What's new in Adobe Creative Suite Extension Builder 3.0 Preview 3

Aug 2, 2013
  • Key features added in this preview include:
  • Support for additional CC Applications —This release supports building HTML5/JavaScript extensions for additional CC desktop applications: InDesign CC and Flash Pro CC, as well as those supported in the previous preview.
  • UI Enhancements —In this release, extension panels that you build for Photoshop, Prelude, and Premiere Pro are designed to more closely match the UI of the host application.
  • Adobe Extension Builder 3.0 offers these new features:
  • New Project Wizard —The New Project Wizard can guide you to generate a new HTML extension project. The new project generated can be executed in target Adobe products directly. The new project wizard also provides several templates for the new project, such as minimum project, a project integrated with Adobe IPC library, etc.
  • In-app Debugging —Extension Builder 3 enables a debugging tool that is embedded in Adobe products, allowing you to step through your extension’s code while it runs in the target application.
  • Export with JavaScript Obfuscation — Extension Builder includes tools to help you package your finished extension in the ZXP format, so that you can offer it in Adobe Exchange, and users can install and manage it with Extension Manager. During export, you can choose the JavaScript Obfuscation option, causing the JavaScript code in your extension to be processed by the Google JavaScript Obfuscator.
  • Bundle Manifest Editor —Extension Builder includes a graphical interface that allows you to examine and change the settings of your extensions without having to directly edit the manifest.
  • HTML Extension Samples — In addition to templates, this preview includes samples that illustrate the new HTML functionality. You can install and execute these samples in Photoshop CC and Premiere Pro CC.

New in Adobe Creative Suite Extension Builder 1.5 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • CS5.5 extension development: Develop extensions for both CS5 and CS5.5.
  • Enhanced hybrid extension developer workflows: Hybrid extensions incorporate C/C++ plug-in components. You can now use the Bundle Manifest Editor to define components of hybrid extensions, and export hybrid extensions using the Export wizard.
  • Profiling support: Use the Flash Builder Profiler to examine a CS extension while it is running to find memory leaks or performance bottlenecks.
  • Library updater: Download updates to Extension Builder libraries, or pick up new ones as they become available.
  • XMP support: This release offers additional tools for integrating XMP metadata into your extension:
  • XMP FileInfo: Develop Creative Suite XMP FileInfo panels using the Adobe XMP FileInfo SDK.
  • XMP Namespace Designer (BETA in this release): Define custom XMP namespaces and generate libraries and Adobe XMP FileInfo panels for working with them.