Astro is a text effects creator for Macromedia Flash. Your text effect can be further spiced up by adding Flash background and foreground effects. There's a choice from more than 450 (!!) text effects and over 80 other Flash effects. Moreover, Astro can add background pictures and sound effects to your Flash file.

Pixifex creates bitmap effects for Macromedia Flash, and does that real-time! Pixifex comes equipped with 19 highly adjustable effects, which the user can tweak using sliders and buttons. Any adjustment made takes effect immediately, which makes Pixifex a productivity tool that you cannot afford to miss out on. Creating high quality ShockWave material has never been so simple.