History of Flash
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FutureSplash Animator (1996)
Macromedia Flash 1 (1996)
Macromedia Flash 2 (1997)
Macromedia Flash 3 (1998)
Macromedia Flash 4 (1999)
Macromedia Flash 5 (2002)
Macromedia Flash MX (2002)
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Flash Player 7 (2003)
Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 (2003)
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 (2005)
Macromedia Flash Professional 8 (2005)
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
Flash vs. GIF’s and Java
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Flash is more simplified than Java, no programming skills
needed.
Flash allows interactivity between animations.
Flash can use more than Java’s maximum 256 bits for color.
Flash movies load at a much faster rate.
Flash can be used with XML capabilities.
Flash Movies
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Flash can be used to create
movies, and videos.
Adobe Flash Applications
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Move objects from keyframe to keyframe to create movement.
Toolbars allow user to draw, paint, reposition, and modify
images.
Create streamline videos, clips, and interactive animations.
Tweening
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Make objects move from
one side of the screen to the
other by using keyframes
and frames.
Flash on Phones
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Flash allows user to view
television shows on cell
phones.
Example of Flash
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Flash can be used for
websites, animations,
streaming videos on the web
or youtube, downloadable
clips, screensavesr, and
really endless applications.
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Flash Example