Want to learn some of the Adobe Flash CS4 new features ?

I've just finished to read this interesting article on the last issue of  The Edge magazine:

Adobe Flash CS4: New features and improved workflow

Tha article was written by Doug Winnine that explored some of the biggest features of Flash CS4 Professional and show you how they can improve your workflow.
This is a recap of the new features of Flash CS4:

Doing more with animation: the new animation model, the workflow is easy. Simply select the frame you want your object to end up on and move the object to its desired location

New Flash CS4  Motion Editor

Flash CS4 now adds animation of 2D objects within 3D space, entirely within the application — no code required. Flash offers two ways to create 3D animation: the 3D rotation and 3D translation

Packaging and sharing motion

Bones: Objects such as characters, animals, or mechanical gadgets have skeletons or limbs that restrict certain types of movement. Flash CS4 can easily add this type of structure, or virtual bones, to your animation subject in one of two ways. You can connect individual objects together as segments of limbs. Or you can give structure to a single existing object

Flash CS4 introduces the XFL file format, a publishing format for InDesign and After Effects that is natively Flash.