Posts Tagged: Flash

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Aug 11

Trying out Adobe Edge (Adobe Edge brings Flash design to HTML5)

For all the talk of how HTML5 will be the future of the Web, and how, in particular, it will replace Flash for rich interactive and animated content, the reality is that the technology is out of reach for a lot of the designers and animators currently using Flash. While HTML5 developers are working directly with JavaScript, SVG, CSS, and other technologies, Flash designers enjoy a high-level environment with timelines, drawing tools, easy control of animation effects, and more. With Edge, released in beta Sunday, Adobe is striving to bring that same ease of use to HTML5 development.

I downloaded it and it seems interesting, but my first test seems to be a bit… “uneasing”. Check it out. I guess that’s why they call it a “Preview version”. The revolution will have to wait a bit….

Full article: Adobe Edge beta brings Flash-style design to HTML5 | Ars Technica
Download: Adobe Edge homepage

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Jul 11

Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5

Today we’re making the first version of Swiffy available on Google Labs. You can upload a SWF file, and Swiffy will produce an HTML5 version which will run in modern browsers with a high level of SVG support such as Chrome and Safari. It’s still an early version, so it won’t convert all Flash content, but it already works well on ads and animations. We have some examples of converted SWF files if you want to see it in action.

Swiffy uses a compact JSON representation of the animation, which is rendered using SVG and a bit of HTML5 and CSS3. ActionScript 2.0 is also present in the JSON object, and is interpreted in JavaScript in the browser. This representation makes the Swiffy animations almost as compact as the original SWF files.

More: Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5 – The official Google Code blog.