Some great new features in the next release of Flash Player, including:
Native 3D Effects
Custom Filters and Effects
Local File Access
The first two are flashy (no pun intended) and I’m sure they will lead to some pretty cool stuff, but the last one is really going to take things to the next level as far as I’m concerned. No more having to round-trip files to a server just to be able to manipulate them in flash. That’s pretty sweet.