ADOBE

FLASH

BY RAM KARTHIK AND TEAM

 WHAT’S FLASH ?

Flash, a popular authoring software developed by Macromedia, is used to create vector

graphics-based animation programs with full-screen navigation interfaces, graphic
illustrations, and simple interactivity in an antialiased, resizable file format that is small
enough to stream across a normal modem connection. The software is ubiquitous on the
Web, both because of its speed (vector-based animations, which can adapt to different
display sizes and resolutions, play as they download) and for the smooth way it renders
graphics. Flash files, unlike animated but rasterized GIF and JPEG, are compact,
efficient, and designed for optimized delivery.
History Of Flash :

The precursor to Flash was a product named SmartSketch, Published by FutureWave

Software.FutureWave approached Adobe Systems with an offer to sell them FutureSplash in 1995,
but Adobe turned down the offer at that time.In November 1996, FutureSplash was acquired by
Macromedia, and Macromedia re-branded and released FutureSplash Animator as Macromedia Flash
1.0. Flash was a two-part system, a graphics and animation editor known as Macromedia Flash, and
a player known as Macromedia Flash Player.Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005,
and the entire Macromedia product line including Flash, Dreamweaver, Director/Shockwave,
Fireworks (which has since been discontinued) and Authorware is now handled by Adobe.In 2014,
Adobe AIR reached a milestone with over 100,000 unique applications built, and over 1 billion
installations logged across the world (May 2014). Adobe AIR was voted the Best Mobile Application
Development product at the Consumer Electronics Show on two consecutive years (CES 2014 and
CES 2015). In 2016, Adobe renamed Flash Professional, the primary authoring software for Flash
content, to Adobe Animate to reflect its growing use for authoring HTML5 content in favour of
Flash content.
Uses Of Flash :

Major Applications of Flash are as follows :

1) Gaming
2) Websites
3) RIA’s (Rich Internet Applications)
4) Film and Animation
Gaming :

Flash video games were popular on Internet, with portals like Newgrounds dedicated to hosting
of Flash-based Games.

Popular games developed with Flash are Clash Of Clans ,Angry Birds, Farmville, etc.

Adobe AIR allows creation of Flash-based mobile games, which maybe published to Google Play
and Apple App stores.
Websites :

In the early 2000s, Flash was widely installed on desktop computers, and was commonly used to
display interactive web pages, online games, and to playback video and audio content. In 2005,
YouTube was founded by former PayPal employees, and it used Flash Player as a means to
display compressed video content on the web.
Between 2000 and 2010, numerous businesses used Flash-based websites to launch new
products, or to create interactive company portals.[4] Notable users include Nike, Hewlett-
Packard, Nokia, General Electric, World Wildlife Fund, HBO, Cartoon Network and Disney.
After Adobe introduced hardware-accelerated 3D for Flash (Stage3D), Flash websites saw a
growth of 3D content for product demonstrations and virtual tours.
RIA’s (Rich Internet Applications) :

After Flash 5 introduced ActionScript in 2000, developers combined the visual and
programming capabilities of Flash to produce interactive experiences and applications for the
Web.[12] Such Web-based applications eventually came to be known as "Rich Internet
Applications" (RIAs).

Between 2006 and 2016, the Speedtest.net web service conducted over 9.0 billion speed tests
using an RIA built with Adobe Flash.
Film and Animation :

Adobe Animate is one of the common animation programs for low-cost 2D television and
commercial animation.

Flash is less commonly used for feature-length animated films; however, 2009's The Secret of
Kells, an Irish film, was animated primarily in Adobe Flash, and was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Animated Feature at the 82nd Academy Awards.