The new Code Snippets panel can really help cut back on coding time and the new sample file templates will give ActionScript-lacking designers a helping hand in advanced projects. Pros: Fantastic new features, improved text control, Code Snippets.Ĭons: New update available, high price tag, animation focused.Ĭonclusion: There’s not much to not like about Adobe Flash Professional CS5. The Code Snippets panel provides easy-to-use access to the snippets of code behind the most common flash functionality.Meanwhile, the new Text layout Framework, templates and Deco brushes all add to make this is a world-class Flash development environment that is bested only by its update in CS5.5. Users can now preview an important video via Stage, and alter its parameters in real-time, with skin and coordinate changes available via the Properties panel. The CS5 version marked a welcome update to the series for both designers and developers, with several key new features, including a new uncompressed file format, XFl though you can still choose to save to FLA.
Adobe Flash Professional CS5 is an authoring environment for producing cutting-edge interactive Flash content, for a wealth of different devices and platforms.