Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

With the merging of Adobe and Macromedia, Flash Professional is now part of Adobe's Creative Suite CS3 package. Flash CS3 Professional is available for Intel or PowerPC based Macintosh computers, as well as for Windows XP and Windows Vista systems. Its features include:

• Import Adobe Photoshop (PSD) and Adobe Illustrator (AI) files, while preserving layers and structure, and then edit them in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional.
• Add motion to your creations with the easy-to-use, highly controllable, frame-based timeline inspired by traditional animation principles such as keyframing and tweening.
• Easily create pie wedges, round off rectangle corners, define an inner circle radius, and create custom shapes with the included JavaScript API.
• Save time with the new ActionScript 3.0 language, featuring improved performance, increased flexibility, and more intuitive and structured development.
• Create, edit, and deploy streaming and progressive-download FLV content with comprehensive video support, including a standalone video encoder, alpha channel support, a high-quality video codec, embedded cue points, video import support, QuickTime import, and closed captioning.
• Integrate audio into your projects by importing MP3 files and integrating them with Adobe Soundbooth.
• Visually adjust shape properties on the stage with smart shape drawing tools, create precise vector illustrations with the new Pen tool inspired by Adobe Illustrator, paste illustrations from Illustrator CS3 into Flash CS3.
• Instantly convert timeline animations into ActionScript 3.0 code that can be easily edited, reused, and leveraged by developers.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Upgrade requires a licensed version of Macromedia Flash Professional 8, MX Professional 2004, MX, Flash Basic 8 or MX 2004 on the same platform as this purchase.

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