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DEVICE CENTRAL 20 User Guide Preview mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Dreamweaver To preview pages created in Dreamweaver on various mobile devices, use Device Central with its built-in Opera Small-Screen Rendering feature. Different devices have different browsers installed, but the preview can give a good impression of how content will look and behave on a selected device. 1 Start Dreamweaver. 2 Open a file. 3 Do one of the following: • Select File > Preview in Browser > Device Central. • On the document window toolbar, click and hold the Preview/Debug In browser button and select Preview In Device Central. The 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. Access Adobe Device Central from Adobe Bridge To access Device Central from Adobe Bridge, select an individual file. The supported formats are: SWF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, 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 select Test in Device Central. The 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. Note: To browse device profiles or to create mobile documents, select Tools > Device Central. Device Central opens with the Devices Profiles tab shown. For a tutorial about using Adobe Bridge and Device Central, see http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0208. Tips for creating content for mobile devices Creating Flash content for use on mobile devices To create Flash content for mobile devices, follow some basic principles. For example, Flash developers often avoid extremely complex artwork and excessive tweening or transparency. Flash Lite developers face additional challenges because performance on mobile devices varies greatly. If content must be published to many different devices, developers sometimes have to author for the lowest common denominator.

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Getting started	4
Adobe Help	4
Adobe Help resources	4
Using Help in the product	4
Resources	6
Adobe Video Workshop	6
Adobe Device Central 1.1 videos	6
Extras	6
Bridge Home	7
Adobe Design Center	8
Adobe Developer Center	8
Customer support	8
Downloads	8
Adobe Labs	8
User communities	9
Chapter 2: Introducing Adobe Device Central	10
Using Adobe Device Central	10
About Adobe Device Central	10
Work area components	10
Change preferences	12
Change the default phone ID	12
Change undo levels	12
Change the application language	13
Change the font mapping	13
Chapter 3: Managing device profiles	14
Working with devices	14
About device profiles	14
View device profiles	14
Group devices by different criteria	15
Group devices by content type	15
Search the Available Devices list	15
Search for a specific device	15
Save search results as a new device set	16
Clear search results	16
Work with devices and device sets	16
Select an individual device	16
Create a device set	17
Create a device subset	17
Add a device to a device set	17
Delete a device or device set	17
Move a device in the device sets panel	18
Obtain device profile updates	18
Export a device set	18
Import a device set	18
Chapter 4: Create, preview, and test content in Adobe Device Central	19
Creating and previewing mobile content with Adobe Device Central	19
Access Adobe components from Adobe Device Central	19
Create mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Flash CS3	19
Create mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Photoshop	20
Create mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Illustrator	21
Preview a movie on a virtual mobile device using Adobe Premiere Pro	22
Preview a movie on a virtual mobile device using After Effects	22
Preview mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Dreamweaver	23
Access Adobe Device Central from Adobe Bridge	23
Tips for creating content for mobile devices	23
Creating Flash content for use on mobile devices	23
Flash Lite guidelines for animation in mobile devices	24
Flash Lite bitmap and vector graphics in mobile devices	25
Flash Lite video in mobile devices	25
Set compression of Flash Lite bitmaps for mobile devices	26
Optimizing Flash Lite frames for mobile devices	26
Optimizing ActionScript for Flash Lite content on mobile devices	27
Managing Flash Lite file memory for mobile devices	28
Loading data for mobile devices in Flash Lite	29
Exclude classes from compilation for Flash Lite	30
Tips for creating Photoshop images for mobile devices	30
Tips for creating Illustrator images for mobile devices	31
Tips for creating video for mobile devices	32
Tips for creating Dreamweaver web content for mobile devices	33
Testing with the Emulator tab	33
Open the Emulator tab	33
Use the Emulator tab keys with your keyboard	34
Change to a different test device	34
Rotate the display	34
Zoom in or out	34
Use the detached view on the Emulator tab	34
Using the Testing panels	35
About the testing panels	35
About content types	35
View file information	36
About display options	37
Change display options	37
Use Opera’s Small-Screen Rendering	37
Change or scale image or video file	38
Change image or video alignment	38
Testing information for Flash	39
About the Memory panel	39
Change the static or dynamic heap size	39
About device calibration	39
Calibrate a device	40
Test content performance	40
About language settings in Device Central	41
Change the language, time zone, date, or time	42
Change the volume or battery level	42
Simulate an external power source	42
Network options and Flash Lite FSCommands	42
Change network information	43
About persistent storage	43
Change persistent storage amount	43
Obtain information from the Flash Output window	44
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DEVICE CENTRAL

User Guide

Preview mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Dreamweaver

To preview pages created in Dreamweaver on various mobile devices, use Device Central with its built-in Opera

Small-Screen Rendering feature. Different devices have different browsers installed, but the preview can give a good

impression of how content will look and behave on a selected device.

Start Dreamweaver.

Open a file.

Do one of the following:

•

Select File > Preview in Browser > Device Central.

•

On the document window toolbar, click and hold the Preview/Debug In browser button

and select Preview In

Device Central.

The 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.

Access Adobe Device Central from Adobe Bridge

To access Device Central from Adobe Bridge, select an individual file. The supported formats are: SWF, JPG, JPEG,

PNG, GIF, WBM, MOV, 3GP, M4V, MP4, MPG, MPEG, AVI, HTM, HTML, XHTML, CHTML, URL, and

WEBLOC.

Start Adobe Bridge.

Do one of the following:

•

Select a file and click File > Test in Device Central.

•

Right-click a file and select Test in Device Central.

The 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.

Note:

To browse device profiles or to create mobile documents, select Tools > Device Central. Device Central opens with

the Devices Profiles tab shown.

For a tutorial about using Adobe Bridge and Device Central, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0208

Tips for creating content for mobile devices

Creating Flash content for use on mobile devices

To create Flash content for mobile devices, follow some basic principles. For example, Flash developers often avoid

extremely complex artwork and excessive tweening or transparency.

Flash Lite developers face additional challenges because performance on mobile devices varies greatly. If content

must be published to many different devices, developers sometimes have to author for the lowest common denom-

inator.