The Flash Team has posted sneaks of the new features in Flash 8. Here there are some of them:
- Blending modes
- Full UI for filters (see above)
- Improvements to Undo/Redo (watch Josh's video very closely)
- Enhanced stroke properties (caps and joins like Freehand/Illustrator)
- Object-based drawing option (makes Flash treat shapes more like Fireworks/Freehand/Illustrator/Photoshop, etc. Toggle's on and off in the tools panel)
- Enhanced gradient properties including control over the direction of a radial gradient

This features aren't guaranteed to make it into the final product.

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