RE: FLASH: edit-in-place

[Daniel Brown]

>> I thought that one of the key features of LiveMotion was to

>> be able to update a Photoshop file without having to reload it.

> 

> Sorry, no, when you import a PSD to LiveMotion there's not the option to

> keep media internal or external, as you'd see when importing a PSD to

> Director. Because there's not a Library*, I don't see a path reference to

> the external file as in Flash, either.


Well... This isn't entirely true. Since you're opening a Photoshop file from

within LiveMotion (which can serve as a container for multiple assets being

handed off), you can always save that file somewhere else under another

name. Hence, it's not referencing an external file partly because it doesn't

have to.


 

> (* LiveMotion *does* have a window named "Library", but it's a different

> use of the term than in Flash... it seems to be more like a shortcut

> through the Import dialog. This is more of the same crossnaming problem

> that you'll find with terms like "layer" or "behavior".)


Library can contain any object placed on a page, with rollovers and/or

animations attached. Hence, if an animated logo is needed on multiple pages,

it can be dragged to the library and then used several times.


 

> That said, in LiveMotion you *can* invoke Photoshop to edit bitmaps that

> were originally PSDs, by using the "Edit Original" menu command. If you

> check the image's titlebar in Photoshop, though, you'll find you're editing

> a temp file rather than the original file on disk.


No, again, they ARE PSD's. When you edit original, you're editing a

Photoshop file. And, yes, it's a temp file extracted from LiveMotion.



 

> Rephrased, you cannot update a file in Photoshop and have all LiveMotion

> files use this new reference, as you can in Director. You *can*, however,

> open a set of LiveMotion files and then edit each of their copies of the

> original image in Photoshop, though.


True.



> Sidenote: To actually have something resembling the "RoundTrip Graphics" in

> Fireworks 2, necessary improvements would have to include (a) keeping

> assets external; (b) finding the source file used to create a delivery

> file; (c) passing editing information between applications, such as the new

> dimensions of an image resized in Dreamweaver. This "RoundTrip Graphics"

> term is also in danger of being obfuscated.


This is coming in GoLive.



> It also doesn't look like the list of external editors is configurable...

> in Director and Dreamweaver you can choose which applications are invoked

> to edit particular media elements. LiveMotion seems hardwired to only

> invoke Adobe-brand tools....


That's true too. 



> If my observations here are incorrect, then I'd appreciate further info

> from the Adobe marketing folks on the list, thanks in advance.


(giggle!) He called us "Marketing" :) That's so cute! Joe? You gettin' this?



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