Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 205, Tuesday March 14, 2006

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Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 205, Tuesday March 14, 2006

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In this issue:

1. From the Webmaster
2. Announcements
3. Battle(s) of the Week
4. What's New
5. Get me off this damn newsletter!

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1.From the Webmaster
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I wanted to take a minute to talk a little about our new sister
site called Flash Foundry. We created this site as an opportunity
to the Flash Kit community to provide a place to sell and profit
from your own Flash and sound loops as well as have a place to
assist with projects when we need high quality and professional
Flash components, animations, templates and sounds. There is no
better place then our own Flash community to get these high
quality images so I wanted to encourage everyone who has created
what they would consider to be professionally made Flash
animations, components, templates, videos, sound loops or sound
FX to Flash Foundry today:
http://www.flashfoundry.com/en/company/submissions.mc and see
what they might be worth. There's nothing to loose and you don't
even have to be a member so good luck to everyone and I hope that
you all find it as helpful as Flash Kit has been.

I also wanted to remind everyone about March Madness 2006 and to
thank all the folks behind the scenes like Dricciotti,
EVPohovich, gerbick, RUSHVision and others. This wouldn't happen
without all their hard work and things are really starting to
heat up as the competition gets down to the crunch. Check out the
amazing work these folks are doing and join in the vote:
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=674026

Thank you everyone for reading and have a great week!
Mike Houghton
Flash Kit webmaster

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2. Announcements
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2.1 Announcements
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VitalStream and NETGUI Simplify Video Sharing for Consumers in a
Flash VitalStream and NETGUI have teamed up to create WEBBEO, the
first complete, hosted solution enabling consumers to combine
compressed digital video with Flash Animation Authoring and
upload it to the Web in minutes. Full Story here!
http://www.webbeo.com/

Amayeta announces SWF Encrypt 3.0.4 Amayeta has just updated SWF
Encrypt 3.0 to include Command Line Functionality and more
encryption options! SWF Encrypt 3.0 is the safest and most secure
way to protect and encrypt your ActionScript and SWF Files!
Download a Trial Today!
http://www.amayeta.com/track.php?ref...ect=/software/
swfencrypt

Simple Learning Creator launches Free Flash based Assessment and
Test Creation Tool Create Flash based assessments and tests
quickly and easily with Simple Learning Creator - Version 1.0
With this free online tool you can export zipped packages that
can be loaded into your learning management system. Check it out
here! http://www.simplelearningcreator.com/index.cfm

Wildform announces the release of WildPresenter Wildform releases
their all new product called WildPresenter, which enables anyone
to easily create outstanding Flash presentations, product demos,
training videos, and sales & marketing materials. Get all the
details of this great new product right here.
http://www.wildform.com/

Flashloaded have just released a revolutionary Flash CMS
component CMS (Content Management System) that allows you to
update text, images and SWFs directly on a live Flash site
without ever leaving your browser window. Get all the details of
this truly innovative product right here.
http://www.flashloaded.com/

The 2006 Flash Kit March Madness Tournament is here - sign up
now! And so it begins…just as it has in years past, this is a
bracketed tournament opened to all members. You can participate
in the challenge, you can vote or you can just watch in awe as
the art flows from the Arena. Come take a look!
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...11#post3544011

Blue Pacific releases Turbine Video Encoder 2 With a wealth of
new features - more than converting video to Flash, TVE creates
beautiful and sophisticated Flash video players, stunning visual
FX, useful captioning and audio mixing capabilities. Get the full
details right here! http://www.blue-pacific.com/products/turbinevideo/

Screentime Media Announces mProjector for Flash 8 mProjector
extends Flash 8 into a full-featured cross-platform application
development environment. Create widgets with Flash-Shaped Windows
or full-blown multi-window apps with Menus, File IO and more.
mProjector brings all the power of Flash to the desktop.
http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/

AMFPHP 1.0 has finally been released after 3 years of beta
testing! AMFPHP is an open-source Flash Remoting gateway. This
release brings stability, performance, compatibility and copious
amounts of documentation. Download your copy here.
http://www.amfphp.org



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3. Battle(s) of the Week
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What's the Battle of the week you ask??? Oh... Just the hottest
damn tournament on the Internet today! Get in and vote on March
Madness 06 right here http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=674026


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4. What's New
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4.1 New Movies
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OPEN SOURCE MOVIES!

