Download - The Flashy Side of Adobe Edge
THE FLASHY SIDE OF ADOBE EDGE
Joseph Labrecque
D2WC | May 17th 2012
Joseph Labrecque, MA
University of Denver - OTL Senior Interactive Software Engineer Adjunct Faculty
Fractured Vision Media, LLC Proprietor
Twitter: @JosephLabrecque Web: http://josephlabrecque.com/
How many are familiar with Flash Professional?
How many are familiar with Edge?
Adobe FLASH
• Desktop browsers via Flash Player! • Windows, Mac, & Linux via AIR! • Android browsers via Flash Player! • Android apps via AIR! • iOS apps via AIR! • QNX browsers via Flash Player! • QNX apps via AIR!
Flash is EVERYWHERE!
What the hell happened?!?
November 9th 2011
Community Fallout
HTML vs. Flash / HTML & Flash
Adobe: “FLASH IS NOT DEAD”
photo via Grant Garrett - @InfluxisGrant
Adobe EDGE
Why Edge?
image via Lee Brimelow - @leebrimelow
HTML & Friends
Adobe Edge Prototype
Edge Today
Similarities
The Edge Stage
The Edge Library
The Edge Timeline
Keyframes in Edge
Edge Symbols
Edge Preloaders
Publishing (sorta)
Differences
Editing Code
The Timeline
Clipping Images
Embedded Type
The Content
Working together
Edge Masquerading as Flash
Flash Masquerading as Edge
Keyboard Shortcuts
Re-Appropriation of Assets
Photoshop
Illustrator
Fireworks
Flash Professional
Edge
Generated PNG Sequences
Sprite Sheets!
Edge Preloaders from Flash
Mistakes of the past
Unnecessary Content
http://zombo.com/
Edge appropriate-ness
• Landing pages • Advertisements • Micro-sites • Banners • Interactive content • Animation
When is Edge most useful?
Appliness Web Ads
<iframe src=’http://appliness.com/code/banner/’ width=”468″ height=”60″ frameborder=’0′> </iframe>
Edge in-appropriate-ness
When not to use Edge…
Edge is a hammer. Flash is a wrench. HTML 5 is a screwdriver.
- Tom Green
Thank you.
@JosephLabrecque
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