Very soon, when Flash 8 is released, developers will need to learn and understand a few things, which they may or may not have encountered before.
To use the various new expressiveness api’s effectively (BitmapData API, flash.filters.*), you will at some point need to learn a thing or two about the following, so follow the links and get studying:
- computer memory (bits & bytes) for memory usage
- various number systems (binary - base 2, hexadecimal - base 16)
- bit shifting & bitwise operaters
- color depths (24-bit, 32-bit)
- bitmaps
- different color spaces/models (HSB/HSV and RGB)
Thats rather generic stuff in computer programming and web design but more specifically to Flash 8, you will probably want to do some reading on: