New Flash Lite 3 Training Video up on Adobe Dev Centre

Late last year I helped to develop a video-based intro to working with Flash Lite 3 for the Adobe Mobile and Devices Developer Centre. I'm pleased to say that this has now gone live.

This video tutorial was produced as a kind of "getting started" resource for mobile designers and developers coming across to Flash. Here's what we cover:

• Introducing Flash Lite 3.0
• Understanding Flash Lite’s Functionality
• Understanding the Mobile Landscape
• Types of Content Suited for Flash Lite Development
• Getting Started
• The Flash CS4 Interface
• Device Central CS4
• Transferring Files to a Mobile Device
• Comparing Mobile Specific Issues with the Desktop Flash Player
• Using Adobe Device Central
• Understanding the role of Device Central CS4
• Using Device Profiles and Device Sets
• Interacting with content through Panels
• Snapshots and Video Presentations
• Automated Test Scripts
• Mobile Development Workflow
• Planning a mobile application
• Storyboarding and concept development
• Skeleton code development
• Putting it all together
• Adding Flash Video to a Flash Lite 3 Mobile Application
• Using Video in Flash Lite
• FLV Encoding Settings for Mobile
• Delivering Video to a Device
  

Familiar content for some of you, but I think good knowledge for those newcomers who are arriving on Flash mobile's doorstep every day. I recently gave an eSeminar to a room full of designers who had very little understanding of what you could with Flash on mobile devices. As I normally deal mostly with people who are long time Flash mobile designers/developers, it was very satisfying to talk to these people and see their excitement at the possibilities and I hope that this new video content will be of benefit to them and others who are starting to explore the world of Flash on mobile.

A big thanks goes to Suzanne Nguyen for getting me on board with the project, Gabriel Gasca (video guy you may have seen dashing around many of the mobile events and sessions at MAX San Francisco last year) from Fuego Creative for the production, to Darren Osadchuk of Ludicrous Software for helping me with the static slide content, and of course the ever-professional George Fox at Adobe for putting it all together on the Dev Centre.