OT: Flash Professional CC is now live!

Hi all,
Flash Professional CC is here! http://blogs.adobe.com/flashpro/2013/05/14/what-is-flash-pro-cc/
You can now start downloading your application. Do go over my notes before you proceed http://forums.adobe.com/message/5418352
Updates to #CreativeCloud are now available! Get the new CC apps now http://adobe.ly/126DWkG
Link to team blog for more information: http://adobe.ly/1anrzZb
Thank you for your being such a patient forum. We are as excited as you are!
Thanks,
Preran

Hi guys,
You guys at Adobe, you have always done a exelent job. I love all your software. Your reputation is brilliant.
And I would like to encourage you to add some dropped features to Flash CC.
I just got installed Dlash CC and I have found out that I can't use it for what I do.
The new features and black interface are all great, I love them. The only thing that bothers me are the features which were dropped from previous versions. It's really something that forces me to use Flash CS6.
I'm a flash game developer and I do stuff all around graphics & animations. I prepare all graphics in Photoshop and then I import it into flash, set instance names, class names, animate everything and so on...
Flash CC is missing a lot of features which were dropped. Big problems comes without following:
Motion Editor:
Without this, we animatiors are not able to do our job properly.
The animations just doesn't look good and natural (yes yes no **** Sherlock )
I have Motion Editor all the time in my projects. I also use it in Aftrer Effects.
You can ask any animator - what would he do without Motion Editor. His answer would be: "Certainly, I wouldn't be able to animate."
Flash is also an animation program. Without Motion Editor - it's impossible for animators around the world to create a good animation.
PSD Import: Missing options for indivitual layers:
In my case, I import all game assets from PSDs.
While importing directly in CS6 I had an ability to:
select which layers I want to import
add Instance Name for selected layers
option of setting the quality individually
option for making a movieclip (of a layer or also a folder)
option fors setting the center (Registration) of the movie clip
That way I didnt have to set everything in my PSDs everytime I had to import something new. It enabled me to save so much time.
In Flash CC I would have to do everything manually - and somethimes I would cause errors. I would not be able to see everything at one place.
The worst thing from my point of view would be probabbly setting the anchor points for each movie clip. It would up the imported stuff completely. In my case, I have center (registration) of every movieclip in middle, but the import as it is, it aligns the center to left top. And I am not able to change it while importing (please correct me if I'm wrong, I just didn't see it anywhere).
Well, I just hope that all the features were dropped because Adobe guys were building Flash CC form the scratch and just didn't have enough time to finish all features.
So, is there any chance that you will put back the missing features?
Thank you for reading my message.
Regards,
Adam

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Has anyone ever suggested making Sprites a new symbol in Flash Professional so that it could be more seamless with Photoshop?
Has anyone ever suggested make Wireframe components in Flash Professional like the Button Symbol in Flash Professional?
Has anyone ever suggested updating Flash Professional so that it would export FXG and FXP?
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I'm glad we agree that ideally there should be 2 main tools, one for designers(Flash Professional) and one for programming(Flash Builder).
You had mentioned "But, that assumes this is possible. As it currently stands it is not" and the reason being "Catalyst, and Builder both use a completely different framework from Professional. The component architecture is drastically different, not to mention the entire backend of the software.".
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If you are refering to #2 then I think you're incorrect, because Flash Professional has been updated to AS3 and Flex4 Spark components use AS3. I would totally agree with you, if CS4 did not go through all of the trouble updating to AS3.
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So to be honest, after opening up Flash Catalyst again and looking at it again, I almost get the feeling that its just a Flash Component creation tool with a Photoshop UI, for the new AS3/Flex 4 components(Spark components) that Adobe just refuses to add to CS4. CS4 uses AS3 and Spark components use AS3. CS4 needs to be a visual design tool for all the classes in AS3(as much as possible).
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So maybe I shouldnt say "reinvent the wheel", but "reinvent the car".
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is a movieclip" paridgim. Flash Professional has already upgraded to AS3 and in AS3 everything isnt a movieclip. So it would be nice if they could make views for some of the new classes and wireframe components.
This is the age old debate, update or start from scratch. I guess I'm saying that I think the hard work of updating to AS3 has already been done, and its just plain wierd that Adobe decides to build a separte tool for components, when they use the same AS3 code base.
Its just insanely exciting to just think about what could have been if Flash updated and brought on more Designers and at the same time linked in the Flex community. Thats what Flash has always been about! The meeting point between Designers and Programmers.
To go this far and quit just because of components just leaves me blue.
It seems that many projects stop at 80% complete and if the developers just spent the extra 20% on fine tuning things then they would have a very high quality product. In this case the remaining 20% is components, ui, and export. I understand that there are probably many things I dont understand, especially when you through in marketing, and product life cycle.
But I think Adobe could have done it, if they put as much effort into it as they did to make an entirely new product.
Maybe we should make some noise before its too late.
I'm still interested in seeing more links that show the logic behind the initial discussions of this debate when it was first decided.
pls keep me posted.
@nwfa & macsavers
Yes, youre right. it does seem to be their plan. I just hope they are just testing the waters. Perhaps after they do the initial selling of Flash Compenents, then maybe they could offer a free update to CS4.
As I mentioned above, the main reason designers feel at home is because of the UI of Flash Catalyst. UI's can be updated, and I believe Flash Professional can and should update itsui for the reasons I mentioned above.

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