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Innovating the Flash CS3 and Flex 3 workflow


Samuel Asher Rivello

Samuel Asher Rivello

Certified Adobe Flash Designer
and Developer
rivello.org

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Created:
12 November 2007
User Level:
Intermediate
Products:
Flash
Flex

In this technical session, Samuel Asher Rivello talks about how to combine the strengths of the Stage, timeline, and library in Flash CS3 Professional with the Flex 3 ActionScript 3.0 editor to improve the productivity of your Flash projects.

This presentation covers the following topics:

  • Overview of Flash CS3 and its typical workflows
  • Introduction to Flex 3 and its typical workflows
  • Benefits of a new, innovative Flash/Flex workflow (see Figure 1)
  • Setup and best practices

Download the source code:

Code ActionScript 3.0 with Flex 3 with your embedded Flash CS3 assets

Figure 1. Code ActionScript 3.0 with Flex 3 with your embedded Flash CS3 assets

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About the author

Samuel Asher Rivello is Director of Multimedia Development for a Los Angeles–based interactive-media design company. Sam has designed, developed, or managed development of more than 400 Flash and Shockwave games and applications for youth-oriented advertising campaigns for many Fortune 500 companies.