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DEVICE CENTRAL

User Guide

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Change static and dynamic heap size from the Memory panel

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Select Simulate Performance.

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If execution speed is a factor, adjust the speed. On the Performance panel, move the Speed slider to the right or

left, to increase or decrease the execution speed. The default application execution speed is 100%, which is relative
to the performance category as defined in the database.

Note:

The slider position is saved on a per-device basis.

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If rendering quality is a factor, adjust the rendering quality. The default is Medium. Increasing quality results in

better visual appearance, but usually at the cost of a slower refresh rate (performance).

If the application uses enough memory to exceed either heap size you specified on the memory panel, the player
stops, but the frame at which the player stopped remains displayed to show you where the high memory usage
occurred. The Output window appears with an Out Of Memory error.

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To show performance on the selected mobile device (not your computer), click Emulate Performance.

Note:

The category listed on the Performance panel is derived from the calibration process and is the way that Adobe

groups devices based on performance. Comparing the categories of different mobile devices shows which are higher
performing devices.

About language settings in Device Central

Changing the Language setting displays the emulated content using the fonts that are associated with the device in
your preferences (File menu > Preferences). The Emulator tab displays fonts that are as similar as possible to those
used on the actual device. If you have the actual device font, change your font mapping to that font to emulate the
content as accurately as possible.

When you change the Language setting on the Device Status panel, ensure that a matching font is installed on your
computer and that the font is mapped to the language in Preferences. For example, if you change the Adobe Device
Central language setting to Japanese, but do not have any Japanese fonts installed or mapped in Preferences, the
Emulator cannot display text in Japanese.

Note:

The Device Central Language setting is comparable to the Flash Locale setting. The setting applies to values

returned from the host environment such as Flash Player or the device operating system.

The language setting also controls the formatting applied to date and time. For example, with language set to
German, the date and time appears as 20. Maerz 2006, but set to English it appears as March 20, 2006.

Note:

Advanced users familiar with XML can extend the list of languages provided through the Language combo box.

To do this, edit the DeviceLanguages.lng file in the Devices folder where Adobe Device Central is installed. On Windows®
XP, the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Device
Central CS3. On Windows® Vista™, the default location is C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Adobe\Adobe Device
Central CS3. On Mac OS, the default location is: user folder/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Device Central
CS3/Devices/devicelanguages.lng.

Summary of Contents for 29400084 - Photoshop CS3 Extended

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE...

Page 2: ...ystems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other coun...

Page 3: ...iles Working with devices 11 Search the Available Devices list 12 Work with devices and device sets 13 Chapter 4 Create preview and test content in Adobe Device Central Creating and previewing mobile...

Page 4: ...duct Think of Help both in the product and on the web as a hub for accessing additional content and communities of users The most complete and up to date version of Help is always on the web PDF docum...

Page 5: ...destination the title is referenced in the Title attribute of the Anchor tag For example the Previous and Next links include the titles of the previous and next topics Content supports high contrast m...

Page 6: ...new features and key techniques Each video covers a single subject and typically runs about 3 5 minutes Most videos come with an illustrated tutorial and source files so you can print out detailed ste...

Page 7: ...e file is professionally constructed and represents a best use example of product features Templates can be a valuable resource when you need to jump start a project Samples Sample files include more...

Page 8: ...dition to sample code and tutorials you ll find RSS feeds online seminars SDKs scripting guides and other technical resources Visit Adobe Developer Center at www adobe com go developer Customer suppor...

Page 9: ...eets the needs and expectations of the community Visit Adobe Labs at www adobe com go labs User communities User communities feature forums blogs and other avenues for users to share technologies tool...

Page 10: ...and create custom sets of the devices you use most Adobe Device Central supports different media formats including Adobe Flash bitmap video and web formats You can use different media formats to crea...

Page 11: ...The Generic mobile phones in the Available Devices panel always show all of the media types in the Device Profiles panel but they support only the stand alone Flash Player content type When you select...

Page 12: ...International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI number of the device that Device Central is emulating Each Global System for Mobile Communications GSM and Universal Mobile TeleCommu nications System UMT...

Page 13: ...nt mapping option to define the device fonts used when emulating a device In a Flash file you can specify generic device fonts such as sans serif or typewriter Adobe Flash Lite automatically tries to...

Page 14: ...le profiles and compare several devices at the same time For example you might have four target devices for Adobe Flash content you are developing View the profiles of the four devices at the same tim...

Page 15: ...u quickly search for a particular device in the Available Devices panel You can search by device name or several other criteria You can also group devices by manufacturer name or screen size or have A...

Page 16: ...lable Devices panel Work with devices and device sets Select an individual device When you select a device in the Available Devices panel or Device Sets panel Adobe Device Central displays detailed in...

Page 17: ...Device Central adds a number to the name Untitled Set 1 Untitled Set 2 and so on Note After creating a new Device Set folder you can drag the folder up and down to a new location under the My Favorit...

Page 18: ...the set to others on your team This can save time and ensure that everyone is creating and testing content using the same set of devices 1 In the Device Sets panel select the Device Set to export 2 S...

