Using Flash elements can add life to a web page.  In this video you’ll see how to incorporate Flash based (SWF) animation and interactivity components to the header of each of your pages. You’ll also learn how to define alternate content as place holders to be displayed in case the user doesn’t have Flash Player installed or is using a device that doesn’t support Flash.

InDesign CS5 has a whole bunch of new interactive features. We take a close look at how to use the multi-state objects to create a simple image gallery. We use Adobe Bridge to drag and drop or place images, we also use the new corner effects. But more importantly than that we use the ugliest arrow heads ever.

Import any Flash Animations (SWF) directly into your Adobe® Captivate® projects.

Using Adobe® Captivate® export scoring data in a SCORM- and AICC-compliant format for use with an LMS If you do not want to use an LMS, you can satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost. Adobe® Captivate® enables you to track and report key performance metrics, like average score and pass or fail, without you having to invest in an LMS (Learning Management System). You can choose to report data to either Acrobat.com or an Internal Server.

Using Adobe® Captivate® export scoring data in a SCORM- and AICC-compliant format for use with an LMS If you do not want to use an LMS, you can satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost. Adobe® Captivate® enables you to track and report key performance metrics, like average score and pass or fail, without you having to invest in an LMS (Learning Management System). You can choose to report data to either Acrobat.com or an Internal Server.

You can publish an Adobe® Captivate® project in any of the following formats: •SWF (Small Web Format) •PDF •EXE (Windows & Macintosh) •F4V •FLV •Handouts in Microsoft® Word

Combine multiple projects published as SWF files using the Aggregator. You can publish the combined files in the Aggregator as SWF output, Windows Executable, Macintosh Executable, PDF or HTML.

Accelerate content creation cycles by letting reviewers add comments to your SWF files while playing them without having Adobe® Captivate® installed.

Learn how Presenter functions as an add-in to Microsoft PowerPoint, enabling you to add audio, Flash SWF files, video, and quizzes to a presentation. See how to publish a finished product to Adobe Connect for meetings and eLearning courses.

Learn how to upload and display SWF files seamlessly in an Adobe Connect meeting. Learn how to share Flash functionality among all attendees with the Collaboration Builder Software Developer’s Kit.

Explore the tools, techniques, and resources for protecting content that are available to organizations. As a developer, you'll learn how to create secure architectures and how to audit your source code for potential issues. As a quality assurance specialist, you'll learn how you can test to find vulnerabilities in SWF content. Everyone will leave with pointers to additional resources to further your knowledge and track important updates.

Learn how to add SWF-based Rich Media Annotations (RMAs) developed in Adobe Flash Professional or Flash Builder to your PDF documents. Flash Player in Acrobat provides greater security and consistency for SWF playback inside any PDF document. Acrobat 9 provides tight integration between the PDF document and the RMAs as well as other content types that run in Flash Player, such as FLV and H.264-encoded video. This session will show you how to use your ActionScript skills in a whole new way.

Learn key design, distribution, and business decisions that impact whether you should deliver your content as interactive PDF or SWF (using Adobe InDesign CS5). You'll also be armed with greater knowledge on which interactive features in InDesign are supported on export to PDF or SWF and learn how to optimize your interactivity for both PDF and SWF export or focus your efforts on the more advanced animation and interactivity capabilities of the SWF format. Don’t miss this informative session that compares delivery of interactive documents in PDF and SWF file formats.

What kind of information ends up in your SWF, and how much of it do you really want in there? Platform Security Strategist Peleus Uhley explores this issue.

Learn how to use the InDesign CS5 Table of Contents feature. Its based on using Paragraph Styles to format your document. Once created the table of contents will be interactive when you create a PDF e-book or even a .swf output. Learn how to style them and all about the options available when creating it.

RC shares a tutorial about exporting InDesign documents into web-friendly swf files. Corey has a freshly-named segment called “Tablet talk” in which he discusses how to program the express keys on your design tablet to run actions.

Learn to publish an application you've created. Use the Flash Publish settings to adjust how the file is published.

