{"id":12638,"date":"2008-01-28T13:06:38","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T13:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2008\/01\/putting-video-inside-the-photoshop-ui.html"},"modified":"2008-01-28T13:06:38","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T13:06:38","slug":"putting_video_inside_the_photoshop_ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/28\/putting_video_inside_the_photoshop_ui\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting video inside the Photoshop UI"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’ve mentioned a number of times, there’s huge potential in extending Photoshop via embedded Flash–something we’ve already prototyped in CS3<\/a>.  Among the Flash Player’s capabilities, of course, is the ability to display video, including high quality H.264<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The idea of putting video inside Photoshop, however, sometimes draws blanks stares.  "Dude, why would I want to watch Transformers<\/em> in a Photoshop palette?"  You wouldn’t, of course.  For a more practical example, look to the new MacBook Air.<\/p>\n

Apple has posted a set of little videos<\/a> that show off the gestures enabled by the laptop’s–er, notebook’s<\/em>–new trackpad.  (Click the little arrow by the pictures of fingers.)  Each clip is short n’ sweet, showing just what’s needed to communicate the idea.<\/p>\n

The thing they don’t mention here, though, and that I learned by watching a demo at Macworld, is that the videos appear inside the Keyboard & Mouse section of system prefs.  If you forget how they work, just pop open the controls & get a quick demo.<\/p>\n

That’s<\/em> more what I have in mind for Adobe applications.  Now, as with all the times I mention future ideas, I have to manage expectations: if you like the idea, don’t be disappointed if you don’t see video clips popping out of every dialog box in Photoshop.  Having said that, we hope to do things in a very Adobe way–opening the platform to the community.  Something tells me that more than a few of the savvy educators out there will see an opportunity to enhance the Photoshop user experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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