Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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The International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis is the premier event in design, modeling, analysis, and implementation of modern embedded systems, from system-level analysis and optimization to hardware/software implementation. The conference is a forum for active discussion of topics of current and future importance to designers and researchers. The program will bring together the latest in academic and industrial research and development. High-quality original papers will be accepted for oral presentation followed by interactive poster sessions. CODES+ISSS 2011 is part of the Embedded Systems Week 2011.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Flash
Adobe has released details about the latest version its Flash authoring tool, which arrives amid great uncertainty concerning the multimedia platform’s future.
Flash Professional CS5 boasts a number of improvements over previous versions, including better animation physics, improved typography controls, new code hints and snippets for building webapps in ActionScript, some new data formats, and better ability to add cue points to videos. It also has a few tricks for developers eager to publish apps to places where Flash isn’t allowed.
Flash is part of Creative Suite 5, Adobe’s new package of apps for building websites, assembling videos and editing photos. The new suite of apps, which Adobe says will ship mid-May, was announced Monday. We have a first look at Dreamweaver CS5 on Webmonkey, and we have a first look at the new Photoshop on Wired.com’s Gadget Lab.
Adobe Flash has taken a beating lately, especially from the hurricane that Apple’s public relations team generated around the launch of the iPad. Apple’s mobile devices don’t support Flash Player, so Apple is encouraging web developers to make their sites “iPad-ready” by removing Flash elements.
Also, last week, the new iPhone OS was announced, and it includes a new rule banning applications built with cross-compilers. Flash CS5 will ship with such a cross-compiler, Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, which lets developers build apps in Adobe’s suite of tools that can be exported with the click of a button and wrapped up as Apple-native code. Well, those apps won’t run on iPhones and iPads once the devices get their software updates this summer and fall, respectively. (There’s also a note on Adobe’s website Monday noting the use of Packager for iPhone is “Subject to Apple’s current requirements and approval.”)
Even with this cloud of negativity hovering overhead, Flash has plenty of steam left. The biggest factor in Flash’s success — video playback — is still a killer app on the web. The latest version of Flash Player (version 10.1, which came out earlier this year) addressed many of the performance and consistency issues that have been dogging Flash for the last year. And Flash will continue to be a key to video experiences in browsers, at least until the mess that open video is stuck in right now gets cleared up.
Even so, Adobe is smart enough to see that HTML5 is going to be a big part of the web’s future, which is why the company has built tools into Creative Suite 5 for rendering Flash elements as HTML5-ready Canvas animations, as seen in this video. As developer and blogger Simon Willison notes, this feature could be very useful for displaying newspaper infographics and other “Flashy” data visualizations on iPads and iPhones.
The HTML5 debate aside, here’s a rundown of what else is new in Flash Professional CS5.
Video cue points
If you’re building content around a Flash-embedded video file, you’ll be keen on one of the new enhancements in CS5: the ability to use cue points in the videos’ timelines to trigger ActionScript events.
Flash Professional CS5 boasts a number of improvements over previous versions, including better animation physics, improved typography controls, new code hints and snippets for building webapps in ActionScript, some new data formats, and better ability to add cue points to videos. It also has a few tricks for developers eager to publish apps to places where Flash isn’t allowed.
Flash is part of Creative Suite 5, Adobe’s new package of apps for building websites, assembling videos and editing photos. The new suite of apps, which Adobe says will ship mid-May, was announced Monday. We have a first look at Dreamweaver CS5 on Webmonkey, and we have a first look at the new Photoshop on Wired.com’s Gadget Lab.
Adobe Flash has taken a beating lately, especially from the hurricane that Apple’s public relations team generated around the launch of the iPad. Apple’s mobile devices don’t support Flash Player, so Apple is encouraging web developers to make their sites “iPad-ready” by removing Flash elements.
Also, last week, the new iPhone OS was announced, and it includes a new rule banning applications built with cross-compilers. Flash CS5 will ship with such a cross-compiler, Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, which lets developers build apps in Adobe’s suite of tools that can be exported with the click of a button and wrapped up as Apple-native code. Well, those apps won’t run on iPhones and iPads once the devices get their software updates this summer and fall, respectively. (There’s also a note on Adobe’s website Monday noting the use of Packager for iPhone is “Subject to Apple’s current requirements and approval.”)
Even with this cloud of negativity hovering overhead, Flash has plenty of steam left. The biggest factor in Flash’s success — video playback — is still a killer app on the web. The latest version of Flash Player (version 10.1, which came out earlier this year) addressed many of the performance and consistency issues that have been dogging Flash for the last year. And Flash will continue to be a key to video experiences in browsers, at least until the mess that open video is stuck in right now gets cleared up.