See how students can streamline the creation of school newsletters, flyers, yearbooks, event programs and more using InDesign CS4. Some tools are new and some you've never discovered. See how to: Layout lots of photos quickly, do a wall calendar, use Automation Scripts, export as SWF with page turns, and more!

In this movie, learn how to publish a project as either a SWF, for embedding in a Web browser, or a stand-alone AIR application, by using the Publish To SWF feature.

Using the Media panel, the Preview panel, and the Timing panel to determine what happens when, it is now possible to review all of the assigned animations directly in InDesign.

Kick-start your soundtrack with royalty-free content: Soundbooth CS5 comes with over 9,000 sound effects and over 100 customizable Soundbooth Scores.

In this episode of CSInsider Design, Rufus builds on an older show (Creating Interactive Documents) and shows you how to set up a project so that becomes a virtual magazine with pages you can actually turn.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase demonstrates techniques of measuring the performance of animations, and shows how the performance of effects, render events, and the SWF frame rate relate to each other.

Transform page layouts into dynamic Flash SWF files without working in the Flash authoring environment. Create digital documents with interactive buttons, hyperlinks, and unique page transitions for playback in a web browser or the Flash Player.

Join Kellen Maicher from Purdue University for a demonstration of the development of several Adobe AIR applications that integrate Flash, AIR, and Flex into existing curriculums. Maicher will describe the evolution of course material from primarily SWF co

Learn how to use the rich layout and typography tools in InDesign CS4 in conjunction with the new interactivity features to add buttons, links, navigation actions, and page transitions to create compelling SWF and PDF presentations.

Learn how to use Flex, Acrobat, and LiveCycle to create portable, customized RIAs. Today, customers can create PDF Portfolios that leverage both SWF content and PDF and can be automatically assembled and customized using LiveCycle ES.

Learn how to incorporate accessibility support into video for Flash and interactive SWF movies. Compliance with accessibility standards such as the W3C's WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 is readily accomplished by using best practices...

Product Manager Nathan Gentner demonstrates features such as Blu-ray authoring and enhanced SWF export.

Learn essential Flash file types, including FLA, SWF, FLV, F4V, and MP4. Discover other file types, such as ActionScript and XFL.

Create Flash movies for the Web. Automatically create HTML, SWF, FLA, and F4V files. Preview Flash movies in a web browser.

Check for DVD-authoring problems before burning discs. Export a SWF-based website straight from Encore, without using Flash.

With InDesign CS4 we can now export directly to interactive SWF and include an interactive page curl with no coding whatsoever.

Join Joel Geraci as he shows us how new Rich Media Annotation and integrated SWF support in Acrobat 9 will enable you to create a truly integrated experience when viewing a PDF page and dynamic multimedia elements.

Join Sean Christmann in this advanced session as he explains the main event loop model that drives the Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtimes and moves into how this model affects the three core areas of a SWF file lifecycle.

Join Joel Geraci, Vivek Hebbar, Bruce Hodge, Clark Donahue and Rob McAfee and learn how to create rich interactive interfaces for groups of PDF files.

Join Jim Corbett as he shows how Adobe is working with search engines to make your SWF content more searchable by using runtime search.

Learn Flash workflow basics: using the workspace, creating and importing artwork, using symbols and Timeline, and publishing SWF files.

Check for DVD-authoring problems before burning discs. Export a SWF-based website straight from Encore, without using Flash.

Check for DVD-authoring problems before burning discs. Export a SWF-based website straight from Encore, without using Flash.

Learn Flash workflow basics: using the workspace, creating and importing artwork, using symbols and Timeline, and publishing SWF files.

Create interactive InDesign documents that include buttons, hyperlinks and page transitions. Then export to SWF for playback in Flash Player.

Product Manager Nathan Gentner demonstrates features such as Blu-ray authoring and enhanced SWF export.

In this episode Paul looks at 2 ways to get your InDesign documents out to Flash. The first is directly as a SWF file, and the second as XFL so you can open your pages directly in Flash and bring them to life.