Flash 10 Beta 2 med forbedret 3D

Adobe har sluppet Flash 10 Beta 2 med endel forbedringer som også kommer Linuxbrukere tilgode. Betaen gir adgang til forbedrede 3D effekter, avansert tekstformatering, et utvidet API of "tegning" og forbedringer i visuell ytelse.

Utgivelsen er parallell for OSX, Windows og Linux og gir støtte for vindusløs modus "wmode", Video 4 Linux 2 (V4L2) støtte for webkamera med Flash, bedre språkstøtte, bedre ytelse og stabilitet. Det er fortsatt ikke en 64-bit versjon tilgjengelig.

Versjonene installeres som Flash 10.0.0.525-release og det er nødvendig å avinstallere eksisterende flashspiller før installasjon. Pakken kommer som tar.gz og rpm.

Her er momentene som Adobe selv poengterer:

• Advanced Text Layout - A new, highly flexible text layout engine, co-existing with TextField, enables innovation in creating new text controls by providing low-level access to text offering right-to-left and vertical text layout, plus support for typographic elements like ligatures.
• Enhanced Drawing API - Runtime drawing is easier and more powerful with re-styleable properties, 3D APIs, and a new way of drawing sophisticated shapes without having to code them line by line.
• Visual Performance Improvements – Applications and videos will run smoother and faster with expanded use of hardware acceleration. By moving several visual processing tasks 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. The new APIs will let you do application-level audio mixing through ActionScript and even audio filtering with Adobe Pixel Bender.
• 3D Effects - Easily transform and animate any display object through 3D space while retaining full interactivity. Fast, lightweight, and native 3D effects make motion that was previously reserved for expert users available to everyone. Complex effects are simple with APIs that extend what you already 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 in Flash Player are about 1KB and can be scripted and animated at runtime.

Kilder er: Phoronix og Adobe Labs.