MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH User Manual download pdf (Page 8)

8 About Flash Asset Xtra for Flash Player 8

For a complete list of what’s new in Flash Player 8, see the section What's New in Flash 8

ActionScript > New in ActionScript 2.0 and Flash 8 > Additions to the ActionScript language

in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Flash in Flash Help or in LiveDocs format.

For complete Flash Player 8 API documentation, see ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference in

Flash Help or in LiveDocs format.

New Flash Player 8 features

This section highlights some of the new features that have been added to ActionScript 2.0 in

Flash 8.

On2 VP6 video codec lets you encode video files using the On2 VP6 video codec, which

provides superior video quality using the smallest possible file size.

Alpha channel support lets you encode video in which Flash removes and saves the

background as a transparency. This allows you to overlay (or composite) the video on top of

other Flash content, while the subject of the video remains in the foreground. For example,

you can use alpha channels to record a video clip of a presenter using a blue screen as a

backdrop. You can then encode the video with an alpha channel and place the presenter in

front of another image as the backdrop to the video.

Bitmap filter effects let you use ActionScript to apply filters to objects that Flash Player 8

renders at runtime. The filters include drop shadow, blur, glow, bevel, gradient glow, and

gradient bevel. You can also use an adjust color filter that lets you edit a movie clip’s

brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue.

The drawing API lets you control the line style of strokes that you draw and allows you to

create more complex gradients to fill shapes.

Text handling improvements let you use ActionScript to access advanced anti-aliasing

features such as FlashType. In addition, Macromedia has added new options, properties, and

parameters to the TextField and TextFormat classes.

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