Flash MX 2004 New features

The latest version of Flash MX is named Flash MX 2004, which is divided into Flash MX 2004, which is specifically designed for designers, and Flash MX Professional, a developer-oriented.

Here we describe the common features of the Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional two versions together with the features of the Flash MX professional. Please visit the official website of Macromedia for details http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/newf...fo/newfeatures/。

One common features for Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional two versions

1. Timeline effect
Accelerates and simplifies reusable common interactive tasks on the timeline. For example: Changing the timeline effect allows users to quickly animate, position, zoom, opacity, and color changes for an object.

2. Behaviour
You can quickly apply ActionScript through the behavior panel without having to understand the code. Users can also create their own behavior.

3.pdf&eps Support
You can now import PDFs and Adobe Illustrator 10 files directly.

4.CSS style Sheet
Allows HTML and Flash content to be designed consistently. The TextBox (Text field) object now supports a new method that maps the Setstylesheet XML and HTML file style specifications.

5. Serrated text
Optimized for displaying small fonts that are clearly readable. The text is first displayed with no antialiasing (ie, jagged text) and then converted to vector text, so that the high definition font is displayed in small size (the idea is to display on a mobile device).

6. Template
Many templates have been added.

7. Start Page
The new window allows the user to choose which project to start working on.

8. Help
The new Help system consolidates all the help information into the application.

9. Video Import Wizard
When importing video clips, this new Multi-Step Wizard provides control over the specified range of video being imported, reusable coding settings and new color correction performance.

10. External FLV Support
You can now directly play the FLV (Flash Video) file on your hard disk (no import required). This allows you to play long video files with limited memory without having to download the full files from the server.

11. Improved performance
Significant improvements have enhanced overall performance, and users will notice that the compiled files will perform well not only in Flash Player 7, but also in previous versions of the player.

12. Spell Check/global find Replace function
You can find and replace the entire FLA file globally, and support regular expressions

13. Accessibility features
Supports improved MSAA (microsft Active Accessibility) standards.

14. Action Script 2.0
A great improvement has been made in support of object-oriented programming.

15. History panel and commands

16.unicode& string Panel
Unicode is fully supported, and the string panel allows native languages to be directly multinational languages.

17. Extensibility
A new scalable architecture has been developed, with several tripartite software support.

18. Publish Settings
Enhanced reporting capabilities.

Two new features for developer-specific Flash MX professional

1. Support for Form object programming
To provide VB-like use of form objects for programming, do not consider the timeline problem.

2. Advanced Components
Provides a few additional components.

3. Data Interactive Integration
Connecting and manipulating data in a new way, using Web services and XML components to connect to data sources, makes it easy to display and manipulate data.

4. Collection Editor
You can add, edit, and delete objects in the form of a user interface.

5. project file Management/source code control
You can use this panel to organize multiple-file relationships in your project and a single source management system to work together to import and edit external ActionScript and JSFL files.

6. Professional Video Software Integration
The Quicktime FLV Export plug-in allows Third-party software to export the Quicktime format directly into FLV (Flash video), supported by the following software: Avid, Final cut Pro, Cleaner, after Effects, Combustion and QuickTime players.

7. Enhanced Video quality & screen recording
With the new video encoder, the QuickTime FLV exporter, you can make Flash video more outstanding.

8. Streaming Media Components
Provides three new components allowing fast connections to play FLV and MP3, and the event prototype allows video to trigger other events in the project.

9. Mobile Devices
Support for MIDI device sound mapping to flash.