Presentation's Standing Ovation Award

PDA for Presenting Application category December 2005

"Rated 4.5 mice out of 5. Flash Professional 8 constitutes a leap in the evolutionary chain for Macromedia’s Web video and animation authoring program; it provides significant enhancements in scripting, graphical effects, Web-video display, and development of media destined for mobile devices."

"Flash 8.0 Professional introduces a host of new animation features that make this a vital upgrade for Web animators itching for new toys."

"No other graphical design tool for the Web reviewed by CRN Test Center engineers can produce the rendering effects seen in Flash Professional 8. Blend modes can blend image sections and even blend across complete scenes in realtime. The rendering engine can simulate visual effects that happen when objects move, such as shadows, blurs and glows."

"Flash programmers will jump of joy when they dig trough the new bitmap and filter classes."

"If the buzz in the Flash community is any indication, the prevailing objective consensus will almost certainly be that this upgrade packs a wallop. There are both inspiring new features and much needed improvements. In fact, many of the changes in Flash 8 are in areas where the development community wanted them most: performance, text legibility, video, and interface enhancements."

"In addition to the wealth of new video options, Flash Professional 8 also offers a variety of new creative features. These include new built-in filters that can be applied to text, buttons and movie clips."

"We launched goowy mail as a free web mail service to offer email users an experience unlike any they have had with traditional web mail clients. Goowy provides users an innovative and intuitive interface for managing email, contacts, calendar and games. Our technical challenge was to deploy this advanced functionality in a web front end that works across multiple platforms and browsers and is responsive and fun for users. Macromedia Flash Professional 8 was the best vehicle for delivering our vision for Goowy. We are excited about the excellent response we have received on the application from the user community as illustrated by direct feedback and a rapidly growing user base."

"As a leading global publisher and developer of games across various platforms such as the Internet, PCs, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices, and consoles, Indiagames plans to use Macromedia Flash 8 to achieve quicker development, compelling graphics, and platform-independent content. Flash was particularly important for us to create the visually rich and engaging game play experience in our game Cryptic Capers. Our products are published across leading platforms including Macromedia Flash Lite, Symbian, Java, and i-mode, which helps us build distribution partnerships across the globe with major international mobile operators."

"Macromedia Flash helps us focus on ticketing in the performing arts instead of wrestling with technology to make it happen. The New York Philharmonic's online ticketing system wouldn't be nearly as customer-friendly if the Flash front end didn't connect so seamlessly with our back-end databases and with XML. I'm amazed that we were able to build such a complicated application in Flash as quickly as we could with as few resources as we had."

"Building online experiences with Macromedia Flash helps our clients establish a web presence that delivers tangible results. Our redesigned site for Lipton tea, for example, helps educate consumers about the healthful benefits of tea, has increased online sales and achieved significant call center savings. Flash Professional 8 will play an integral part in bringing our clients' brands to life online."