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Export to HTML5 from Flash Professional

59 points by kevinwdavid 15y ago

why-el 15y ago
designing for today’s browsers and platforms has become more challenging than ever before I am not sure what he means by this.
- vasco 15y ago
  I would say it's actually much less challenging than ever before since now they exist.
- lbotos 15y ago
  I think he may be trying to get at the fact that we have 5 major browsers (IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Opera) and 5 platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android) that "web designers" build for.
  - why-el 15y ago
    Maybe, but we also have standards actually coming to the fore, such as HTML 5. I actually think it is getting a lot easier.
    - windsurfer 15y ago
      Compare that to one virtual machine (Flash) if you wanted, which although not "standardized", is controlled by a single company. iOS developers make this argument all the time as to why iOS is better to develop for.
- TazeTSchnitzel 15y ago
  There are tons of modern web technologies, often doing similar things, which are very complex.
- deleted 15y ago
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meow 15y ago
what is this CreateJS that he keeps referring to ? I found only http://createjs.org/ http://createjs.org/ ... which seems to be a simple editor...
- spicyj 15y ago
  It's the name of Adobe's new technology/plugin.
- neya 15y ago
  The correct link is http://createjs.com http://createjs.com. Its a suite of Javascript Libraries to make animation easier in HTML5.
Garbage 15y ago
I am wondering if we could export Flex contents similar to Flash. Anybody has any idea?
- MrMuffinman 15y ago
  Flex is a different beast (to my knowledge). Adobe would have to somehow support the huge library that Flex already has. A reason why not all components of AS2/AS3 are not supported. Flash CS5 uses the new XFL file format, which are essentially zip files. The DOM document is then just parsed through and converted into their counter parts.
chrischen 15y ago
This seems to be tacked on to Flash so I'm curious as to how it compares to Hype (http://tumultco.com/hype/ http://tumultco.com/hype/), which is an editor designed exclusively for HTML5.
- pavlov 15y ago
  Shameless self-promotion for my project: I've also been making an HTML5 animation design app called Radi [1]. Compared to CSS3-based animation tools like Hype or Edge, Radi is more similar to the Flash Pro environment because it has vector drawing tools and supports more forms of animation (e.g. shape keyframes). Radi also does video. [1] http://radiapp.com http://radiapp.com
MrMuffinman 15y ago
excited to see that what I had the privilege to work on during this summer as an Intern is showing up.
andrewfelix 15y ago
Just a word of warning: Don't expect much in the way of future upgrades or improvements to this. Adobe have already stated that they see the future of Flash as being a games and high end video solution. They expect HTML5 specific tools(Read:Edge) to solve everything else. I just went to Adobe Refresh where they re-iterated this in very unambiguous terms.

59 points by kevinwdavid 15y ago

designing for today’s browsers and platforms has become more challenging than ever before I am not sure what he means by this.

vasco 15y ago
I would say it's actually much less challenging than ever before since now they exist.
lbotos 15y ago
I think he may be trying to get at the fact that we have 5 major browsers (IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Opera) and 5 platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android) that "web designers" build for.
- why-el 15y ago
  Maybe, but we also have standards actually coming to the fore, such as HTML 5. I actually think it is getting a lot easier.
  - windsurfer 15y ago
    Compare that to one virtual machine (Flash) if you wanted, which although not "standardized", is controlled by a single company. iOS developers make this argument all the time as to why iOS is better to develop for.
TazeTSchnitzel 15y ago
There are tons of modern web technologies, often doing similar things, which are very complex.
deleted 15y ago
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meow 15y ago

what is this CreateJS that he keeps referring to ? I found only http://createjs.org/ http://createjs.org/ ... which seems to be a simple editor...

spicyj 15y ago
It's the name of Adobe's new technology/plugin.
neya 15y ago
The correct link is http://createjs.com http://createjs.com. Its a suite of Javascript Libraries to make animation easier in HTML5.

Garbage 15y ago

I am wondering if we could export Flex contents similar to Flash. Anybody has any idea?

MrMuffinman 15y ago
Flex is a different beast (to my knowledge). Adobe would have to somehow support the huge library that Flex already has. A reason why not all components of AS2/AS3 are not supported. Flash CS5 uses the new XFL file format, which are essentially zip files. The DOM document is then just parsed through and converted into their counter parts.

chrischen 15y ago

This seems to be tacked on to Flash so I'm curious as to how it compares to Hype (http://tumultco.com/hype/ http://tumultco.com/hype/), which is an editor designed exclusively for HTML5.

pavlov 15y ago
Shameless self-promotion for my project: I've also been making an HTML5 animation design app called Radi [1]. Compared to CSS3-based animation tools like Hype or Edge, Radi is more similar to the Flash Pro environment because it has vector drawing tools and supports more forms of animation (e.g. shape keyframes). Radi also does video. [1] http://radiapp.com http://radiapp.com

MrMuffinman 15y ago

excited to see that what I had the privilege to work on during this summer as an Intern is showing up.

andrewfelix 15y ago

Just a word of warning: Don't expect much in the way of future upgrades or improvements to this. Adobe have already stated that they see the future of Flash as being a games and high end video solution. They expect HTML5 specific tools(Read:Edge) to solve everything else. I just went to Adobe Refresh where they re-iterated this in very unambiguous terms.