Page 19: ...All Selected Devices option and add a width and height in pixels Select a device or multiple devices from the Device Sets list or Available Devices list 5 If you selected multiple devices Device Cent...

Page 20: ...ther device double click the name of a different device in the Device Sets or Available Devices lists For tutorials about creating content using Flash and Device Central see http www adobe com go vid0...

Page 21: ...n Device Central 5 Select a content type The available Devices list on the left is updated and shows the devices that support the content type selected 6 In Device Central select a device several devi...

Page 22: ...A temporary file is displayed in the Device Central Emulator tab To continue testing double click the name of a different device in the Device Sets or Available Devices lists Preview a movie on a vir...

Page 23: ...NG GIF WBM MOV 3GP M4V MP4 MPG MPEG AVI HTM HTML XHTML CHTML URL and WEBLOC 1 Start Adobe Bridge 2 Do one of the following Select a file and click File Test in Device Central Right click a file and se...

Page 24: ...g quality of a SWF file use the _quality property or the SetQuality command Valid values for the _quality property are LOW MEDIUM and HIGH Limit the number of simultaneous tweens Reduce the number of...

Page 25: ...simpler ones Import bitmap graphics at the correct size don t import large graphics and scale them down in Flash because this wastes file size and run time memory The Flash Lite player does not suppor...

Page 26: ...ile size to the compressed file size to decide whether the selected compression setting is acceptable Set compression for all bitmap images 1 Select File Publish Settings and then click the Flash tab...

Page 27: ...alling removeListener before garbage collection If a function is being called dynamically and passing a fixed set of parameters use call instead of apply Make namespaces such as paths more compact to...

Page 28: ...an having Flash calculate them at run time For more tips and techniques for creating content for mobile phones and devices see www adobe com go learn_cs_mobilewiki_en Managing Flash Lite file memory f...

Page 29: ...me effect as using delete function func Create the Date object var funcDateObject new Date Returns the current date as a string trace funcDateObject Delete has no effect delete funcDateObject Still re...

Page 30: ...ame classes Excluding classes helps avoid duplicating classes in those files 1 Create a new XML file 2 Name the XML file FLA_filename_exclude xml where FLA_filename is the name of the FLA file without...

Page 31: ...o images such as highlighting tool tips special effects audio and animation Work within the final dimensions of your target mobile device s from the beginning Although SVG is scalable working within t...

Page 32: ...iew is helpful to compare values Use the presets available in Adobe Media Encoder Several presets are designed for export to 3GPP mobile devices in Adobe Media Encoder 3GPP presets come in standard si...

Page 33: ...ource of information about optimizing web pages for mobile devices For more tips and techniques for creating content for mobile phones and devices see www adobe com go learn_cs_mobilewiki_en Testing w...

Page 34: ...device The Emulator tab plays the content from the beginning If you double click a device other than a current selection Adobe Device Central removes the selection and selects that device instead The...

Page 35: ...re content types that the device manufacturer determines In Adobe Device Central the Device Profiles tab shows what content types are supported for each individual device Examples of content types are...

Page 36: ...you determine if your application uses features that are not available for the type of content that you are targeting If you change the content type during emulation the Emulator tab reloads the play...

Page 37: ...esting on the Emulator tab Note If the Timeout function is enabled the Backlight slider is disabled To enable the Backlight slider turn the Timeout option off Timeout Lets you automatically test the t...

Page 38: ...Width And Height Fit Width or Fit Height Scale To Move the Scale To slider bar to the left to scale down or to the right to scale up Fullscreen Mode For video content only Emulates switching the devi...

Page 39: ...Memory panel to visually locate the large parts of the file Another way to use the Memory panel is to lower the dynamic heap number to simulate when other activities are taking place on a mobile devi...

Page 40: ...tly because other processes running on your computer affect performance Calibrate a device 1 Open the Emulator tab by doing one of the following From Adobe Device Central select File Open navigate to...

Page 41: ...in your preferences File menu Preferences The Emulator tab displays fonts that are as similar as possible to those used on the actual device If you have the actual device font change your font mapping...

Page 42: ...battery level to 10 without having to wait until the battery actually decreases to 10 power This is helpful for example to test that a low battery indicator appears when the battery reaches a certain...

Page 43: ...ice It allows SWF files to save data to the device when it is closed and load that data from the device when it is played again For more infor mation see the Flash Lite 2 0 documentation You can use t...

Page 44: ...ce info warning and error messages can be found in the Flash help system 1 Open a Flash file in Adobe Device Central 2 Select View Flash Output Show 3 Do any of the following as required To show or hi...

Page 45: ...language 10 Available Devices panel 8 B backlight setting 34 battery level 39 bitmap images compressingformobiledevices 22 23 in mobile devices 22 Bridge Home 4 brightness setting 34 C calibration mob...

Page 46: ...panel 8 network setting 40 New Document tab 8 33 O Opera s Small Screen Rendering 34 P Performance panel 8 performance testing 37 Persistent Storage panel 8 40 phone IDs 9 Photoshop See Adobe Photosho...

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