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new hi-res video posted

the nextgen flash player demo video is back online. you can now download medium and high bandwidth versions. many thanks to everyone who posted it!

>> download videos here

nextgen flash player demo in tokyo

yesterday kevin lynch, macromedia's chief software architect, demonstrated the next generation version of the flash player at the macromedia flash conference in tokyo, japan. the packed crowd was the lucky first public audience in the world to witness what's coming next for flash.

only a few features were shown, but already you can see the monumental improvements being made. man, does the next player ever scream.

in the video below you'll see:
-saffron, a new type-rendering engine
-dramatic performance improvements (a sluggish calendar app jumps from 14fps to 125fps)
-realtime bitmap effects (blur, dropshadow, colour matrix etc)
-realtime video alpha channel

killer!!!!

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the nextgen player demo video can now be seen at the following locations:

Carl-Alexandre Malartre from ScoLab
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Ultrashock
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Hoss Gifford (h69.net)
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Jesse Warden
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Flash Magazine
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Gregory de Jonckheere
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Alex Cury Eye Digital Emotion
>> high bw (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Bertrand Saint-Guillain
high bw bittorrent (42mb, 640x480, 30fps)

Mike Lyda
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)
>> tiny streaming flv

Will Law
>> variable bitrate streaming flv

Daniel/Josh Dura
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)

Francis Bourre
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)

Deng Jie (Danger)
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> variable bit rate streaming flv

Russell Unger
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)

Freddie (Cristalab)
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)

Chafic Kazoun
>> med bw (14.5mb 320x240, 30fps)

Dave Collier
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)

Elthing from Poland
>> low bw (5mb 320x240, 15fps)

speaking in tokyo at flash conference

i'll be speaking at macromedia's "flash conference" next friday in tokyo on
the topic of multiuser computing.

also, jakub dvorsky, the creator of samorost, will be presenting at the
conference! i think it's his first ever large speaking engagement. i can't
wait!

for full information and to buy tickets to the event, please see:
>> http://www.macromedia.com/jp/macromedia/events/flashcon2004/