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Flash: the Pros and Cons

MJorge — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:44:43 +0000

Daniel Apt wrote a great article about Flash Websites, the Pros and Cons. It’s easier to say not to use Flash, or to use, however Daniel gives you the reasons and options on where to use Flash or not. He talks about common issues as Graphics, 3D, SEO, Development and more. It’s really worth a look!

Flash Websites: the Pros and Cons

X-Treme Accordion XML

MJorge — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:22:48 +0000

Flashtuning has made available for free one of his components, in this case the X-Treme Accordion XML. The menu is fully customizable and includes the following features:

- No Flash Knowledge required to insert the Accordion SWF inside the HTML page(s) of your site
- Fully customizable XML driven content
- Customizable width, height and item size
- View gallery images by using the thumb menu and left / right end arrows
- AutoPlay / Previous / Next with global or individual timer for each image
- Advanced effects for the description text, image zoom and panning effects
- …and more

Take a look at FlashUser.net

Aviary release Myna Audio Editor!

MJorge — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:51:57 +0000

Myna Features Highlights:

Powerful Clip Editing
Trim, Loop, Stretch and Reverse your audio clips, width editable loop points, and interactive time stretch capabilities.

Automation
Easily add fade-ins, fade-outs, pan from left to right, and modify gain over time, with editable control points.

Effects
Add non-destructive effects to your audio clips including Pitch Change, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, and more.

Import / Export
Import your own audio files, or search one of our provided libraries. Mix it down and export directly to your desktop or publish back to your account.

Share and learn
Collaborate with other users. Follow step-by-step tutorials to learn new skills.

Find out more at http://aviary.com/tools/myna

Free Flash Components

MJorge — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:25:12 +0000

Flash Scope made available a list of some nice and cool free flash components. Some of them are well know however there are some new one’s which are very useful.

The list includes:

Free Flash Gallery
Thumbnail Grid
Map V
Stackflow with Scrollbar
Media List V. 1.0
Flash Full Text Search Component
FLV List Gallery V. 1.3.1
Free Flash menu navigation
Carousel with Auto-scroll feature and Grey Effect
IMG Loop Flash Component
Luxurious Analog Clock
UMap
Free Flash-XML Poll Component
Flow List
Free Flash-XML Image Rotator

Take a look! It’s worth it.

AS3 Lightning / Thunderbolt / Electric Discharge Class

MJorge — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:30:35 +0000

Oaxoa Blog is sharing a Class developed by Pierluigi Pesenti about electric discharge effects. The demos are pretty cool and the effects run very smoothly. This is one of the best effect I have seen in Flash. pretty good work.

Take some time to test the demos, if ou wish you may also download the source code for each movie.

XML News Viewer AS2

MJorge — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:15:10 +0000

FlashUser is sharing a new application available to download for free. This time you can grab a XML News Viewer with a nice accordion style menu to read messages.

This application was developed using AS2, download the source and change the FLA to suite your own needs.

Free Flash Gallery

MJorge — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:15:18 +0000

Here’s a cool Free Flash Gallery allowing multiple categories, slideshow, zoom, and more. Evrything is loaded from a XML file, it’s very easy to setup and you also can customize it has you wish using the source code available to download.

This gallery is simple but very cool and clean.

Flash Components, many and nice…

MJorge — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:56:54 +0000

I have to leave here also the link to a nice blog posting from AjaxLine which shares 30 flash components the author consider has the “best”. I do not agree they’re all “best” ones however it’s obvious that in a general way all of them are very useful and important.

You might want to have a look.

PHP Features in Flash Builder4 (New)

MJorge — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:52:56 +0000

Kevin Hoyt submitted a 3 part article featuring the new PHP features available in Flash Builder 4.

What to expect on each part articles:

“The first part will take a look at a branding change, and move onto an overview of data-centric development. Parts two and three will talk about the role of Zend AMF, and and look at how Flash Builder 4’s PHP support is pushing new boundaries with features such as implicit paging and data management.”

The articles are available here at dZone

Flash Contact Form

MJorge — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:24:16 +0000

For those interested in a free flash contact form FlashUser has created a free one, very simple to use, customize and insert new fields.

Have a look at FlashUser and download the free application.