Lots of people are demo’ing the cool new features within the Flash8 player by using FlashMX2004 and modifying the headers. Here are the demos I have come across and really enjoy:

BlendMode and Filters
http://www.luminicbox.com/blog/default.aspx?page=post&id=49

Blur (Very cool demo — my favorite)
http://www.protozoo.com/?p=172

Filters
http://www.protozoo.com/?p=171

Blur and Glow filter Demo
http://theflashblog.com/?p=33

Proximity Blur
http://theflashblog.com/?p=34

A good collection of links to more F8 examples
http://www.franto.com/blog2/collected-links-to-maelstrom-examples

You’ll need the Flash8 player beta to view these demos. You can get it HERE.

v7 to v8 SWF Converter: http://www.quasimondo.com/qm_versionconverter_8.php

Windows Utility to Convert v7 to v8 SWF:
http://chall3ng3r.blogspot.com

OSFlash page on Flash8
LINK

Flash8 filter documentation
http://theflashblog.com/?p=39
Kudos to everyone for these great demos!

I’ll continue to add to this list as others post their demos.

—- UPDATE July 19th, 2005

Franky of http://www.develotec.com/ sent me this link : http://www.develotec.com/flash8api.txt. Its a text file filled with API info and examples.