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Adobe Flash Player (labeled Shockwave Flash in Internet Explorer and Firefox) is freeware software for using content created on the Adobe Flash platform, including viewing multimedia, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming video and audio. Flash Player can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player was created by Macromedia and has been developed and distributed by Adobe Systems since Adobe acquired Macromedia.

SWFTools is a collection of utilities for working with Adobe Flash files (SWF files). The tool collection includes programs for reading SWF files, combining them, and creating them from other content (like images, sound files, videos or sourcecode). SWFTools is released under the GPL.

SWFRIP is a free Macromedia Flash resource extractor and editor. It can save resources in various formats, including SVG conversion from the flash vector format. Last updated on 2004-12-06.

Pepper Flash Player is maintained by Google, and is newer than Adobe Flash Player. Google provides newer features in Pepper Flash Player. Pepper Flash Player can currently only be used with Chromium (and with Chrome), Yandex Browser and ....

In the beginning was the need for a player.

IMPERATOR °FLA v7 generates Flex projects and FLA files with Flash 6 (MX), Flash 7 (MX 2004), Flash 8, Flash 9 (CS3) or Flash 10 (CS4) library from the selected input SWF (compiled with Adobe's/Macromedia's Flash or Adobe's Flex) and thereby makes it possible to alter the content of a SWF even when the corresponding Flex project or FLA document got lost. Furthermore it gives you the opportunity to extract all classes (*.as and *.mxml files) and included media files (pictures, sounds and videos) to separate files on your system. IMPERATOR °FLA v7 is fully capable of decompiling SWF files even after they have been modified by 3rd party software.To get a first impression of the surface and functionality of IMPERATOR °FLA v7, please refer to the Manual.For information about limits of the conversion-process, please refer to the section Limits.IMPERATOR °FLA v7 recovers: ActionsButtons (eliminating graphically identical buttons)Classes (extracting the *.as files relative to the destination path)Components (with initialized variables)Environment Settings (backgroundcolor, framerate, height, width, etc.)Frame LabelsLibrary LinkagesMask LayersMedia Import paths (for extracted media-files)Morph ShapesPicturesShapesSoundsSound EventsSprites (MovieClips)TextfieldsVideosAll Timelines (rearranging them under FLA-compatible terms).IMPERATOR °FLA v7 adds the two entries 'Save FLA..' and 'Save and Open FLA..' to the context menu appearing after right-clicks on SWF files in explorer windows. »

Flasm is a free command line assembler/disassembler of Flash ActionScript bytecode. It lets you make changes to any SWF. Flasm fully supports SWFs produced by Macromedia Flash 8 and earlier.

Flash Decompiler Trillix is a new powerful SWF to FLA converter with functionality to decompile Flash movies, convert SWF elements into multiple formats and edit SWF movies (texts, hyperlinks and more) without Flash Studio installed. With an ease of one click you can extract SWF elements: sounds, images, videos, shapes, frames, morphs, fonts, texts, buttons, sprites and ActionScripts from any SWF file directly to your hard drive.

SWF Picture Extractor is a very easy to use software tool designed to help you extract pictures from SWF files, providing a simple interface to lend you a hand in this regard.