RE: FLASH: Fireworks to Flash (SOME THOUGHTS)

[Daniel Brown]

> Considering the type of integration of Fireworks with Dreamweaver, it seems

> very natural to be able to export a Fireworks file in FLA format, OR have

> Flash import a Fireworks file in an easy to edit format. I find Fireworks

> much easier to use and as a consequence I would like to create great

> interfaces in Fireworks and then animate them in Flash.

> 

> It would not suprise me if this type of ease of use will be the biggest

> selling point of Adobe's product over Flash.


Thanks Lynn. We are trying to help people create some of what they're

already doing in Fireworks AND have the ability to output vector-based files

to .SWF in one application. Integration is probably nowhere MORE important

than in SWF creation. You rely on a robust vector editor, a robust raster

editor, and an assembly timeline to put it all together (though, based on

feedback from users, they don't want to be forced to jump to Illustrator

just for the pen tool or to Photoshop just for a blur filter.)


 

> I know that Flash can already import from Illustrator and I suppose that is

> one way to do it in order to maintain easily editable vectors. But why not

> make it easier?


Part of the problem here is that, since the native Illustrator format is our

own, it would be tricky for them to anticipate changes we might make to the

file format. Here, you're right, we have a bit of an edge with LiveMotion

(it can read native, layered, Photoshop and Illustrator files and then

animate the layers, and maintain editability - "Round-tripping" the files,

so to speak.)



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