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Macromedia Flash Player 8 (codenamed Maelstrom) was released on September 13, 2005. It was the last version to be released by Macromedia before the company was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.[1]

New features[]

  • Support of GIF and PNG bitmapped images.
  • New video codec (On2 VP6).
  • Improved runtime performance and runtime bitmap caching.
  • Live filters and blendmodes, such as blur and drop shadow.
  • File upload and download capabilities.
  • Licensed the Saffron Type System for crisp pixel-perfect text rendering.
  • New security features to prevent unsafe code from running.
  • External API subsystem introduced to replace fscommand.

References[]

  1. Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

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