>>My understanding is that the big reason for this feature is >>to be able to bring complex animations into Flex.
Can you site where you heard that? I have never heard of that before. Jason Merrill Bank of America GT&O Learning & Leadership Development eTools & Multimedia Team >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>Of Charles Parcell >>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 11:34 AM >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Announced >> >>My understanding is that the big reason for this feature is >>to be able to bring complex animations into Flex. >> >>Charles P. >> >> >> >>On 3/31/07, Jon Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> > Personally, I think it's a pretty bogus feature, one of >>those things >>> > that look nice on paper but when you stop to look at it it's far >>> > from useful except on extremely specific cases and still far from >>> > the magic that will save lives like many people tend to >>think it is. >>> > It's still better to either use direct code tweening >>where it fits, >>> > or use timeline tweening where it fits (animated >>characters and so >>> > on). But it's not out yet, so I don't know if I've missed >>something. >>> >>> Don't be so sure. I believe there are many more flash designers and >>> casual flash users than there are developers and those >>familiar enough >>> with actionscript to code tweens. I'd venture that it's >>easily 10 fold >>> or more on the design side. >>> >>> I worked for a while at an e-learning joint (Element-K) and was >>> developing components for various aspects of some of the learning >>> tools (written in flash, deployed with director at the >>time). I can't >>> imagine having a load of designers trying to deal with a >>whole mess of >>> FLA files with re-usable motion tweens. Just trying to get >>designers >>> to adhere to consistent style guides for color or graphics was hard >>> enough. :) Too many variables. >>> >>> Code is explicit, and as long as all a designer (or >>programmer short >>> on time) has to do is copy/paste, the better it is. In the >>case of an >>> XML motion library - it would've been a godsend at the >>time, and it's >>> one of the things we recommended to MM shortly after v7 was >>released. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> jon >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >> _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
