Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Design Premium How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

Chapter Seven. Flash Catalyst

If you purchased Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium you probably noticed a new program among the old stalwarts like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. That new kid on the block is Adobe Flash Catalyst. Flash Catalyst is positioned as the interactive application for those who don’t want to write code. It was created for designers who are tired of handing off static artwork to developers to breathe life into their design before placing it onto the Web or into an interactive desktop environment. Although in its infancy, Flash Catalyst delivers on its promise. Want to make a box into a button? Select it and it’s a button. Need a scroll bar? Drag an object onto the project that looks like a scroll bar and, shazam! ...