workshop with Lee Brimelow and he mentioned that there are some limitations to Pixel Bender development for Flash CS4 [e.g. no loops] in coding the pixel bender filters.) Since most developers use an external IDE e.g. Eclipse, this is very ideal instead of using the one that Adobe provides.
Rich Tretola blogged about a new Eclipse plugin for Flex code formatting (for Actionscript and MXML). This is great for those who want consistency in presenting their code. Â
DJ
While trying out Lee Brimelow’s Flex tutorial, I encountered an error in relation to debugging in Flex Builder 3 with Flash Player 10 player with this message:
“Flex Builder cannot locate the required debug version of the Flash Player. You may need to install the debug version of Flash Player 9.0 or reinstall Flex Builder. Do you want to try to debug with the current version?”
I was wondering if the error had to do with installing Flash CS4 after installing Flex Builder 3.2. I realized that the standard debug player was After scouring many sites, but I think the proper solution could be found at the Dublin Adobe User Group’s site.
I downloaded the lastest Flash 10 debug player, placed it in the Flash CS4 player folder (ie. C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Flash CS4/Common/Configuration/ActionScript 3.0/FP10). Thereafter, I added the path to it in Flex Builder’s flex property path (“project/properties/flex build path” in Eclipse).
DJ
Flash Camp is coming...
Flash Camp is coming to Montreal. Mike Potter is coming to Montreal to give us a pep talk about Flex Builder, Flash Catalyst and etc. Free food, Free t-shirts, and more…
Find out at the swfmontreal site.
DJ
Today, Adobe announced a new suite product for e-learning development which combines Adobe Captivate, Presenter, Flash, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver and Soundbooth. (Geez, why do they tell me this now when I got the Video Production suite?)
Details are found at the Adobe E-learning Suite site.
This wasn’t the first time that Adobe (Macromedia) tried to make an attempt at this since the days I have used Authorware. It did not pan out. However, the SCORM packager tool looks very interesting. You can even run the SCORM compliant course
in Adobe Connect. I will try to follow up on this more.
DJ