Having fun experimenting with Flash CS4′s Deco Tool.
Author: tom green
Tom is a professor of Interactive Multimedia through the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning's School of Media Studies. Like all faculty in the program, Tom believes his students deserve to be taught by instructors who are regarded as experts in their field and whose knowledge of their subject is current with industry best practice.
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it’s amazing…….Thanks
ya that was fun
awesome stuff, thanks
Can you install this conponent to cs3?
Can I install the deco tool as an component?
No. The component is a CS4 only tool. It can’t be installed in CS3.
Excellent. Thanks.
I also want to know whether it is possible to trace an object outline in flash. For example we have bezier tool in coreldraw which will allow us to trace the outline of an object
Not really. The best you can do is to trace the object in Flash and then play with the trace. I did a tutorial around that a month or so ago: http://www.layersmagazine.com/trace-bitmap-in-flash-cs4.html
Having just upgraded to CS4, finding the same clunky UI as in CS3 (only now it’s slower), not to mention an almost-immediate crash, I clicked the Deco Tool, clicked the stage, and did an immediate faceplant.
THIS is what Adobe gives us? Flowers and vines? Are they listening to us developers?
You don’t have to go with the vines. Use your own stuff instead.
What’s the issue, Joe?
First off, Joe, I am quite familiar with that link and have made my feelings known in other areas both private and public. Am I a huge fan of Flash CS4? Nope.Just a fan.
As for the “kidding me”. I agree the concept behind the tool is interesting but the execution of the tool leaves a lot to be desired. Same can be said for a few other new features as well. As for CS4 sucking … I prefer to not use a broad brush.
Sorry guys whether Joe has a point or not, How he’s going about it doesnt serve anyone. Hence their deletion.
RC
CS4 rocks. Have you tried I.K.? Amazing…just amazing. 3D…and yes Deco. And no they are not listening to developers. Developers just use eclipse and compile in Flash. There is no point in listening to developers. But hell…actually everything is in AS 3.0 only now..you can code up anything you want. They have just finally given designers a way to create cool things without any code at all. Bravo Adobe and the Flash Team!
Hi Melinda. Yep. IK is the bomb. In fact I did a tutorial on the subject:
http://www.layersmagazine.com/creating-motion-in-flash-with-bones-tool.html
[...] door onder ‘Help’ in Flash bij ‘connectivity’ “disconnect” aan te vinken. Ook kon de Decotool beter gebruikt worden. Als laatste werd nog even gemeld dat de File reference class door velen [...]
the deco tool video is not playing. could you put it back up
hi it was greaat
I would like to ask where to download Flash CS4 Deco Tool?
The tutorial is excellent, creative, calmly explained, friendly, well focused, zoom and pan on the screen capture.
ok ,great video
Such a nice tutorial…
hi can you explain me what is actualy deco tool mean i means what is the definition of the deco tool in flash cs4,please reply me soon,thank you..