Adobe InDesign® CS5.5 also provides export to SWF without writing code. When would I use Flash Catalyst versus InDesign?
Adobe InDesign CS5.5 software is a page layout tool that lets you design high-quality documents and interactive presentations. InDesign provides tools for precise control over typography, designing, preflighting, and publishing and delivers a free-form design approach that is ideal for creating traditional documents, such as magazines and newspapers, for both print and digital formats, or for mobile devices. Flash Catalyst is an interaction design tool and is not designed for creating documents or presentations. Flash Catalyst is ideal for authoring interactive content such as Flex based interfaces and applications. Additionally, Flash Catalyst projects can be imported into Flash Builder, where developers can bind services to Flex components and build out application logic.