# Announcing Macromedia MX 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282 "2003-08-25T05:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kode)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/1 "2003-08-25T05:12:56Z")
Check it out for yourself!! 😛 > **[Adobe: Creative, marketing and document management solutions](https://www.adobe.com/)** > > Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. We help our customers create, deliver and optimize content and applications. I love the new style of macromedia’s site BTW. :love: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/2 "2003-08-25T05:21:00Z")
Yeah their site is very nice ! And so is the black box of Studio MX ! :love: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/3 "2003-08-25T05:33:21Z")
Yeah! I’m so pre-ordering this thing tomorrow!! :love: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/4 "2003-08-25T05:41:00Z")
Accelerate Timeline Effects Behaviors PDF and EPS (Adobe Illustrator 10) support Compiler and Macromedia Flash Player Performance Gains New Components V2 Component Architechture Templates Start Page Help Panel Polystar Tool Control ActionScript 2.0 CSS Style Sheets Unicode Support Strings Panel Alias Text Video Import Wizard Spell Checking & Search/Replace Extend Extensibility Architecture History Panel & Commands Accessibility Deployment Kit Publish Settings Robust Development Forms Advanced Components Connecting to Data Sources Data Bound Components Updating Data Sources with Delta Packets ActionScript Support for Data Project Panel Source Code Control Slides Professional Video 3rd Party Application Integration High-Quality Video Improved Video Encoder External FLV with Progressive Playback Media Components Device Development External Players MIDI Ring Tone support Templates … what the Professional Version has. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/5 "2003-08-25T05:44:46Z")
bad\*\*\*\*\* chit mang. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/6 "2003-08-25T05:50:55Z")
OMFG look at all the new stuff i cannot wait :faints: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/7 "2003-08-25T09:20:17Z")
interesting… they say there will be CSS support in Flash take the tour… slide 2 in 0.53 Flash and Dreamweaver can now share CSS files… I just hope we’ll be able to turn anti-aliasing off… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/8 "2003-08-25T10:39:29Z")
SooB, I was just there a couple of hours looking for anything anew and they pull this stuff out from under my nose :hangover: good call kax 😉 =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/9 "2003-08-25T10:55:19Z")
I was searching for a TechNote for this guy I was helping, and suddenly the site changed! 😛 Really cool new stuff, I can’t wait to get my hands on it! …And kax!? Who’s that? :whistle: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/10 "2003-08-25T14:19:08Z")
hehe i have known about htis for some time…couldnt say anything though. i really cant wait. although i just bought studio mx (price came way down so i thought mike lets be legal!) but hey there is upgrades 😃 cool stuff, looks amazing! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/11 "2003-08-25T14:31:49Z")
The JavaScript API is a biggie. Dreamweaver and fireworks have had it and its about time so did Flash. This will make authoring in Flash just ROCK for designers. I suspect many (I _know_ some) of the other new features are just extensions of the Javasctipy API like the timeline effects and behaviors and the polystar drawing tool. Very cool. Just need more time in life to develop this kind of stuff 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/12 "2003-08-25T15:06:58Z")
sen masters FMX and they hit him with AS 2.0. this is going to be so cool, an upgrade is in the near future… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/13 "2003-08-25T15:22:02Z")
I have a question - now since there are two versions, is the Flash MX 2004 going to have a timeline and the developer edition isnt? I really hope that’s not the case or there is some kind of option to switch it on and off… anyone know for sure? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/14 "2003-08-25T15:56:39Z")
I gotta buy that! :love: Nice one Kax 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/15 "2003-08-25T16:08:50Z")
sure shot [http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/static\_tour/media/index.html#01](http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/static_tour/media/index.html#01) its in there kinda middle of the page 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/16 "2003-08-25T16:17:09Z")
Aw d\*mnit still no spell check! or alpha masking! edit: but they do have some pretty hot stuff. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/17 "2003-08-25T16:18:51Z")
Ehmm… Coppertop… [http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/static\_tour/easy/index.html#04](http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/static_tour/easy/index.html#04). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/18 "2003-08-25T16:20:01Z")
Hey they do! SWEET!!! But they didn’t bring back FLash5’s alpha masking. THat was the biggie. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/19 "2003-08-25T16:29:16Z")
since when did Flash 5 have alpha masking ![](http://userpages.umbc.edu/~tmccau1/images/smilies/huh.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282/20 "2003-08-25T17:04:59Z")
well, in flash 5, if your mask was only 50% transparancy, then the thing you were masking would have 50% transparancy. You could also make transparancy gradients, which could give come really cool effects. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/announcing-macromedia-mx-2004/29282.md?page=2)