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Video Support |
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Create distinctive
rich content and applications that incorporate video. Import
any standard video file supported by QuickTime or Windows
Media Player, including MPEG, DV (Digital Video), MOV (QuickTime),
and AVI. Manipulate, scale, rotate, skew, mask, and animate
video objects, and make them interactive using scripting.
Video is natively supported in Macromedia Flash Player 6 with
the addition of the Sorenson Spark codec. |
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Familiar UI With
New Property Inspector and Answers Panel |
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Learn Macromedia
Flash MX quickly with its familiar and flexible development
environment. User interface enhancements include collapsible
panels and a new context-sensitive Property inspector that
highlights what tools and objects can be used in relation
to a selected element. The user interface also contains a
new Answers panel that connects the web to the development
tool and provides useful information to designers and developers
within the user interface. |
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Dynamic Loading
of Images and Sound |
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Macromedia Flash
Player 6 now dynamically loads external JPEG and MP3 media
files during runtime, which results in smaller file sizes
and the developer's easy modification of the contentwithout
having to reauthor it. |
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Named Anchors |
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Develop usable user
interfaces and applications that ensure the best experience
for your viewers. With named anchors, Macromedia Flash MX
content can now be bookmarked, allowing for the use of the
browser Back and Forward buttons. |
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New Graphic Design
Tools and Color Mixer Enhancements |
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With the new Free
Transform tool and Pixel-Level Snapping Controlwhich
provide enhanced creative freedom and control over graphic
contentdesigners work faster. Color Mixer enhancements
make creating, editing, and using colors and gradients easier
than ever before with consistent color selection models and
interfaces. |
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Optimized Application
Server Integration |
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Use XML structured
data to populate visually rich user interfaces to create sales
forms, virtual shopping carts, customer surveys, and stock
availability matrixes. Persistent XML connectivity allows
real-time information to be displayed. |
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Develop and Playback
Accessible Content |
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Macromedia Flash
Player 6 now supports assistive technologies such as screen
readers through support of Microsoft Active Accessibility.
In addition, Macromedia Flash MX now integrates tools for
creating accessible content. To add descriptive text to animations
and user interface elements, select an item and enter the
appropriate description. Users with disabilities will be able
to experience your content. |
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Multilingual
Support |
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Vertical Text and
support for Unicode in Macromedia Flash MX enables developers
to rapidly build multilingual content and applications. Macromedia
Flash MX will ship in 11 languages, including three new languages:
Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. |
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Design for Multiple
Mediums |
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Design and deploy
content to any browser, platform, or device supporting Macromedia
Flash Player, the most widely distributed rich client technology
on the Internet. Macromedia collaborates with hardware, operating
system, and browser providers to ensure that Macromedia Flash
Player is available across leading desktop and device platforms
(Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, MicrosoftTV,
Symbian EPOC, Pocket PC, and others). |
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Pre-Built User Interface Components |
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Accelerate development with a core set of pre-built, customizable components for common application interfaces, including scrollbars, rich text fields, input buttons, radio buttons and check boxes, and list and combo boxes. These components ensure a common user experience across rich applications created with Macromedia Flash MX.
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