Flash Player 10 now in public beta

Posted by on May 15, 2008 in Flash, News | 1 comment

The pre-release version of Flash Player 10 (code-named ’Astro’) is now available on Adobe Labs. We’ve already shown Flash Player 10 at a number of events so most of you have a good idea about its new features like rich text layout including right-to-left language support, 3d effects, custom filters and effects with Pixel Bender and more hardware acceleration for bitmaps, filters, video and blend modes.

Unfortunately, there’s currently no tooling available to let you play with all these new features. This pre-release version is mainly there for you to test your current projects and to provide feedback on its performance. To allow you to test the new effects and capabilities, the Flash Player team has put together some demo projects for you. Additionally you can also start building your own Pixel Bender effects.

More information and download links on Adobe Labs.