With Adobe CS6 and the Creative Cloud, there are many new possibilities to consider when it comes to motion and interactive tools! Flash Professional CS6 allows a number of new publish targets; including sprite sheets, the updated Flash Player and AIR runtimes, and even HTML5. We'll then have a look at how the Creative Cloud works for users in consideration of files, products, and services &closing with a detailed overview of a new product that is only available through cloud subscription: Adobe Edge!

1. New Frontiers in Motion
and Interactivity
Joseph Labrecque
RMAUG : CS6 Party : Denver | June 12th 2012

2. Joseph Labrecque, MA
University of Denver - OTL
Senior Interactive Software Engineer
Adjunct Faculty
Fractured Vision Media, LLC
Proprietor
Twitter: @JosephLabrecque
Web: http://josephlabrecque.com/

3. Flash Professional
Runtime Enhancements / CreateJS

4. Creative Cloud
Apps / Services / Sharing

5. Edge
Motion / Interactivity

7. Adobe Flash Professional CS6

9. Adobe: “FLASH IS NOT DEAD”
photo via Grant Garrett - @InfluxisGrant

10. Flash Runtimes Support
• Support for AIR 3.2 and
Flash Player 11.2
• Package AIR as a single
application with Captive
Runtime
• Access platform or device-
specific capabilities using
pre-compiled Native
Extensions
• AIR mobile simulation
• Enhanced remote debugging

11. Mobile Content Simulator
Simulate a variety of common
interactions and sensors through
the built-in simulator.
• Menu Buttons
• Accelerometer
• Touch
• Gestures
• Geolocation

12. Sprite Sheet Export
• Export image sequences
from symbols & bitmaps
in Library
• Transform symbols &
export sequences from
Stage
• Process automation
using JS APIs
• Create sprite sheets from
symbols in Library or on
Stage
• JSON, XML, JS output
• Extensible data output

13. CreateJS Toolkit
• Classic tweens & easing
• Bitmaps, text, vector art, sounds
• Groups, movieclip & graphic symbols
• Shadow & glow, add blend mode, cache
• Labels & timeline JavaScript
• Warnings

14. What else is new?
• Hi-efficiency SWF file compression (LZMA)
• Direct windows mode setting for HTML publishing
(for Stage3D)
• Direct render mode for AIR publishing (for
Stage3D)
• Library panel performance improvements on
Windows
• Manage multiple AIR SDKs
• Increase maximum Stage size to 8192 x 8192

15. demo

16. Flash Runtimes:
Moving Beyond-11/09/11

17. FLASH PLAYER 11
• Cubic Bezier curves
• DisplayObjectContainer.removeChildren()
• MovieClip.isPlaying
• Enhanced High-Resolution Bitmap Support
• Asynchronous Bitmap Decoding
• JPEG-XR Support
• Stage3D

18. FLASH PLAYER 11
• H.264/AVC Software Encoding
for Cameras
• G.711 Audio Compression for Telephony
• Native JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) Support
• Socket Progress Events
• Native 64-bit Support
• High-Efficiency SWF Compression Support
• Garbage Collection Advice

19. FLASH PLAYER 11
• Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming and
Flash Access Content Protection Support
for Mobile
• Secure Random Number Generator
• Secure Sockets Support

20. ADOBE AIR 3
• Cubic Bezier curves
• DisplayObjectContainer.removeChildren()
• MovieClip.isPlaying
• Enhanced High-Resolution Bitmap Support
• JPEG-XR Support
• Stage3D
• StageText Native Text Input UI (Mobile)
• StageVideo Hardware Acceleration (Mobile)

21. ADOBE AIR 3
• H.264/AVC Software Encoding for Cameras
• G.711 Audio Compression for Telephony
• Camera Position API (Mobile)
• Device Speaker Control (Mobile)
• Background Audio Playback Support on iOS
(Mobile)
• Native JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) Support
• Socket Progress Events

