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NewEzra · 2006-01-15 #25

There are lots of great comments in here, and we can't wait to meet with the guys from Adobe to pass the comments on. I'm going to throw out just a few of my ideas and suggestions just to see if any of them gets other people thinking.
[list=1][*]I would love to see Flash adopt some of the timeline concepts from AfterEffects such as the ability to expand down an individual layer to control each parameter through keyframes. ie. You'll have keyframe control over x, y, rotation, color, effects, size, etc.[*]Not many people are using AfterEffect's scripting engine to automate sequences. Since the current code is based on JavaScript standards, why not simply convert it to a language built upon ActionScript and it's ECMAScript-standard. Of course, you couldn't include access to the full list of classes, but having an extended version of AS to generate animations, particles, automate clip movement, etc. would be very powerful, and it would help bringing #3 into reality.[*]AfterEffects should have the ability to import an FLA that becomes like a composition. It has the ability to retain all of the layers and animations included. Importing an FLA would also give you the ablity to have access to the file's library to reuse any vector graphics/movie clips.
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Build the Flash Player into AE and when you import a SWF it will compile the clip together as one composition that is full of vector information. You might not have control over the timeline, but at least it all is playable - even any animations within MovieClips. Of course this would come with limitations that would restrict interactivity.[*]Give the Flash IDE the power of 3d. I'm not talking about being able to create 3d models or texture mapping surfaces, but simply give us the control over the z axis and camera control like in AfterEffects. Imagine being able to select a layer in Flash as a 3d object and being able to animate a camera through the objects. Especially with the power behind ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (FP8.5+) there's no reason why this couldn't be a reality.[*]Any AfterEffects compositions that purely deal with vector animations (built off of .AIs or .SWFs) should have the option to be exported as pure SWF vector animations.[*]Flash should have the ability to import a PSD file just like AE. You would then have the ability to import a particular layer or the entire PSD as one solid composition or image.[/list=1]

	NewEzra	2006-01-15 #25
	There are lots of great comments in here, and we can't wait to meet with the guys from Adobe to pass the comments on. I'm going to throw out just a few of my ideas and suggestions just to see if any of them gets other people thinking. [list=1][]I would love to see Flash adopt some of the timeline concepts from AfterEffects such as the ability to expand down an individual layer to control each parameter through keyframes. ie. You'll have keyframe control over x, y, rotation, color, effects, size, etc.[]Not many people are using AfterEffect's scripting engine to automate sequences. Since the current code is based on JavaScript standards, why not simply convert it to a language built upon ActionScript and it's ECMAScript-standard. Of course, you couldn't include access to the full list of classes, but having an extended version of AS to generate animations, particles, automate clip movement, etc. would be very powerful, and it would help bringing #3 into reality.[]AfterEffects should have the ability to import an FLA that becomes like a composition. It has the ability to retain all of the layers and animations included. Importing an FLA would also give you the ablity to have access to the file's library to reuse any vector graphics/movie clips. -or- Build the Flash Player into AE and when you import a SWF it will compile the clip together as one composition that is full of vector information. You might not have control over the timeline, but at least it all is playable - even any animations within MovieClips. Of course this would come with limitations that would restrict interactivity.[]Give the Flash IDE the power of 3d. I'm not talking about being able to create 3d models or texture mapping surfaces, but simply give us the control over the z axis and camera control like in AfterEffects. Imagine being able to select a layer in Flash as a 3d object and being able to animate a camera through the objects. Especially with the power behind ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (FP8.5+) there's no reason why this couldn't be a reality.[]Any AfterEffects compositions that purely deal with vector animations (built off of .AIs or .SWFs) should have the option to be exported as pure SWF vector animations.[]Flash should have the ability to import a PSD file just like AE. You would then have the ability to import a particular layer or the entire PSD as one solid composition or image.[/list=1]