New features of Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional
Adobe released Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional 🙂  great
This is something for everyone, many new features are added for designers as well as developers.
Main features are:
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator import
Import Adobe® Photoshop® (PSD) and Adobe Illustrator® (AI) files, while preserving layers and structure, and then edit them in Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional. Optimize and customize the files during import with advanced options.
Frame-based timeline
Quickly add motion to your creations with the easy-to-use, highly controllable, frame-based timeline inspired by traditional animation principles such as keyframing and tweening.
Shape primitives
Easily create pie wedges, round off rectangle corners, define an inner circle radius, and do much more. Visually adjust shape properties on the stage. And create custom shapes with the included JavaScript API.
ActionScript 3.0 development
Save time with the new ActionScriptâ„¢ 3.0 language, featuring improved performance, increased flexibility, and more intuitive and structured development.
Sophisticated video tools
Create, edit, and deploy streaming and progressive-download FLV content with comprehensive video support. Ensure the best video experience with a standalone video encoder, alpha channel support, a high-quality video codec, embedded cue points, video import support, QuickTime import, closed captioning, and much more.
MP3 audio support
Integrate audio into your projects by importing MP3 files. Integration with Adobe Soundboothâ„¢ makes it easy to edit files as needed, without requiring audio production experience.
Rich drawing capabilities
Visually adjust shape properties on the stage with smart shape drawing tools, create precise vector illustrations with the new Pen tool inspired by Adobe Illustrator, paste illustrations from Illustrator CS3 into Flash CS3, and more.
Extensible architecture
Leverage the Flash application programming interfaces (APIs) to easily develop extensions that add custom functionality.
Convert animation to ActionScript
Instantly convert timeline animations into ActionScript 3.0 code that can be easily edited, reused, and leveraged by developers. Copy animations from one object to another.
Device Central
Adobe Device Central
Design, preview, and test mobile device content using Adobe Device Central CS3, now integrated throughout Adobe Creative Suite® 3. Create and test interactive applications and interfaces viewable with Flash Lite™ software.
I really want to test this flash version as some of the features are great help for designers.
vivek
“Frame-based timeline”?
While that certainly is a “main feature” of Flash CS3, it’s been around since Flash 1, so I don’t think it really fits in with the rest of the features mentioned on this page.
Perhaps the source where you got this information is actually referring to the “Convert animation to ActionScript” feature that you mentioned; it does allow you to copy all of the frame-based timeline features. A similar feature lets you copy motion from one object to another (instead of copying it to ActionScript), so maybe that’s the thing thta you intended to describe?
However, other than that one confusing point this is a great summary of the new features!
Paul Robertson
ActionScript Developer/Writer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for your comments.
I got these features as listed under new features(top features)of FlashCS3 from Adobe wbsite. So Its true that some features are available since FLash 1 but adobe still listed udner new features.