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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection What’s New
Adobe Flash authoring tools in Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection
With Creative Suite 5, Adobe delivers a variety of tools with the capability to author interactive content for the Adobe Flash Platform.
Each project you work on is unique, presenting various requirements and specifications regarding design, development, and
deployment. This comparison chart is a quick reference that will help you choose the best tool or tools for what you want to accomplish.
Flash Professional Flash Catalyst InDesign Flash Builder
Typical
projects
Rich content, interactive
video content, advertising,
games
User interfaces, rich Internet
applications, microsites,
prototypes, widgets
Documents, presentations,
and portfolios in both print
and digital formats
Rich Internet applications
Product
description
An authoring tool that
enables you to create
immersive experiences that
can include video content
An interaction design tool
that enables you to transform
artwork into functional
interfaces and interactive
content
A page layout tool that
enables you to design
high-quality documents,
interactive presentations, and
portfolios
An integrated development
environment (IDE) that
enables you to develop rich
Internet applications
Project
approach
Free-form design Structured interaction design Free-form design Structured development
Project
organization
Timeline and frames Pages and states Pages and layers Projects
Motion
capabilities
Advanced vector animation Transitions, basic movement Transitions, motion presets,
motion along paths
Transitions
Video
playback
Encoding & advanced
playback controls
Basic video playback controls Basic playback controls Advanced playback controls
Extensibility ActionScript coding or
components
Flash Catalyst components or
export to Flash Builder to add
more functionality
Only if content is opened in
Flash Professional
Flex coding/components,
ActionScript coding/
components
Coding
knowledge
required
Some ActionScript coding None None Advanced ActionScript
or MXML
Playback
support
Flash Player, AIR, Flash Lite,
iPhone*
Flash Player 10, AIR Flash Player 10 Flash Player, AIR
*Packager for iPhone preview, included with Flash Professional CS5, compiles ActionScript bytecode into native iPhone application code.
iPhone applications are distributed as iPhone application installer (IPA) les, via the iTunes store.