Flash CS3 Works With Mac Intel
Don't know if anyone knows this but I believe I read on this forum that people were having problems with Mac Intels. Seems Flash has fixed this in Flash CS3. If I read it else where my apologizes. But none the less its a great improvement. Ikonz101

Yeah, I just got CS3 on my Intel iMac at work. Dear goodness, is it ever amazing!!! I have never gotten this excited about an Adobe version before, infact I usually dread them because they generally introduce more useless features that only decrease performance and cause crashes. However, CS3 running natively in the multi-threaded environment?!? Whooooooa... smokin'! Good stuff! My complaints about Flash CS3 are minimal thus far... The actions window is a little annoying to use within the new CS3 panel configuration. I see what they were going for with it and it's a great concept, but it doesn't suit my personal workflow very well. But that's minimal. The only technical degradation that bugs me is the new text renderer. They implemented yet ANOTHER new type renderer in Flash 9 (slightly different from the one introduced in Flash-8 ). And while F8's anti-aliasing was gorgeous, this one is a little furry. Still better than the legacy pre-F8 renderer though! Otherwise, wicked-good upgrade from what I've seen. The 3D stuff is INSANE (and NO, I'm not implementing 3D within Lassie. A) because 2D is enough work for one guy to manage, and B) the code is WAY over my head. Some of that stuff may as well be programmed in swahili for all the sense it makes to me)

Yes it is amazing.. I have been messing around with CS3 a lot lately. It does speed up your overall .SWF file as well. Plz keep it 2D. No 3D.lol. I can imagine what the coding for 3D would be like. Never was to big of a 3D fan. 2D is more of my passion. Seems to me they killed the life of 2D in the 90's when it has so much potential. To replace it with Polygon Graphics (UGLY!!!) :evil: Will you be using CS3 in Shepard when you learn more of its features or stick with Flash 8? Sorry for all the questions. Kinda of excited for the new Shepard and I understand it will be a while for its release and I plan on waiting around for it. Take care bigmac.. Ikonz101

I'd love to develop in CS3, although I don't know if there is a release that works on non-intel Macs. Anyone know this? Either way, Shepherd is currently being built in Flash 8 and will add some of it's flexibility... like loading in GIFs and PNGs! I'm on vacation for a week starting today, then Wes (SeanCyrusTowel) is coming down for a weekend... but after that? I'm hoping to get back in and do some more work of Shepherd. It's a fun project when I'm not pulling my hair out over it =)

Loading in .GIFs and .PNGs is a HUGE PLUS. Thank you for that. As far as the Mac question I don't know. I am a PC user (unfortunately at times). Wish I had the money to pick up a Mac. But I will do a little research and let you know if someone doesn't reply back with it. Enjoy your vacations... Ikonz101

Yes, Flash CS3 is a universal binary and will work on intel and PPC. Flash 8 however is a little buggy on my Intel MacBook, but runnable. Will shepherd only work with flash 8?

No, I think it will work in future versions of Flash, but sadly, I just can't keep up with Adobe. So, the real trick is AS version. I'm pressing forward in AS2.0, despite the fact that AS3.0 was released in Flash9 (CS3). With a little luck, I can go through and just update the app code to AS3.0 later on. There are differences, but most aren't ground-shattering. Cool... post 800!