Sessions.edu interviewed me recently about Flash, the Web, iTV and more. You can read the text here:

http://www.sessions.edu/resources/newsletter/archive/vol3/No3_2005/pag4.asp

Here’s a quick example from the forthcoming Flash 8 Bible (still in progress):

http://dev.themakers.com/fp8/flashtype/flashtype_101.html

Note that this example requires Flash Player 8. FlashType is the name of the new text rendering engine in Flash Player 8. In this example, the text on the left is “old style” anti-aliasing (Flash Player 7 and earlier rendering) and the text on the right is using FlashType. For you coders out there, this is essentially a new property of the TextField class: antiAliasType:String. It can be set to either “normal” (left rendering) or “advanced” (right rendering). If you want to play with the new settings, see this demo:

http://dev.themakers.com/fp8/flashtype/flashtype_200.html

You can type text into the input field and change its anti-aliasing settings. Note that this example demonstrates TextField.thickness:Number, TextField.sharpness:Number, and TextField:gridFitType:String. The gridFitType’s subpixel value improves anti-aliasing in advanced mode for right and justify alignments. 

Enjoy!

Flash Player 8 features video alpha support with the new On2 codec. Check out this green screen sample I shot this weekend with my dog Stella:

http://dev.themakers.com/fp8/video/alpha.html

You can download the public beta of Flash Player 8 here:

http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/public_beta/

Enjoy!