Re: FLASH: Generator 2: Is this an acid flashback?

[Graveshow]

Hate to say it, but, this is almost like saying:


"Hey, if the only people looking at it are your buddies and family, you don't

need it, but, if you expect to build a site that's successful, buckle down and

pay the big bucks."


And dont we design EVERY site we do in the hopes that they are successful?


Simply being on par with other "high performance servers" doesnt explain the

jump in price......Generator 1.0 wasnt nearly this expensive....and I used 1.0

to build the dynamic stock chart at CNN......


So now I have to keep Generator 1.0, but, if I build anything in Flash 4.0

using the newer cooler features (or 5.0, 6.0, 7.0) I'm out of luck, because,

the price has gone so high.


So am I to believe that its priced comparably to say Windows NT Server (at

about $2600 or so) because Generator 2 is meant to do more and even raplace NT

Server?


-G


John Dowdell wrote:


> At 9:02 AM 10/15/99, Top-Link Tech (Charles Moulton wrote:

> > I gotta ask you guys...maybe I'm suffering the effects of a

> > wayward youth, and I'm having some sort of drug induced

> > flashback thats been left over from my teens..... But is

> > the price of Generator 2 actually $1,499? ($2,999 new)

>

> I have no personal knowledge of your inner experience, but I can confirm

> that the price of the serverside Macromedia Generator is more in line with

> other high-performance servers, than it is with clientside authoring tools.

> Yes, it's $3k new, $1.5K upgrade.

>

> Do you need it? Maybe, maybe not. You can certainly create data-driven

> graphics with the Flash 4 authoring tool, too. Here are some different

> scenarios:

>

> --  If you just wish to replace Flash text with realtime data, then learn

> how to use Load Variables and the rest of F4's high-end interactivity. You

> can create Flash pieces which modify themselves on the fly.

>

> --  If you instead need to do some precise *types* of displays, such as pie

> or scatter charts, or integration of arbitrary JPEGs or GIFs at

> display-time, or tables or lists or plots, then it can be less expensive to

> use Generator's readymade objects than to script it yourself.

>

> --  If you only need to occasionally create data-driven graphics, which

> will be statically served, then you might look into any of the third-party

> Generation routines. (If you're instead on a high-volume site, then

> Macromedia Generator may be a more appropriate option.)

>

> --  If you need to create GIFs or JPEGs or PNGs or QuickTime files from

> data-driven Flash templates, then Macromedia Generator can fill this

> distinct need too.

>     (Rephrased, Macromedia Generator uses Flash templates to create the

> base artwork, and can integrate realtime text, data or other media on the

> fly, and exports in realtime to a variety of web graphic formats.)

>

> --  If you're not sure, then download it... there's a 60-day evaluation

> available. Even if you *don't* need Macromedia Generator now yourself, by

> intimately knowing what you can do with it you're in a good position if a

> client *does* one day ask you to solve realtime graphics problems for them.

>

> jd




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