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Adobe Flash 8.0 Professional Edition For Mac PC ( PFD080D000 )

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biosmagazine.co.uk Professional Review.

Macromedia Flash Professional 8

by Christian Harris

Comments:
Flash 8 facilitates an evolution in the animated Web experience, and it's a must-have for serious content developers working on the Internet, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices, and consoles. In addition to the wealth of new ...

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cnet.com Professional Review.

Macromedia Flash 8 Professional Reviews

by Jon L. Jacobi and Elsa Wenzel

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Review Verdict: New effects, an improved interface, and a more efficient encoder keep Flash at the head of the class of animation tools.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Alpha-channel video ; control effects and filters at runtime ; polished font handling ; smoother, faster file playback ; interface improvements ;

Cons: Complexity may intimidate beginners ;

macworld.com Professional Review.

Flash Professional 8

by David Karlins

Comments:
Flash Professional 8 constitutes a leap in the evolutionary chain for Macromedia's Web video and animation authoring program; it provides significant enhancements in scripting, graphical effects, Web-video display, and development of media destined for mo

Review Verdict: The new Flash includes better text, scripting, and video features. Improved vector graphics support higher quality gradient fills, with Illustrator-like control over gradients of as many as 16 colors

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QuickTake:

Pros: Improved graphical effects, animation, and embedded video features ; enhanced scripting environment ; includes authoring for mobile devices ;

Cons: Improved vector graphics available only to viewers using Flash Player 8 ; video embedding works only with Flash's proprietary format ;

alaTest.com Professional Review.

Review summary of Macromedia Flash 8 Professional

by alaTest

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 15 reviews of Macromedia Flash 8 Professional from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 86/100 and users 94/100. Comparing these reviews to 21037 other Utilities reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 74/100 = Good.

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digitalartsonline.co.uk Professional Review.

Flash 8 Professional

by Neil Bennett

Comments:
With this release, Flash 8 Professional gives Macromedia's multimedia tool Director a good kicking, and ramps up its video tools. Flash 8's video tools are based around a new video codec, On2 VP6.

Review Verdict: Flash's implementation is easier and more encompassing - as it's all contained within a single environment - but whether creatives will find a use for it is another matter

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QuickTake:

Pros: Much improved video codec. Separate import application. Blend modes and filters offer more creative possibility.

Cons: Timeline desperately needs updating. Video-encoding application underpowered. Reliance on power of end-user PCs.

maclife.com Professional Review.

Flash Professional 8

by Nathan Moody

Comments:
Robust Media-Authoring Software

Review Verdict: . If you're a media designer who needs to serve up a hot dish of rich media, there's never been a better time to get Flash Professional 8 into your digital kitchen and start cooking.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Improved performance, filtering, interface, workflow, image handling, and typography. Great video handling ; Best performance enhancements require writing code. Output not fully hardware accelerated ;

Cons: Best performance enhancements require writing code. Output not fully hardware accelerated ;

zdnet.co.uk Professional Review.