Flash CS4 Professional
Pros
- Animation enhancements
- Intuitive object-based model and interface
- Ships with Adobe Media Encoder
- Enhanced support for non-Flash video formats
- Radically redesigned
- Integration with other CS4 apps strengthened with XFL file format
- Features the new Bones tool for Inverse Kinematics animation
Cons
- Illustrator to Flash workflow stunted by limited support for Illustrator effects
- Output depends on presence of the Flash Player
Software Details
- Adobe
- 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard)
- Universal
- $699; upgrade, $199
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