Apparat
From FDT Documentation
With FDT 4.4 Beta, we've began to support Apparat. Apparat is a powerful framework to optimize ABC, SWC and SWF files. It's open source and looks to push the boundaries of ways for Flash developers to enhance their workflows and applications.
Up till FDT 4.4 Beta, users who wanted to use Apparat had to create ANT scripts that would execute Apparat's commands.
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Getting Started
Before starting with Apparat, you'll need to download Apparat and Scala separately. This beta release of FDT 4.4 does not include Apparat or Scala.
Download Apparat
Visit Apparat's Download Page for the latest version of Apparat or follow this download link After downloading them, expand the zip file and place them somewhere handy - you'll be linking to these sources shortly.
Download Scala
Next just like when Apparat was downloaded, you'll need to download Scala as well. Scala is a general purpose programming language with some powerful features. Apparat is written using Scala so you'll need both.
Windows users can download it here.
OSX and Unix users can download it here.
After downloading the archive, expand it.
Setting Up FDT & Apparat
Next thing, you'll need to tell FDT where to find Apparat and Scala. This is done via 'Preferences > FDT > Apparat' preferences view. Simply choose the root directory of each.
Using Reducer
Apparat's reducer is handy for compressing PNGs and bytecode.