Software Review – Adobe Master Collection - Adobe Flash CS3 Professional From Adobe Systems - Page 3

Part of: The Enlightened Image

• New Drawing tools – including the new Pen tool that looks and acts like the one in Adobe Illustrator, Shape primitives that allow you to draw and manipulate rectangles, ovals, and more. 9-slice scaling feature that allows you to intelligently scales objects.

• Advanced QuickTime Export – allows for all complex nested symbols and ActionScript to export exactly as you have seen and heard them in Flash Player. It captures exactly what the Flash Player plays back.

• Sophisticated Video Encoding – contains options such as deinterlacing, advance cue point control, and a larger selection of video component skins to provide you with more control over the appearance of your video

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional is still the champion for creating web interactive web content and this version is a much faster and is a very solid release. The downside is still the fact that it is a complex program to learn and it will still be frustrating to new users. But with perseverance comes rewards and Adobe Flash CS3 Professional is no exception. The strength of its features makes it the grail worth pursuing.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional has many time saving features such as the ability to import the layers of both Photoshop and Illustrator files, the new compiler and debugger, and the new more interactive ActionScript 3.0.

While Adobe Flash CS3 Professional still has some issues with memory when multiple  Adobe products are open; sometimes you have to close one or more to get things to move faster, I think that this version is a tremendous improvement over the last version. Especially for professionals who work with the other Creative Suite products, this update is a must have, and with the new tools and capabilities is worth serious consideration for anyone contemplating the move to Flash.

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