Adobe Flash CS3 Professional review

Alongside its vector and bitmap handling, video support has recently become another must-have Flash capability thanks to its pervasive playback. After the major advances in version 8, the changes here are relatively minor, with a redesigned interface for both the internal Import Video dialog and for the standalone Adobe Flash Video Encoder used for batch conversion. You can also now export your Flash movie to QuickTime MOV format with nested symbols and ActionScript fully supported. As such, you'll see everything just as you would in the Flash player, which might occasionally be handy for non-web-based delivery.

Rewritten script

The changes to video handling are relatively minor, but that isn't the case when it comes to adding interactivity to your projects. By default, all new files are now targeted at ActionScript 3. This is a complete rewrite of ActionScript 2, designed to bring it into line with current object-orientated programming practice and the

Author: Tom Arah