Even so, Adobe is smart enough to see that HTML5 is going to be a big part of the web’s future, which is why the company has built tools into Creative Suite 5 for rendering Flash elements as HTML5-ready Canvas animations, as seen in this video. As developer and blogger Simon Willison notes, this feature could be very useful for displaying newspaper infographics and other “Flashy” data visualizations on iPads and iPhones.
The HTML5 debate aside, here’s a rundown of what else is new in Flash Professional CS5.
Video cue points
If you’re building content around a Flash-embedded video file, you’ll be keen on one of the new enhancements in CS5: the ability to use cue points in the videos’ timelines to trigger ActionScript events.
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Fireworks
The new features Fireworks CS5 does have may not be earth shattering but, they are welcome additions that will help many users in their everyday work. Some of the most noteworthy for me include:
Snap to pixel
Compound Shapes
Stroke Alignment
Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file support
Many small improvements to Pages, Layers, Slices and more…
Refer to Bruce’s article above for a complete list. Like I said, nothing earth shattering here but these are welcome additions that bring a little of long overdue sophistication to Fireworks.
But what do I really think…
People who know me and long time readers of this blog know that I have been very critical of Fireworks’ development direction in the past. I still think major mistakes have been made and great opportunities have been lost. But that was the past. What I think Fireworks CS5 brings at this time is a great foundation for the future. Now that so many bugs have been fixed and Fireworks is more stable than ever, let’s hope that further development efforts will finally bring some long overdue improvements to Fireworks’ creative tool set.
What has always been Fireworks’ strength and still makes it unique in the world of graphic design applications is its incredible integrated hybrid tool set. Its mix of bitmap and vector tools mixed in with amazing workflow features make it an unparalleled Web centric graphic design workhorse that is still unmatched in flexibility and efficiency. But there’s still so much more room for improvement in its creative tool set.
Snap to pixel
Compound Shapes
Stroke Alignment
Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file support
Many small improvements to Pages, Layers, Slices and more…
Refer to Bruce’s article above for a complete list. Like I said, nothing earth shattering here but these are welcome additions that bring a little of long overdue sophistication to Fireworks.
But what do I really think…
People who know me and long time readers of this blog know that I have been very critical of Fireworks’ development direction in the past. I still think major mistakes have been made and great opportunities have been lost. But that was the past. What I think Fireworks CS5 brings at this time is a great foundation for the future. Now that so many bugs have been fixed and Fireworks is more stable than ever, let’s hope that further development efforts will finally bring some long overdue improvements to Fireworks’ creative tool set.
What has always been Fireworks’ strength and still makes it unique in the world of graphic design applications is its incredible integrated hybrid tool set. Its mix of bitmap and vector tools mixed in with amazing workflow features make it an unparalleled Web centric graphic design workhorse that is still unmatched in flexibility and efficiency. But there’s still so much more room for improvement in its creative tool set.
Photoshop
Photoshop CS5 builds upon a rich history of innovation and leadership with groundbreaking features and performance gains that boost creativity and workflow efficiency. Packing in more technological advancements from Adobe Labs than any other release and incorporating enhancements to everyday tasks requested by the Photoshop community, the software has greater intelligence and awareness of the content within images, allowing for complex and magical manipulation in just a few clicks. Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended delivers everything in Photoshop CS5, as well as advanced tools for 3-D which address the unique needs of the video, Web, medical, manufacturing and engineering industries.
Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended will be available as stand-alone applications or key components of the Adobe Creative Suite® 5 family.
“The past two decades have demonstrated an amazing interplay between customers who want to push the limits of their personal creativity and a passionate team of Adobe engineers who make those visions a reality,” said Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for professional digital imaging at Adobe. “We experienced this firsthand when we posted a ‘sneak peek’ video of the team’s work on the Content Aware Fill feature a few weeks ago. It quickly became the number one viral video online, with close to 2 million views and its ‘magic’ was one of the top trending Twitter topics of discussion. This version of Photoshop has some of the most innovative and extraordinary technologies to ever come from our labs and clearly customers are already clamoring for it.”
Redefining the Image-Editing Experience
Now a native 64-bit application on both Mac and Windows®, Photoshop CS5 delivers superior tools and creative control so users can perform advanced image manipulations and compositing with ease. Revolutionary image intelligence behind Content-Aware Fill magically removes any image detail or object, examines the surroundings and seamlessly fills in the space left behind. Lighting, tone and noise of the surrounding area match perfectly, looking as if the removed content never existed. New Refine Edge makes nearly-impossible image selections possible. This innovative technology precisely detects and masks the trickiest types of edges, such as hair and foliage, while eliminating background color contamination.
