In this episode of the Flex in a Week training series, you will learn about the Eclipse Foundation development platform and application framework on which Flash Builder is built. You will also get an overview of the installation and project folders for the tool, and learn about the differences between the Flash Player and the Flash Player Debugger version

During RIM’s BlackBerry World developer conference, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen and Danny Winokur, Adobe’s VP of Flash Runtimes, discussed how our developer community has embraced the opportunity to create innovative apps for the PlayBook. Check out the presentation and demos of Flash Player as well as the Adobe Reader and Reader's Digest apps.

Danny Winokur, VP at Adobe, discusses Flash Player 10.2 including Stage Video and performance updates, as well as upcoming 3D functionality.

Flash Player 10 has an amazing set of native features that allow you to create amazing experiences for the web and the desktop. This session will cover all you need to know to start manipulating the Flash Player at the byte-level. This video brought to you by our friends at Aquent.

Dave Devisser, Adobe evangelist, shows how to use composition based media elements, and how to display them via the layout features of OSMF.

Dave Devisser, Adobe evangelist, shows how to use the OSMF Parallel Element to show two media elements at the same time.

Dave Devisser, Adobe evangelist, shows how to create a sequence of items in a OSMF media player.

Join Sebastian Marketsmueller, Adobe Flash Player engineer, for a deep dive into the next-generation 3D API coming in a future version of Flash Player. Marketsmueller will unveil exciting new APIs and demos never shown before, including some exclusive content you cannot miss as a Flash Platform developer.

Dive deep into the Adobe Flash Player renderer with Lee Thomason, Flash Player architect, and see how to optimize the rendering performance of your applications. Thomason will cover mechanisms like the display list, text rendering, shaders, GPU hardware acceleration, and exclusive features coming in a future version of Flash Player. After this session, Flash Player rendering will no longer be a mystery.

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 everything you need to know to optimize your video experience for mobile devices that support Adobe Flash Player 10.1, including encoding and performance best practices, player optimization, delivery techniques, content protection, interactivity, ad integration, and much more. We'll also provide an introduction to Open Source Media Framework and how to use it for mobile platforms.

See how NVIDIA Tegra uses the GPU to accelerate both video and graphics within Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for unmatched performance and battery life. In this session, we'll explore how to optimize for the new generation of GPU-accelerated Android phones and tablets and explore the capabilities of these new classes of device.

"Join Todd Pasternack and Chris Deely of leading rich media provider PointRoll as they discuss the present and future of rich media mobile advertising. Learn how and why you should leverage Adobe Flash Player 10.1 in your mobile campaigns. They'll explore the overall strategy and creative use of device features and take a look at some code optimized for mobile development. They'll also touch on some of the future uses of Flash Player, including leveraging existing assets, implementing IAB standards, and serving ads into mobile Adobe AIR applications. "

Explore the most current optimization strategies for graphics in Adobe Flash Player and ActionScript 3.0, including their effects on both Adobe AIR content and existing web content. You'll walk away with an understanding of not only how to implement these best practices, but also why they are required for improved performance. From bitmap vs. vector to vector vs. array, this session has you covered.

Dave Devisser, Adobe Evangelist, shows how to use the advanced layout controls offered by the OSMF components.

Dave Devisser, Adobe Evangelsit, show how to extend an OSMF media player so it can handle different types of media.

Dave Devisser, Adobe Evangelist, shows how to break out the main idea control objects in an OSMF media player.

Dave Devisser, Adobe Evangelist, shows how to create the simplest form of an OSMF player and playback progressive, streaming FLV and H.264 media.

Dave Devisser, Adobe Evangelist, shows how to set-up and configure both Strobe Media Playback and Flash Media Playback.

Ben Forta, Adobe Evangelist, shows off Adobe Flash Player 10.1 on an exciting new device—the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It is one of the first tablets running Android 2.2, and with support for Flash Player, this 7-inch tablet delivers a PC-like web browsing experience on the go.

Greg Hamer of provenWebVideo gives an overview of the new Flash Media Playback . He includes a walk through of creating HTML using the configurator

Kongregate and its developer community leverage Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to bring online games to Android devices.

Ted Patrick of Adobe explores the full, open web on the new DROID X by Motorola running Flash Player 10.1. Android 2.2 and Flash Player 10.1 will be delivered to DROID X via an over the air update by late summer.

Platform Evangelist Tom Krcha describes how to broadcast video to a group of participants using the peer-to-peer multicast streaming capabilities in Flash Player 10.1.

