flash as a IDE

Flash is a good integrated development environment.

The program can be use independently to create a whole product for example you could create a game with only using flash.

There are many useful functions in flash that help achieve its independence.

The first useful function is the tools such as brush,shape,fill ect. These tools help the user to create graphics for their desired end product, within the program. They are simple to use. All images created with these tools are automaticly turned into vector images. This is a good function as it stops any worry about your graphics being destroyed because of resizing.

The ability to import bitmaps is also a very good function. As much as the drawing tools are helpful,You may not be able to get the desired style of graphics you want. This is easily overcome by being able to import bitmaps. This function is extremely helpful for those that prefer creating bitmap images rather then vector images.

Action script is the biggest and main function of flash. This function helps do allot of things. For example it could help you create an objects that would mover across the stage when you press a key. Of you could make it follow your mouse. There are many things that can be created with action script. The greatest part is that even if you are not fully educated in scripting. It doesn't mean there is no hope. As there are allot of pre-made scripting for items such as scroll bars and buttons. So even if you have no talent with scripting then you are still able to create things.

Flash also has tools and filters to help you adjust images. For example you can add drop shadows to images to make them look as if they are above something as sometimes when adding in graphics to the stage they may look flat. These tools can also help add opacity to an object. This is useful for many things. Some of which are, making the graphics disappear once they've been hit. Of making them transparent so you can see what's behind it.

The animation feature is a highly useful toll as well. If you want something to explode on impact then you can do this easily inside flash without having to go through the hassle of making the animation in say Photoshop and importing it in. you can animate something by quickly jumping inside of the graphics and making an animation on the time frames. This feature adds diversity to flash as it can be used for purposes other then to create say a game.

Flash is compatible with computer hardware such as microphones and drawing tablets. This adds to its ability as with the addition of a tablet you will be able to create better quality graphics. even though flash has pre-set sounds you can use to add interest into your end project, They may not have the particular sound you want thankfully, you can use a microphone to record your own sounds.

With the feature ‘library’ items like buttons or players are able to be stored away. This decreases the size of the memory that is being used up and in return will make the game, website or whatever is being made less likely to chug. it also makes it easier to keep track of everything you have on your stage

There are many ways you could create items. For example you could make a website by using different frames for each page and inserting go to an stop commands. But you are also able to use only one frame and do the rest by coading. This is a good feature to have as it helps each person to be able to make a website in their own way. Having this feature reduces the number of people who may go and use a different program as flash is to ‘hard’

With all of these features and tools inside of one program it helps make it independent as everything can be made in this one program. With the sound features and the ability to create graphics in flash, there is no need for any other program. Flash is a grate integrated development environment as everything you may nead from another program, is all inside flash