flash (macromedia): xpansiv;
Swf format uses a completely different type of Bezier curve than a
postscript app like ai. -Tom Unger

When I create a vector shape in Flash or in Illustrator and am using it to
animate with, I have noticed that Flash does an automatic point reduction on
the object. Say I create a rectangle, it obviously has four points, one on
each corner. However, if I want this to bend the way I want I add 2 more
points to it, one on each side of the rectangle in between the corner points.
However, as soon as I move the corner points in line with the midpoint it
removes the midpoint from the shape. Is Flash trying to figure out what would
be best for me? Because honestly, us artists really hate that. I would like to
have the points that I create stay in tact for animation purposes. :beer;