| OVERVIEW | Flash CS3 Professional | SWiSH Max2 |
| Basics | | |
| Price | $699 | $149.95 |
| Limited Time Trial | 30 day | 15 days |
| File Size | 403MB Win / 750MB Mac | 30MB |
| Operating System | | |
| Windows | XP/VISTA | 2000/XP/VISTA |
| Macintosh | 0S X 10.4+ | Not Available |
| SOFTWARE FEATURES | | |
| Rich Drawing Capabilities | | |
| Powerful shape drawing | | |
| Shape primitives | | |
| Pen tool | | |
| Motion Path Tool | | |
| Perspective Tool | | |
| Paste from EPS (Adobe Illustrator) | | |
| Shape as Objects | | |
| AutoShapes | | |
| Transformation Tools | | |
| Shape Break and Grouping | | |
| Advanced Reshaping | | |
| Animation Tools | | |
| Frame based timeline | | |
| Tweening | Motion/Shape | Motion |
| Timeline Effects | 6 | 350 |
| Timeline Effect Authoring | | |
| Filter Effects (blur, glow etc.) | | via Script & Components |
| Image Filters (contrast, brightness etc.) | | |
| Blend Modes | | via Script & Components |
| Copy and paste animations | | |
| Advanced Easing Controls for Animations | | |
| Object-based Drawing Mode | | |
| Selective Export | Layers | Objects |
| FlashType Text Rendering Engine | | |
| PDF and EPS Import (Adobe Illustrator) | | |
| PSD Import | | |
| MP3 Audio Support | | |
| Bitmap caching | | via Script |
| Extensible Architecture | | |
| Undo/Redo options | Object or Document based | Object Based |
| Actionscript 1.0 development | | |
| Actionscript 2.0 development | | No classes |
| Actionscript 3.0 development | | |
| Templates | | |
| Components | | |
| Component Authoring | | |
| Data Components (Basic) | | |
| UI Components (Basic) | | |
| Vector Art and Component Applications | | |
| Component Locking/Protection | | |
| Script coding tools | | |
| Advanced Library | | Physics |
| Script assistant | | Assist Mode |
| Free format script editing | | |
| Code collapse | | |
| Comment tags | | |
| Custom syntax colouring | | |
| Include external script files | | |
| Convert Animations to Actionscript | | |
| Mobile Authoring | | |
| Mobile Authoring | | Limited. Via FSCcommand2 |
| User Experience | | |
| Dockable Panels | | |
| Templates | | |
| Text edit in place (per char attributes) | | |
| Spell Checking and Search/Replace | | Search/Replace |
| Advanced Video Component | | |
| Project Panel | | |
| Extensibility Architecture | | |
| Accessibility | | via Script |
| Customisable workspace | | |
| Password Protection | | |
| Content Library | | |
| Assets | | |
| Multiple Document Interface | | |
| Drawing Aid Panels (Guides, Align) | | |
| Custom Layouts | | |
| Multimedia | | |
| Embedded Video | | |
| External Video | | |
| Advanced Video Import Workflow | | |
| Advanced Video Component | | |
| Stand-alone Video Encoder | | |
| Flash Video Exporter Plug-in for QuickTime | | |
| Video Codecs Supported | SWF6-SWF9 | SWF6, SWF8 |
| Embedded Cue Points for FLV Files | | |
| Alpha Channel Support | | |
| Soundtracks | | |
| Export Options | | |
| Image Compression | | |
| Advanced Object Attributes | | |
| Export Animated GIF | | |
| Export PNG | | |
| Export AVI | | |
| Export EXE | | |
| Custom HTML template | | |
| Integrated FTP | | |
| SWF Metadata | | |
| Automatic image compression optimisation | | |
| Automatic symbols on export | Manual | |
| Test in player / Test in browser | | |
| ActionScript 1.0 export | | |
| ActionScript 2.0 export | | |
| ActionScript 3.0 export | | |
