Re: Flash in a 1.54Mbps world?

[Sean Cohen]

Flash and Director ARE different beasts.  Fireworks is the excellent example,

however, of a world in which vector and raster needn't be enemies.


Director's dependance on raster cripples it in many ways, but there are many

simple graphics/animation features in director that flash could benefit

from.  (neglecting the entire lingo issue) Transparencies, ink effects,

transitions, various frame rates, shockwave audio, database connectivity,

etc.


Rather than ask those poor overworked macromedia folks to put this type of

functionality in flash, I think it is was good idea to see the flash asset

xtra make an appearance in director.  This type of merger is entirely

preferable to my mind.  What flash lacks, director can give.  What director

lacks (in terms of image fidelity, beautiful tweens and fine color control,

as well as excellent vector based typography) flash can give.  Certainly file

size is an issue in all of this, but the real focus of any merger between the

two will be cross-fertilized functionality.


-sean


Shawn Anderson wrote:


> >DG wrote:

> This also brings up another interesting question. Will Director

> >phase out Flash at 1.5?

> >

> >I personally see Flash and Director merging at that point.

> >Instead of One terminating the other,

> >

> >At 1.5 Director would be my choice, but at 28.8 Flash2 and its streaming

> >capabilities rock.

>

> Why is that that noone sees that Flash and Director are completely

> different beasts????

>

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