Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

A quick look: Flash CS4 Professional lets you develop interactive content viewable on the widely-installed free Flash player.

Upgrades from:

• Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
• Macromedia Flash Pro 8 or MX 2004
• Macromedia Flash Basic 8 or MX 2004
• Education versions are not eligible

Adobe^® Flash^® CS4 Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. New object-based animation tools make working in Flash easier and more intuitive for beginning and expert designers alike, while powerful design tools expand your creative possibilities. Flash is the place to bring it all together and deliver to audiences regardless of platform or device.

• Create interactive content
  Basic animation principles are included in the Flash timeline interface, which easily lets you add motion to your creations. Flash lets you visually adjust shape properties and create custom shapes with JavaScript. Flash also includes sophisticated video tools like an encoder, a high-quality codec, closed captioning, and more.
   
• Enhanced scripting
  Timeline animations can be converted into ActionScript 3.0 code which can be easily edited by developers, and offers improved performance, increased flexibility, and more intuitive development. Flash APIs can help add customization and extensions.
   
• Integrate with other Adobe products
  Adobe software is designed to work together. That means you can import native files created in Photoshop^® or Illustrator^®, without flattening layers. The files can be optimized once imported into Flash. Once that's done, you can integrate with Adobe Soundbooth^® software to include MP3 files in your content.
   

• Hard Drive Space: 3.5 GB
• Operating System: Windows^® Vista w/SP1, or XP w/SP2
• Processor Speed: 1 GHz
• RAM: 1 GB
• Graphics: 1024x768 display with 16-bit video card
• Other: DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime^® 7.1.2, broadband internet connection