Flash Catalyst CS5 A First Look

Flash Catalyst is a new design tool that aims to accelerate the development of rich user interfaces. Catalyst helps bridge the gap between designer and developer in the creation of Flash/Flex based internet application creation. Catalyst allows deigners to use existing skills and work with the tools they are familiar with to seamlessly convert their design into an interactive Flash programs.

Our guest Presenter, Rich Humphreys, will be giving us first look at Flash Catalyst CS5 and how you can take your Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks artwork and transform it into fully interactive projects, or prototype without writing code which can be easily passed to developers to create robust data-driven Flex Applications. Rich will also adress how to best prepare your design files for optimal conversion in Catalyst.

Rich Humphreys is an Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe Certified Instructor and Developer. He has been teaching Flash since its' inception. He also is an avid freelancer both in web design and sculpture.