Ben Forta's Blog, page 31

Flash 16 Beta Updated

Title says it all, we'ev posted an update to the Flash Player 16 beta on Adobe Labs.

AIR and Android Lollipop

Yes, there are issues running AIR apps on Android 5 Lollipop. The issue is actually at the OS level, and we are working with Google to get it fixed. In the meantime, if you have AIR apps that are not working, read this post.

The Premiere Clip Team Is Blogging

Title says it all. Meagan Keane introduced Premiere Clip at MAX last month. If you haven't played with it yet, go download it for free. And if you want to learn more and keep up with the news, the Premiere Clip team is now blogging, too.

Flash And AIR 16 Now In Beta

Beta versions (code named "Natoma") of both Flash Player 16 and AIR 16 have been posted to Adobe Labs.

And yes, that's version 14 in June of this year, version 15 in August, and the beta of version 16 in November. Impressive, huh?

Edge Code Is Now Brackets

Brackets is an open source lightweight code editor, a project we started because we saw the need and the community (who download each new release over 100,000 times) agreed. Edge Code is built on top of Brackets and was added to the Creative Cloud to make it easier to obtain and use. With the recent 1.0 release of Brackets, Product Manager Ryan Stewart has announced that going forward we'll be focusing on Brackets, and will notify customers to get Brackets for future updates.

Enter The Power Of Illustrator Sweepstakes

BucketFeet is a collective of over 10,000 artists from 60 countries, creating art and one-of-a-kind, artist-designed shoes. At MAX we featured a session on using the new touch capabilities of Illustrator on Surface Pro 3, and we collaborated with BucketFeet and artists to do just that, create one-of-a-kind shoes with Illustrator.

And now BucketFeet and Adobe are collaborating with The #PowerOfIllustrator Sweepstakes, your chance to win a Surface Pro 3, a Creative Cloud membership, and BucketFeet shoes and framed art. Plus, by entering the sweepstakes you are automatically eligible for BucketFeet discounts.

Play The Pen Tool Game

If you've ever struggled to use the pen tool in Illustrator, Photoshop, or Flash, we've just published a game to help you learn and practice your pen tool skills. Give it a try, and let us know what you think.

Theme Lab Comes To Adobe Voice

I'm a big fan of Adobe Voice (especially of it being used in educational settings), if you've not tinkered with it yet, you really should. Voice Product Manager Tom Nguyen has posted details about a just released enhancement, Theme Lab, which gives Voice users greater control over colors of backgrounds, icons, text, and more.

Brackets 1.0 Is Here

It's official, the Brackets team has announced the release of the highly anticipated Brackets 1.0, as well as a preview of Extract for Brackets, an extension that speeds up the process of pulling design information like colors, fonts, and measurement info out of a PSD and turning it into clean, minimal CSS.

AIR And iOS x64 Requirement

The Adobe AIR team has posted a note to explain that they are working on adding iOS 64-bit compatibility to support the upcoming Apple requirement that all new iOS applications submitted to the App Store include support for 64-bit.