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Device Central
overview
Preview and Test Mobile Content
Launch Device Central from multiple programs
within Creative Suite 3 to preview your mobile
designs before pushing them live. Simulate
display and lighting conditions to see how your
design looks, then adjust gamma and contrast
values accordingly. Scale and align your art-
work to fit the device screen. Test on many
devices to see how your content will appear.
See Adobe Video Workshop topic,
Using the Device Central workspace
1
Launch or switch to Device Central
from Creative Suite:
From Photoshop or Illustrator:
File > Save for Web and Devices >
Device Central
From Flash: Choose the appropriate Flash
Lite publish setting for your preferred device;
Control > Test Movie
From Dreamweaver: Preview > Preview
in Device Central
From Bridge: Select the relevant document;
File > Test in Device Central
See Adobe Video Workshop topics:
Using Device Central with Photoshop, Using Device
Central with Flash, Using Device Central and Bridge
 Adobe Creative suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
Device Central allows users to preview and test mobile content on
a variety of devices available in the marketplace. You can browse,
search, and organize target devices, as well as examine device
capabilities used to support Flash, bitmap, video, and web content.
2
After automatically switching to Device
Central, test and preview your file on a variety
of virtual devices.
3 See how your file will look with different
reflection and backlight settings, experiment
with resizing your file, and return to the
original editing application to make any
required adjustments.
Flash® Lite Emulation
Go further with Flash Lite. Interact with your
content through the keypad on the emulated
device to make sure your content works as
expected. Simulate device and network states
right on the desktop. Calibrate your desktop
to gauge your content's expected performance
and memory consumption on the more
limited capabilities of a mobile device.
Use this feedback to optimize your content.
Device emulator
Display panel
Testing different backlight and
reflection settings can help show
you how your file might look
on the physical device.