Editing swf (flash) files

[John]

Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
> Thanks for the response. However, i suppose Flash MX is a commercial
> product right?
>
> Marcel wrote:
>   
>> Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
>>     
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Is there a tool that is capable of editing Macromedia shockwave files
>>> (swf,flash)? Not looking for Adobe's expensive tools. Wondering if there
>>> is any Linux solution.
>>>       
>> No, there are open-source projects that have attempted to remedy this
>> problem, but none are ready for end-users yet as far as I know.
>>
>> Most promising project: http://www.uira.org/
>>
>> This one looks interesting as well, and has Fedora RPMs for download!
>> http://www.flameproject.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>
>> You can run the Macromedia software on Fedora using wine. Last time I
>> tried Macromedia Flash MX it was very unstable and I saw lots of strange
>> glitches in the gui. But since I've upgraded wine to the latest version
>> it seems to be a lot better, to the point that I'd say Flash MX is
>> actually usable.
>> (Mind you, I'm still using Fedora Core 5, and it was a bit of a mission
>> to get Flash MX to install in Wine - your experience may differ :)
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Marcel
>>
>>
>>     
>
>   
  Yup; there should still be student versions available; its the full 
program, but you can't upgrade it to a new version (when its  
available). I bought Flash 4 years ago and it was roughly 2/3rds cheaper 
than the regular copy.