Macromedia Flash System Requirements & Features

System Requirements Flash 8 supports Windows® 2000, Windows XP and Macintosh Mac OS® X 10.3 and 10.4. However, starting with this release Flash no longer supports Windows 98 or Macintosh OS 10.2.x or earlier. Features : Expressiveness Filters Blend modes FlashType—high-quality font rendering engine Bitmap caching Custom easing control Improved text tool Enhanced stroke properties Advanced gradient control Video Higher quality video codec Alpha channel support Advanced video encoding options Stand alone video encoder Video Encoder plug-in for professional video editing tools Embedded cue points Video import workflow Improved easily-skinnable video component User Experience Script assist ( formerly called normal mode ) Advanced library Object drawing model Improved panel management Stage pasteboard expansion Undo / redo options SWF Metadata Mobile Authoring Interactive mobile device emulator Improved actions panel