RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 limitations vs. raw Flash 8 Prof?

[Kirk Marple]

interesting...  one of the issues brought up to me was how to get the nice cinematic feel w/ scripted animations, etc. in Flex.   i was told that only simple looping animations were possible because we couldn't mix Flex running AS3 with scripted movies with AS2.   maybe the new AS3 preview will solve that, since we could script animations using AS3 in regular Flash 8 Professional.   am i totally off-base here in what i've been told?   thanks, Kirk From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Collins Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:58 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2 limitations vs. raw Flash 8 Prof? The fact of the matter is that it's not an either/or situation. You should use both. For the logic and coding you definitely want to be using Flex with SVN for obvious reasons, and for building the skins of the UI components to create the "cinematic experience" you want to be using Flash. On 10/4/06, Renaun Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]com> wrote: A big one for me is Developer workflow. Try sharing FLA's between a couple of developers. Using MXML and AS with CVS/SVN you can get tons of work done with out working about who has the latest file. Granted you could do this with Flash 8 professional and external AS files but that is also messy in its own right. Renaun --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, "Kirk Marple" <kirk-public@...> wrote: > > we're looking to move our ASP.NET based application suite to Flash, and have > been investigating the use of Flex 2 vs. just straight Flash 8 Pro. > > can anyone provide any feedback on what limitations you've seen when > developing an RIA in Flex 2 vs. just straight Flash 8? > > we're trying to evaluate the pros/cons on going one way vs another. > > specifically, we like the Flex 2 layout capabilities and the ability to > easily deal with XML and REST web services, but we seem to be constrained by > the lack of scripted animations (from what i've heard) and ability to have a > "cinematic" look/feel compared to Flash 8. also, it's video-heavy > application and need the ability to do dynamic video assembly and playback. > > thanks for any input! > Kirk > > -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ > Kirk Marple > Chief Software Architect, VP of Engineering > Agnostic Media, Inc. > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w: www.agnostic-media.com < http://www.agnostic-media.com/> > __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Software development tool Software development Software development services Home design software Software development company Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___