Field Notes Inside an Integrated Communications Agency

Adobe Flash 10 hit the streets and it sports a ton of new design tools. But there are two new features that are going to dominate the graphic design of the next 2 years: the new Z property and the new 3-D features.

The addition of the Z (depth) axis in additon to the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) axis right in the authoring environment is going to spur a use of "depth" as a design element/style. Expect to see designers adopting this new feature and incorporating it into design even more than we have seen.

Combine this new feature with the 3D translation and rotation tools in Flash and we see a rudimentary 3D environment taking shape.

For people wanting greater 3D capabilities (and there will be many), expect Papervision 3D and Away 3D to become more popular as they mature and build upon the new native Flash 10 features.