Adobe Flash Catalyst

Developer(s)| Adobe Systems
Stable release|

CS5.5 (1.5) / April 12, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-04-12)

Operating system| Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Type| Rich web application
License| Proprietary commercial software
Website| www.adobe.com/products/flashcatalyst/

Adobe Flash Catalyst (formerly known by its codename Thermo) is a designers' tool for creating the user interface for rich web applications (formerly known as Rich Internet Applications).[1]

Development and sales of Adobe Flash Catalyst ended on April 23, 2012.

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Features

With Flash Catalyst, user interface architects can create the user interface for Adobe Flex (now Adobe Flash Builder 4) applications using Adobe graphics software. Then developers can use the result to build the rest of the application in Flex.

Flash Catalyst can import Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, or Flash XML Graphics (FXG) files keeping all their features. The converted artwork can then be used as functional UI components (creating Flex component skins). After importing, users use simple WYSIWYG techniques to create and edit behaviors (mouse event handling, etc.) without writing code and create animated transitions. Flash Catalyst can also use design-time data placeholders when marking up an application, testing interactivity, and choreographing motion. These placeholders can then be replaced at production-time with final artwork. This same method can be used to create UIs to handle dynamic data without having access to the actual data source.

Imported objects are maintained as linked files, so behaviors created in Flash Catalyst are still maintained even after the original file is edited in its originating program (e.g., Photoshop or Illustrator). Flash Catalyst is also compatible with Adobe Flash Builder (formerly called "Flex Builder"), using the same project format.

In addition to its primary function of being a GUI composer for Adobe Flex components, Flash Catalyst also features a basic code workspace, which consists of a subset of Adobe Flash Builder's panels. Both tools being based on Eclipse, the code editor, project navigator and problems view are basically the same in both products.

## See also

* Criticism of Creative Cloud

## References

1. ↑ "Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™ CS5 - A Smart Choice for Web Designers > Design fidelity | Adobe Press". https://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1583176.

## External links

* Adobe Catalyst Usergroup UK

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Adobe Flash

File
formats|

* ActionScript (AS)
* Action Message Format (AMF)
* Flash Video (FLV)
* Flash XML Graphics (FXG)
* Local shared objects (LSOs)
* MXML
* Flash Movie (SWF)
* Flash Code Library (SWC)

Software
(list)|

| Players|

* Adobe AIR
* Adobe Flash Player
* Gnash
* Lightspark
* Gameswf
* Tamarin

|

Animation
tools|

* Adobe Animate
* Toon Boom
* Moho
* Vyond
* Stencyl

Programming
tools|

* FlashDevelop
* Powerflasher FDT
* Apache Flex
* Haxe (OpenFL)
* CrossBridge
* Adobe Scout
* FlashFirebug

Libraries|

* Starling Framework
* Away3D
* Flare3D
* Stage3D
* PureMVC
* Ming
* List of Flex frameworks

Converters|

* Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
* SWFTools
* swfmill
* Google Swiffy
* Adobe Wallaby

Server-side|

* Adobe Flash Media Server

Obsolete
software|

* Adobe Flash Builder
* Adobe Flash Catalyst
* Adobe Flash Lite
* SWFAddress
* SWFObject
* MTASC
* Scaleform GFx
* SWiSH Max
* Swift 3D
* Papervision3D
* Ajax Animator
* Shumway
* Swfdec
* OpenLaszlo

Related
topics|

* Comparison of HTML5 and Flash
* Thoughts on Flash
* Flash animation
* films
* television
* Protected Streaming
* Real-Time Messaging Protocol
* Real-Time Media Flow Protocol

Developers|

* FutureWave Software
* Macromedia
* Adobe Inc.

* Category

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