Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Adobe
EAN: 0718659575588
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Weight: 300 hundredths-pounds
Label: Adobe
Manufacturer: Adobe
Model: 38000296
Packaged Height: 140 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 970 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 95 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 800 hundredths-inches
Platform: Mac OS X
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Adobe
Release Date: 2006-01-01
Studio: Adobe
Feature:
- Create compelling 2D animations for Windows, Macintosh, Unix, PDAs, and even cell phones
- Design, develop, and maintain interactive online experiences with the latest release of Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, Fireworks, Contribute, and FlashPaper
- Filters and Blend Modes help you create more compelling designs with great effects like drop shadow, blur, glow, bevel, color adjust and gradient bevel
- Easier text resizing, with improved text handles
- Superior stroke properties and gradient control
Product Description:
Adobe Commercial Flash Pro 8
Customer Reviews:
 Flash is Good - Product Quality and Adobe Support AWFUL, 2007-08-21
I made the plunge into Adobe CS2 and Studio 8 in Feb. '07. Most of the products are fairly intuitive to use - except for Flash. But realizing that Flash REQUIRES learning to program in ActionScript, I tried to prepare for the learning headache.
I began by going through the "Getting Started with Flash 8" tutorial provided under Flash's HELP tab - and soon ran into MAJOR problems. The 'Cafe Townsend' project looked very slick and the completed example worked flawlessly. But as you try to build this project in the tutorial, there are numerous errors that absolutely halt your progress. Obviously, Adobe never tasked anyone to actually go through the tutorial - not even ONCE.
So I called Adobe Customer Service, and after more than an hour of mostly being on hold, their response was: that tutorial was produced by one of their vendors, Element K - and not Adobe's responsibility. They gave me Element K's number. (NOTE: Adobe's Customer Service Dept. is completely outsourced to India and some of their reps are VERY hard to understand. I end up asking them to SPELL the word they're trying to pronounce. Very exasperating!).
Element K said they didn't develop that tutorial. So back to Adobe and TWO MORE HOURS on the phone - this time with their Tech Support Dept. (American English at least). I finally got a solution to one undocumented problem that was a show-stopper.
After hanging up and returning to the tutorial I immediately encountered ANOTHER error that, being a Flash newbie, I simply couldn't fix. So back to Adobe Tech Support (yechh!). This time, after 2.5 MORE hours on the phone (mostly on hold), the rep finally told me that the Cafe Townsend tutorial project was "full of holes" and that I should upgrade to Flash CS3.
I told the rep I wasn't inclined to upgrade until I could get some utility out of my current 6-month old purchase. So I asked him which Flash tutorials actually DID work? He said that several of the Flash 8 tutorials were buggy. I asked if there was a ReadME, Release Notes or an Errata file anywhere that I could use to navigate around the errors. No such files.
Disgusted, this prompted me to ask for a manager. I was then repeatedly put on hold, usually for 30 minutes or more at a time - only to be recycled BACK to Help Desk (my starting point)! I spent 6.5 hours on the phone yesterday (8/20/07)!
After spending enormous amounts of money on these two expensive suites of Adobe software (CS2 and Studio 8), I am really disgusted that Adobe has absolutely NO interest in my satisfaction with their products - AFTER the sale. My Adobe Support experience is the WORST I've ever had with ANY company. I thought Dell was bad, but at least with Dell you can escalate an issue to eventual resolution (although it may take weeks). But Adobe has no such customer satisfaction intentions or problem escalation policy.
BTW, I switched to SwishMax, a Flash look-alike that's easier to use, way cheaper, and actually produces a compatible .swf file. Plus, their Tech Support is VERY responsive - all the way from Australia (and their tutorials actually WORK!).
Shame on you Adobe! a classic bloatware ripoff company. A great argument for OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. And NO, I will NOT be upgrading to CS3. Flash Buyer beware.
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