For photographers, Photoshop CS5 now offers next-generation high dynamic range (HDR) capabilities. When combining multiple exposures into a single HDR image, Photoshop CS5 preserves the full tonal range of a scene with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The new HDR Pro offers exceptional ghost artifact removal and greater tone mapping and adjustment control. With HDR toning, users can emulate the striking look of an HDR image with any single-exposure image.
Photoshop CS5 provides revolutionary tools that maximize users’ creative impact. Breakthrough painting capabilities include a Mixer Brush that blends an infinite combination of colors onto a single paintbrush tip, and Bristle Tips that offer lifelike brush strokes. Puppet Warp gives users the power to precisely reposition or warp any image element, such as straightening a bent arm in a photo or manipulating the landscape to generate a new perspective.
Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended will be available as stand-alone applications or key components of the Adobe Creative Suite® 5 family.
“The past two decades have demonstrated an amazing interplay between customers who want to push the limits of their personal creativity and a passionate team of Adobe engineers who make those visions a reality,” said Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for professional digital imaging at Adobe. “We experienced this firsthand when we posted a ‘sneak peek’ video of the team’s work on the Content Aware Fill feature a few weeks ago. It quickly became the number one viral video online, with close to 2 million views and its ‘magic’ was one of the top trending Twitter topics of discussion. This version of Photoshop has some of the most innovative and extraordinary technologies to ever come from our labs and clearly customers are already clamoring for it.”
Redefining the Image-Editing Experience
Now a native 64-bit application on both Mac and Windows®, Photoshop CS5 delivers superior tools and creative control so users can perform advanced image manipulations and compositing with ease. Revolutionary image intelligence behind Content-Aware Fill magically removes any image detail or object, examines the surroundings and seamlessly fills in the space left behind. Lighting, tone and noise of the surrounding area match perfectly, looking as if the removed content never existed. New Refine Edge makes nearly-impossible image selections possible. This innovative technology precisely detects and masks the trickiest types of edges, such as hair and foliage, while eliminating background color contamination.
For photographers, Photoshop CS5 now offers next-generation high dynamic range (HDR) capabilities. When combining multiple exposures into a single HDR image, Photoshop CS5 preserves the full tonal range of a scene with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The new HDR Pro offers exceptional ghost artifact removal and greater tone mapping and adjustment control. With HDR toning, users can emulate the striking look of an HDR image with any single-exposure image.
Photoshop CS5 provides revolutionary tools that maximize users’ creative impact. Breakthrough painting capabilities include a Mixer Brush that blends an infinite combination of colors onto a single paintbrush tip, and Bristle Tips that offer lifelike brush strokes. Puppet Warp gives users the power to precisely reposition or warp any image element, such as straightening a bent arm in a photo or manipulating the landscape to generate a new perspective.
Dreamweaver
Overview of Dreamweaver
A. About Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is Haverford's supported web editor. It has features for both the beginning and advanced web page creator. Dreamweaver integrates many aspects of Web development, including page creation, site management, and web server tools, giving the user a good perspective of an entire web site. Dreamweaver also supports JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets, along with other advanced functions.
Here is a brief summary of some of the elements that Dreamweaver offers:
Site Management - An integrated file transfer client and visual site map allow site navigation, file linking, and uploading/synchronization of your site.
Template - Templates allow users to quickly edit all common elements, such as navigation bars, throughout a whole site.
Cascading Style Sheets - CSS allow users to quickly change the appearance of text elements throughout the site.
JavaScript Behaviors - Dreamweaver behaviors are JavaScripts that you can apply without having to deal with the necessary code.Each of these elements are discussed below.
B. Obtaining the software
Dreamweaver is a commercial software program, sold by Macromedia. Haverford students, faculty and staff may download a 'keyed' version of the software. This keeps track of how many people are using the program at once, assuring us compliance with our software license. Download Dreamweaver as you download other Haverford software.
A. About Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is Haverford's supported web editor. It has features for both the beginning and advanced web page creator. Dreamweaver integrates many aspects of Web development, including page creation, site management, and web server tools, giving the user a good perspective of an entire web site. Dreamweaver also supports JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets, along with other advanced functions.
Here is a brief summary of some of the elements that Dreamweaver offers:
Site Management - An integrated file transfer client and visual site map allow site navigation, file linking, and uploading/synchronization of your site.
Template - Templates allow users to quickly edit all common elements, such as navigation bars, throughout a whole site.
Cascading Style Sheets - CSS allow users to quickly change the appearance of text elements throughout the site.
JavaScript Behaviors - Dreamweaver behaviors are JavaScripts that you can apply without having to deal with the necessary code.Each of these elements are discussed below.
B. Obtaining the software
Dreamweaver is a commercial software program, sold by Macromedia. Haverford students, faculty and staff may download a 'keyed' version of the software. This keeps track of how many people are using the program at once, assuring us compliance with our software license. Download Dreamweaver as you download other Haverford software.
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