Well it looks like the people at adobe are finally integrating the macromedia folks and by the end of the month we should have some new killer apps to play with. For those of you out their that don?t know Adobe has been doing some really revolutionary things lately. They have begun to take their apps to the web. Just take a look at PhotoBucket.com and the integration with adobes on-line video editor remix. Adobe has also made it clear they are interested in multiple models of distribution. So I guess what I am getting at is PhotoBucket is not going to be the only social network with adobes on-line editing tools. This is excellent news for all the budding social networks out there. Adobe is also working on placing a Photoshop app on the web as well with an advertising model to support it to compete more directly with Googles Picasa! So you may be wondering what else you can expect out of Adobe and CS 3. Well for starters you may have heard the latest rumors of the new version of Flash. You may have heard people talking about new abilities to turn frame based animations into action script with the click of a button. Does that sound good to you that is just for starters no question about it Action Script 3 is what flash developers have been carving for since Flash 3. If you have downloaded the Beta I recommend you try it! I personally am anxious to see what they do with DreamWeaver lets hope for an overhaul of the CSS tools and maybe some Spry Ajax integration.
Adobe has also been rumored to be working on a Windows Platform Killer called Apollo. You may be wonder just what is Apollo?
Apollo will be used to create a hybrid applications that are truly cross platform (that Includes Linux). You will be able to use your desktop horse power to make changes to video and image files while saving them on-line. It will also have a host of other features as well. In short I expect this application to kill off applications like MDM studio and other methods of creating flash applications on the desktop. Apollo will also integrate more with the applications suites adobe already hasJ So Apollo is definitely worth checking out and I would expect to see some pleasant surprises in the Adobe Labs relatively soon! So check out some of the rumors for yourself:
http://news.com.com/Adobe+sees+its+future+on+the+Web/2008-1012_3-6164143.html?tag=st.num http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2544 http://www.whatisinthebox.co.uk/
Flash9 and Action Script 3
Well Action Script 3 is quite a revolution! Check out PaperVision3D! PaperVision is a 3d engine for Flash that uses XML or Collada files. It looks extremely powerful and you can now expect flash to boldly go where no other web plugin has gone before (Well no other plugin has that kind of penetration). It is also nice to see that Adobe has handed over the Flash Virtual Machine code to the FireFox foundation. Just what does this mean to you well for starters flash will truly be cross platform. I am also anxious to see it used in new ways that were previously not thought of. Thinking of FireFox Check out some of Alessandro Crugnola firefox extensions.
http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/
Crugnola also has an extremely useful open source editor you can use to create .swf files if you good at coding Action Script it also has Motion Twin integrated into the application so you can actually build and test your .swf files. In short the web is looking better and better as a platform for applications, video, and interactive media. Adobe has some great things in store for us so keep a vigilant eye out on what is on the horizon.YouTube Apollo Videos
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