Re: FLASH: Adobe vs Macromedia - Intriguing Point.

[John Dowdell]

At 1:24 AM 9/2/0, Steve Minton wrote:

> Hmm, I have just installed Illustrator 9...it claims that it can

> export Flash files, which is technically incorrect as it is indeed

> unable to do this. It is only able to export SWF files.


Yes, you're right, they're usually missing the trademark info in their

promotional materials, and they obfuscate the differences between FLA and

SWF. (Matter of fact, I've been lectured that "all SWFs are Flash files"

and other silly stuff.)


SWF is a compact delivery format, and so it doesn't have the range of

editing structures you'd find in the larger FLA format... that's why you

can edit curves in imported SWFs but don't have the layers and such.


Doublecheck the Illustrator product literature on their website... besides

using the non-trademarked "Flash" as a selling point they also say that SVG

is "a standard" that "does all that Flash can do" and other inanities. I'm

glad their drawing program now exports SWF natively, but geez....


Can I sue the Adobe exec staff for being pooh-pooh heads, is that legal?  ;-)


jd






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