Cell Phone Games Section
This movie can be used for an intro on a cell phone.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11231

Math_Tornado
This Movie Shows a tornado effect done with spheres. Ther is some
complexe math involved.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11248

Ocean
A fog over the Ocean.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11251

Snake lines
Mouse over with squares that combine to make lines.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11247

C-Wex - Eightballtrailer
The movie uses duplicate MovieClip on variable movieclips for
random trail effects.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11252

Sluggy
Title:Sluggy Rating:8.41 Votes:639
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=564

Aurora
The "Aurora". A simple (and beautiful) example on how to combine
shapetween and duplicatemovieclip. Easy to modify.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=9992

Blue square heaven
Awe-inspiring, two-minute long movie showcasing what can be done
with a simple semi-transparent blue square and a few move
patterns. An absolute must-see.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=3508



4.2 New Tutorials
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Create a dynamic shadow effect
Flash games with characters, how long has it taken for people to
notice..they dont have shadows? This tutorial will give a basic
shadow effect, based around a sun.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ga...1316/index.php

Understanding Movie Clips
Learn how to add Movie Clips in your Movies.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/3r...1319/index.php



4.3 Featured Sites for this Week
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Check out the latest Featured Sites for this Week:

Locografix
After weeks of collecting artwork we haven't seen for years it's
finally online: Locografix V2.0!
http://www.locografix.com/

d'strict Just like their slogan says… d'strict d'fines d'gital
d’slay. Check out their brilliant home site.
http://www.dstrict.com/

Altoids Mints WDDG score again with a heavily stylised and
suitably retro redesign for Altoids. The brand gets perfect
representation with off-the-wall content and irreverent features.
The bizarre site offers things you didn't know you cared about
but presented in a such a fun way it leaves you wanting to
explore more.
http://www.altoids.com/index.do

Fubon. The Two Tales rudolflai999... "This is not a site... It is
a masterpiece."
http://fubon.co.uk/



4.5 Featured Loops
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House Run 02
Audio Title: House Run 02. Composed by: Joshua Hardin.
Description: Electronic, synthesized upbeat tempo. (Extended).
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9749

Restored To Power Audio Title:
Restored To Power. Composed by: Joshua Hardin. Description:
Heavy-handed guitars' chorus paired up with powerhouse drum
accents.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9747

House Run 01 Audio Title: House Run 01. Composed by: Joshua
Hardin. Description: Electronic, synthesized upbeat tempo.
(Short). Visit www.hardin-creative.com to download the
professional-quality 128K bit versions of this audio.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9748

Ancient Forest
This one brings back memories of the old SEGA Genisis games. All
I ask if you use this loop is a link to my email address. Thanks.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9746

Robot Drinking Oil
Something between techno and trance
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9744

Mechanical Intruders
Pulsating bass & weird fx
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9745

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4.5 Featured Articles
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Examining ASP.NET 2.0's Site Navigation - Part 5 In this article
we'll look at how to accomplish a hodgepodge of customizations
when rendering the navigation UI controls. Read on to learn more!
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/030806-1.aspx

Database-Driven Login & Password ASP.NET Sample Code
When I went to write an ASP.NET version of the classic ASP auto-
navigation database-driven login sample that I published last
week, I realized that I hadn't yet published a plain database-
driven login and password sample for ASP.NET. So... in an effort
to keep the horse in front of the cart, here it is...
http://www.asp101.com/samples/login_db_aspx.asp

COM Interop Exposed - Part 2
In this continuation of his first article on COM Interop, Patrick
Steele explains how to expose your .NET events to COM clients.
Defining events that will be exposed to COM isn't difficult to
do, but it does take a few steps.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/060309.htm