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Packaging AIR 3 Captive Runtime for Windows Distribution

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This is the first post of 2012 and an attempt to get the year started off well! I wasn’t able to post nearly as much “useful” information in 2011 since I was tied up with so much other stuff… but am definitely working toward changing that by producing more content like this. Happy New Year, all!

Adobe AIR 3 allows a developer to package an AIR app along with the AIR runtime for distribution. This is known as “captive runtime” and is useful because it provides a method of application distribution that does not require a separate runtime installation. With Windows, an additional step must be taken; we have to package the application files into a custom installer for the best user experience on that platform. Thankfully, to do this is a fairly simple task as demonstrated in the recording below.

Here’s an additional recording on other options within Advanced Installer:

Adobe Announces Creative Suite 5.5!

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Create work for new devices and move designs across media. Develop with HTML5 in Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5.5 and with expanded platform support in Flash® Professional CS5.5. Boost your video editing efficiency with Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5 and deliver new reading experiences using InDesign® CS5.5. Now including Adobe Audition® CS5.5 and Flash Builder™ 4.5 Premium, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection software enables reaching out to audiences in new ways.

I’m actually more psyched about CS5.5 than I was about CS5. Adobe has made a lot of great improvements in a bunch of applications, and have corrected some of the grievous mistakes of the past.

Personally, I’m really glad the cat is out of the bag so that I can talk about those portions of my book which have been under embargo for the past four months. Those chapters that are not available should become available very soon!

So what are the hi-lights for me?

  • Flash Builder Premium 4.5 (mobile Flex framework and tooling, enough said!!!)
  • Flash Professional CS5.5 (mobile integration, great overall improvements)
  • Dreamweaver CS5.5 (jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, HTML5)
  • Audition CS5.5 (Resurrected!)
  • Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5.5 (Warp Stabilizer is mind-blowing)
  • Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 (Too many improvements to list)

Yep- they listened to us and are including Flash Builder 4.5 Premium in Master Collection and Web Premium! That was such an oversight for the CS5 release. Shameful!

Soundbooth is DEAD. Long live Audition! I loved having Audition as part of Production Premium CS2. When it was dropped from the CS3 suites and replaced with Soundbooth, I was pretty upset. Well, dancin’ on you grave tonight, Soundbooth!!!

(errr… my condolences to the Soundbooth team)

Great job, Adobe!

AIR for Android – “My Shit-List!” (not kidding)

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This is my first for-sale application in the Android Market. Let’s see how it goes!
Not very well at all! It is now FREE! $0.99 is the least you can charge and really something so simple should be sold for less.

Ever think “I’m putting that guy on my shit-list?” Well, now you can manage your shit-list on the go with “My Shit-List!” for Android devices. Keep an up to date list of the people that cross you… so that you NEVER forget >:|

Requires AIR for Android, of course!