22. ADOBE AIR 3
• ActionScript Native Extensions
• Captive Runtime Support
• Android Color Depth Setting (Mobile)
• Garbage Collection Advice
• Encrypted Local Storage (Mobile)
• Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming and Flash
Access Content Protection Support for Mobile
• Secure Random Number Generator

23. FLASH PLAYER 11.1
• Security enhancements
• Enables Flash Player with Android 4.0 (ICS)
• Final version of Flash Player for mobile browsers

24. ADOBE AIR 3.1
• Security enhancements
• Updated Native Extensions for iOS 5
• Updated Native text input UI for Android

25. FLASH PLAYER 11.2
• Drivers gating for hardware acceleration
relaxed to 2008
• ThrottleEvent.THROTTLE
• Mouse Lock + Relative Mouse Coordinates
• Right Click + Middle Click Events
• Multithreaded video decoding (Windows, Mac OS,
and Linux)
• Flash Player background updates (Windows)

26. ADOBE AIR 3.2
• Drivers gating for hardware acceleration
relaxed to 2008
• ThrottleEvent.THROTTLE
• Mouse Lock + Relative Mouse Coordinates
• Right Click + Middle Click Events
• Multithreaded video decoding (Windows, Mac OS)

27. FLASH PLAYER 11.3
• Full screen keyboard input
• Frame label events
• MouseEvent.RELEASE_OUTSIDE
• ApplicationDomain.getQualifiedDefinitionNames()
• New driverInfo details
• Low latency audio support for streaming audio
through NetStream

28. FLASH PLAYER 11.3
• BitmapData.drawWithQuality
• BitmapData.encode()
• Protected Mode for Firefox
• Flash Player background updates (Mac OS)
• Low latency audio support
• Texture Streaming for Stage3D

29. ADOBE AIR 3.3
• Frame label events
• MouseEvent.RELEASE_OUTSIDE
• ApplicationDomain.getQualifiedDefinitionNames()
• New driverInfo details
• Low latency audio support for streaming audio
through NetStream
• Improved Mac App Store Support

30. ADOBE AIR 3.3
• BitmapData.drawWithQuality
• BitmapData.encode()
• Low latency audio support
• Texture Streaming for Stage3D
• USB debugging for iOS
• Enhanced Background behavior for iOS
• Stylus support for Android 4.0 (ICS)
• Simulator Support (Mac)
• Aspect Ratio Enhancements

31. Flash / AIR - “Dolores”
• ActionScript workers (THREADS!)
• Support for advanced profiling
• Support for more hardware-accelerated video
cards (from 2005/2006) in order to expand
availability of hardware accelerated content
• Improved ActionScript performance when
targeting iOS
• Performance index API to inform about
performance capabilities of current environment

32. FLASH FUTURE
Modernization of the core runtime code and the
ActionScript language.
• ActionScript “Next”
• Flash Player / AIR “Next”
• Flash Builder +
• Flash Professional +
HELLCAT!

33. Adobe Creative Cloud

35. Why Creative Cloud?
• Download all CS6 and other desktop tools – plus
integrate with Adobe Touch Apps, so you can
work anywhere.
• Use intuitive cloud-based sync and store to
collaborate or share your ideas and access your
work from anywhere.
• Easily publish and deliver content to iOS and
Android smartphones and tablets.
• Always have the most up-to-date technology.

36. Creative Cloud Extras
All CS6 Master Collection applications plus:
• Adobe Edge
• Adobe Muse
• TypeKit subscription
• Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition
• Business Catalyst
• 20GB Storage
• Device Sync
• More!

37. demo

38. Adobe Edge preview 6

40. Why Edge?
image via Lee Brimelow - @leebrimelow

41. HTML & Friends

42. Adobe Edge Prototype

43. Edge Today

44. The Edge Stage

45. The Edge Library

46. The Edge Timeline

47. Edge Symbols

48. Edge Preloaders

49. demo

50. No matter what platforms you are targeting…
Flash Player, Web Browsers, Mobile
Devices, Desktop…
The Adobe Creative Cloud includes the professional
tools which enable creativity and allow for nearly
unbound expressiveness across all platforms.

51. Thank you.
@JosephLabrecque