Description:
Animation created with Adobe Flash; may contain text as well as both vector and raster graphics; also may include interactive actions written in ActionScript; plays in Web browsers that have the Flash plug-in installed.Flash was originally developed by Macromedia, which was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005. Therefore, Macromedia Flash is now called Adobe Flash.
Technical Details:
The SWF file type is primarily associated with 'Flash' by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Flash, initially known as Shockwave Flash and popularly called simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player and to the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. The Flash Player, developed and distributed by Adobe Systems (which acquired Macromedia in a merger that was finalized in December 2005), is a client application available in most common web browsers. Many programs use Flash files and many Web sites present them either as large animations or small button effects. More and more programs every day can produce Flash files. The Macintosh type is: SWFL
Supported applications:
Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Professional CS6 , Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 , Eltima SWF & FLV Player , Eltima SWF & FLV Toolbox, Eltima Flash Decompiler Trillix, Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate , GRETECH GOM Player , Media Player Classic , GlobFX Swiff Player , DCOMSOFT SWF Protector , Web browser with the Flash plugin
Developed by: Adobe Systems
MIME type : application/x-shockwave-flash, application/x-shockwave-flash2-preview, application/futuresplash, image/vnd.rn-realflash