Neil Trevett of NVIDIA shows how Flash Player 10.1 enables smooth HD web video across devices, including inexpensive netbooks powered by NVIDIA's next-generation ION GPU.

Chet explains how scaling artifacts can sometimes distort the visuals when using the 3D capabilities of Flex and the Flash Player, and how you can avoid these problems.

Flash Player 10.1 introduces a full, native multi-touch API that allows you to create some amazing applications. In this session Lee Brimelow demonstrates how to build applications using native multi-touch feedback as well as how to use the built-in gesture support for things like scaling and rotating.

Jim Corbett from the Flash Player team discusses some of the changes to Flash Player 10.1 that the team has made to ensure that the player performs well across desktops and devices.

David Hassoun of RealEyes Media shows how to integrate and customize the OSMF skins created by Juan Sanchez with the OSMF sample player

David Hassoun of RealEyes Media shows a terrific sample media player he created using the Open Source Media Framework

David Hassoun of RealEyes Media talks about how he used the Open Source Media Framework to create a great media player for an innovative media management and publishing company, MobileRider.

Join us for an overview on how you can create rich compelling media experiences through direct integration with advertising, tracking and reporting services with Adobe's Open Source Media Framework You'll learn how OSMF can help you simplify development of media players by allowing developers to assemble components, creating high quality, full-featured playback experiences.  This open framework enables collaborative development of the future of online video monetization, with lower costs and faster turnaround.  OSMF is free and available for download on www.osmf.org.

Danny Winokur, senior director of business development for the Adobe Flash Platform, walks you through how Flash Player 10.1 allows your content to reach your customers wherever they are.

See how to build rich interactive documents for playback in the Flash Player using a series of new panels.

See how Adobe Flash Player 10.1 makes it possible for STV to distribute videos across Flash-enabled mobile devices worldwide.

From gaming sites to mapping apps, Adobe Platform Evangelist Mark Doherty demos a bunch of websites that have been optimized for Flash Player 10.1.

MLB Advanced Media created MLB.TV Media Player 4.0 to bring fans closer to their favorite teams with real-time and on-demand games, statistics, and commentary. The media player was developed and delivered with Adobe Flex 3, Flash Media Encoding Server, Flash Media Interactive Server, Flash Media Live Encoder, Flash Media Streaming Server, After Effects CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Photoshop CS4, and IllustratorCS4. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved.

With Flash Player 10.1, AOL Media streamlines production and delivers premium user experiences to mobile devices.

Interview with Motorola Technology Evangelist Christian Kurzke on why Motorola has partnered with Adobe to bring Flash Player 10.1 to Motorola Android based handsets.

Adobe previews BlackBerry app development and designer/developer workflows at the Blackberry Developer Conference, and Serge Jespers follows up with attendees to get reactions.

Cameron Church demos the Brightcove Mobile Experience and explains how Flash Player 10.1 expands Brightcove's reach to smart phone users.

Ismael Nafría of La Vanguardia was thrilled to hear that the Spanish daily newspaper would soon be able to provide video content to smartphone users with Flash Player 10.1.

At Mobile World Congress, NVIDIA showcases Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR on Tegra-powered tablet device. See a slick new digital magazine experience based on WIRED magazine, powered by Adobe AIR.

Adrian Ludwig demos various games from Armor Games and Miniclip.com with Flash Player 10.1 on Palm webOS using the Palm Pre.

Adrian Ludwig demos video and animation on the BBC, The New York Times, and Angry Alien websites on Android using the Motorola Droid.

Adrian Ludwig demos an early version of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 on Nexus One, the new Google branded phone.

Jay and Damien introduce the Adobe Flash Player for search engines project with Google, emphasizing how the partnership offers crawlability for interactive and dynamic content on a website.

Kevin Lynch demos multi-touch and "gestures" capabilities on the HP TouchSmart using Adobe AIR 2 and Adobe Flash Player 10.1.

Students Enrique Barrios and Owen Freeman discuss the relationship between graphic designer and illustrator, how they successfully tackled a sensitive subject, and what "play" looks like in a war torn city.

Students Saejean Oh and Kathryn McFarlane explain how they chose Benjamin Franklin as the subject of their Serious Play project.

Adobe Platform Evangelist Terry Ryan highlights the functionality of ColdFusion Media Player, the new feature in ColdFusion 9 that allows you to play FLV files.

