I am using Flash Catalyst for few projects now and I have to say that Flash Catalyst rocks!

I am able to convert vector images right into Flex Gumbo and no need to chop designers images any more. Keep in mind that Flash Catalyst is still in Alpha version so I don’t have the luxury to use it on all projects since it requires Flash 10.

Flash Catalyst allows you to import your art work from Adobe Illustrator and the graphic get converted to FXG, however if you try to compile and run your project you sometimes get a blank screen.. don’t get alarmed..

Flash Catalyst bring back all your layers from Flash Illustrator CS4, however it creates a tag around your layer, which cause Flex to ignore the entire block of code. The solution is simple. Remove the tags and you are all set.

Here’s an example of tags generated for a layer imported from Illustrator:

<DesignLayer d:id="2" userLabel="Layer1">
    // FXG code
</DesignLayer>

This little tip can save you about 15-30 valuable development time.