Update: Flash Player 10
beta 2 was released on
7/2/2008 and includes
new features and
bug fixes. Please
download the new version.
Adobe®Flash® Player 10, code-named "Astro," introduces new expressivefeatures and visual performance improvements that allow interactivedesigners and developers to build the richest and most immersive Webexperiences. These new capabilities also empower the community toextend Flash Player and to take creativity and interactivity to a newlevel.
This public prerelease is an opportunity fordevelopers and consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe onnew features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authoredcontent. Once you’ve installed Flash Player 10 beta, you can viewinteractive demos. You can also help make Flash Player better byvisiting all of your favorite sites, making sure they work the same orbetter than with the current player.
Key New Features
3D Effects -Easily transform and animate any display object through 3D space whileretaining full interactivity. Fast, lightweight, and native 3D effectsmake motion that was previously reserved for expert users available toeveryone. Complex effects are simple with APIs that extend what youalready know.
Custom Filters and Effects - Create and
share your own portable filters, blend modes, and fills using
Adobe Pixel Bender™,the same technology used for many After Effects CS3 filters. Shaders inFlash Player are about 1KB and can be
scripted and animated at runtime.
Advanced Text Layout- A new, highly flexible text layout engine, co-existing withTextField, enables innovation in creating new text controls byproviding low-level access to text offering right-to-left and verticaltext layout, plus support for typographic elements like ligatures.
Enhanced Drawing API- Runtime drawing is easier and more powerful with re-styleableproperties, 3D APIs, and a new way of drawing sophisticated shapeswithout having to code them line by line.
Visual Performance Improvements– Applications and videos will run smoother and faster with expandeduse of hardware acceleration. By moving several visual processingtasks to the video card, the
CPU is free to do more.
Enhanced Sound APIs– Work with loaded MP3 audio at a lower level in Flash Player 10. Thenew APIs will let you do application-level audio mixing throughActionScript and even audio filtering with Adobe Pixel Bender
Flash Player 10 Downloads The following downloads will install Flash Player 10 beta 2, which was released on July 2, 2008.
Important: All users should
uninstall any currently installed Flash Player before installing the latest beta.
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