Learn more about augmented reality (AR), an emerging technology that has been in the news and gaining momentum lately within the rich Internet application (RIA) development community. This session will show how to do augmented reality within Flash Player

Tour the inner workings of Flash Player through the eyes of one of its architects and see what happens after you've written your code. You'll learn about the rendering model, text engine, new acceleration features, and how Flash Player has evolved.

Adrian Ludwig from Adobe demos Google Finance on Microsoft Windows Mobile on the Toshiba TG01 smartphone using Flash Player 10.1.

Learn what's possible with GPU acceleration in the next version of Flash Player. NVIDIA and Adobe collaborated to develop GPU acceleration that enables Flash Player to run fluidly on battery-powered mobile devices that are changing the face of computing.

Adrian Ludwig from Adobe demos various websites with Flash Player 10.1 on Palm webOS using the Palm Pre.

A new and improved version of Flash Player is on its way! Discover how you can deliver optimized user experiences that leverage the same code, tools, and skills that reach millions of new users across multiple devices with the next version of Flash Player

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase demonstrates Flash Player 10 and its ability to position and transform objects in 3D – then showcases this capability using new effects in Flex 4.

Flash player 10 supports a new "Flow Protocol" for Real Time Media and adds a higher fidelity audio codec (Speex). Lear all about RTMFP in this episode.

A viewer asks what Adobe Strobe is and Kush explains with the help of a trivia quiz. He also talks about what is going on with the Adobe Media Player.

Signing lets you to create trust with your end users and distribute your apps to marketplaces. In this video we’ll walk-through signing a cab package for Windows Mobile devices.

Signing enables you to create trust with end users and distribute your apps to marketplaces. Learn how to create a package ready for Symbian’s Express Signed process.

Here we introduce the Distributable Player solution and video series created to help you create, package and distribute your mobile applications.

Join Andre Michelle and explore the new sound APIs in Flash Player 10 (now in public beta on Adobe Labs).

Join Jim Corbett and Lee Thomason as we gather around the examination table as we take a look at just what exactly makes Flash Player tick.

Join Matthew Kaufman to learn about the new RTMFP network protocol in Flash Player, AIR, and Flash Media Server and how it can improve the quality of real-time audio/video communication.

Join David Hassoun and discuss what goes into a great video player! This session will show you the basic structure of an FLV component, and how you can start building your own from scratch to provide the most custom experience possible.

Join Deneb Meketa, and hear directly from this lead security engineer for Flash Player as he about the security model.

Join Scott Petersen as he shows us how to build Flash applications using new components compiled from open source C++ libraries.

Join Justin Everett-Church as he shows us how Adobe Flash Player is opening up lower-level access to enable the ActionScript community to build its own features.

Join David Makofske, Erin Coker and Rohit Grover as they show us how to generate revenue by integrating advertising into your Flash video players.

Join Andrew Kirkpatrick as he shows us how to build accessible content in Flash CS4 Professional. Hear product experts explain how to use best practices and techniques to help you build accessible video players, user interfaces, and more.

Join Mario Klingemann as he discusses how ActionScript developers have been able to manipulate pixels since Flash Player 8, but many have yet to fully leverage all of this powerful functionality.

Join Robin Briggs as she shows us how to use the Text Component Library built on the new text engine in Flash Player 10 (now in public beta on Adobe Labs) to expand your text layout options with Robin Briggs.

Students Saejean Oh and Kathryn McFarlane explain how they chose Benjamin Franklin as the subject of their Serious Play project.

Students Enrique Barrios and Owen Freeman discuss the relationship between graphic designer and illustrator, how they successfully tackled a sensitive subject, and what "play" looks like in a war torn city.

Just how do they encode those beautifully-crisp videos you see playing in the Flash Player? In this episode, learn the basic encoding rules, see the new Adobe Media Encoder, and pick up some tips and tricks along the way.

You've got a video, and you just want to play it back on your blog or website. This episode is for you — featuring down and dirty techniques for publishing your video on the Flash platform.

Kush and his sidekick Hell-met takes a dramatic look at possible ways to bring a play to life well before it is ever made.

Catch a glimpse of the successes and defeats of independent filmmakers at the Cannes film festival, as they place the ultimate bet or play the ultimate gamble at the largest film festival in the world.

Karl Miller shows how Adobe Media Player software lets you queue up and download your favorite Internet TV content, track and download new episodes automatically, and manage your personal video library.