Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 209, Tuesday April 11, 2006

[Planet]

In this issue:

1. From the Webmaster
2. Announcements
3. Battle(s) of the Week
4. What's New

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1.From the Webmaster
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March Madness has come to an end and Dricciotti had some words
that I would like to share…

ITS OVER!

As you might have guessed, ctranter is this year's winner of the
March Madness tournament. Congrats! You definitely put up quality
work each round!! I look forward to seeing what you throw up in
battles to come (you vs. O sounds like a battle we all would love
to see).

I would also like to congratulate Hybrid for making it to the
finals. I think you did great the whole way through and surprised
quite a few people.

While I am rattling off thanks like I'm at the Oscars..... I
would also like to thank gerbick and EVP for helping me run this
tournament. This thing was a lot of work and they helped me more
than they might realize (especially when I was getting surgery on
my hand and couldn't do much of anything). You guys rocks!

RushVision, thank you for making a killer bracket graphic that
was a big step up from the one we had last year.

Planet also did a lot of work for this behind the scenes and was
a help.

And last but not least, Id like to thank everyone who
participated. We had a huge turnout from active members, arena
lingerers (the ones whose names you spot every once and a while
under "members browsing this forum"), and some new members; many
of which just signed up to take place in this tournament.

I hope to see all of you again back for next year's tournament
but don't hesitate to stop in the Arena every once and a while.
There was lots of impressive work done and I would love to see
you guys (and girls ) all getting into some battles soon (maybe
some grudge matches against the person who knocked you out of the
tournament).

YEAH!

Thank you guys.

Mike Houghton
Flash Kit webmaster

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2. Announcements
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2.1 Announcements

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IncreditTools announces Flash Demo Builder 1.0 Flash Demo Builder
is an easy tool for creating tutorials, presentations,
interactive quizzes and product demonstrations. Publish to Flash,
DVD, CD, EXE, AVI, MS Word, Email and Website. Get your copy
here. http://www.flashdemobuilder.com/

PJ and Supreme4 components Version2, ultimate text effect for MM
Flash Version 2 has matured to become an all-in text-effect
solution for anyone working with Flash. PJ and S4 Version 2 can
be used by users of any skill-level. For experienced users custom
modifications can be done quickly. Details here!
http://www.patrickjansen.net/components/

Marmalade Multimedia is pleased to announce the release of
FlashAmp 3 FlashAmp 3, the sound-visualization utility for
Macromedia Flash 8 and MX2004. Designed for Windows and
Macintosh, FlashAmp 3 will synchronize sound in Flash, audio
animations and visualizations, lip sync character animations and
more! http://www.marmalademedia.com.au/flashamp/

Check out the all new iconflash for your next Flash project The
all new iconflash.com gives you over 200 professionally designed
Flash icons complete with FLA, SWF and PNG files Flash icons
perfect for use in any Flash website or movie. Get the full
details and pricing here! http://www.iconflash.com/

MDM announce Zinc OSX Update with Browser Functionality MDM have
just released a new update to Zinc 2.5 for Mac OSX. The update is
the first to include Mac OSX Browser functionality and will allow
users to access both local and online HTML files directly in
their Zinc Applications! Get it today!
http://www.multidmedia.com/track.php...ect=/software/
zinc/osx

SWiSHzone.com - First with a DirectShow FLV source filter
SWiSHzone.com announces the release of a DirectShow (DS) FLV
source filter which is now included with the SWiSH Video2
installation. SWiSHzone.com is the first and only company to
offer a DS FLV source filter.
http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?a...o&tab=overview

Sascha Wenning and Sebastian Wiehe announce the release of
ImageBox2 ImageBox2 is an all new free Flash based innovative and
versatile online/offline multimedia platform for presenting your
jpg swf flv and mp3 files. Download your copy and get all the
details right here! http://www.imagebox2.de/

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/


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3. Battle(s) of the Week
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March Madness may be over but nepzap2 is keeping the flames white
in "jwin vs. daVulf vs. nepzap2 :: Battle of a million scan
lines". Check out these guys amazing work!
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=678537

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

Particle Engine An oldie but a goody.. check out this particle
tester done by Darrin Hurd.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=94

Windows calculator Check out this perfect Windows calculator
created in flash. Very handy!
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11306

CLASSIC SPACE INVADERS Classic Space Invaders clone, - including
color tape on screen
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11303

Electric Guitar Rock out with this all Flash electric guitar.
Simply move the pic across the strings to play it.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11313

Planetary Attack An amazing animation with visors and lasers
where the enemy base is destroyed.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=3857

Missty home page Check out this great template. Submitted by
Andrzej. http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11322

Wave effect Check out this fully adjustable wave image.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11308

Image Matrix Stretch Submitted by Sean Toru. Bitmap manipulation
of an image which gets stretched over to the right hand edge once
it passes over a certain point. To move the image, just hover
over it and to toggle images just click
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11310



4.2 New Tutorials
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Level Codes (to skip to a level)
This 5-step tutorial will show you how to create a level-code
kind of thing that will let a user type a code into a box, press
OK, and go to a certain level, depending on the word/phrase.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ga...1326/index.php

How to make a Vault! How to make a vault where people guess the
secret code, if they get it right it links them to another page!
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ga...1328/index.php

Detecting Double-Click in Flash This tutorial detects whether the
user has double-clicked or not
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...1329/index.php

OOP RSS via ActionScript 2.0 RSS keeps growing in popularity, and
so we find ourselves playing with RSS feeds in new and
interesting ways... or perhaps it's the other way around?!?!
Adobe (Formerly Macromedia) Flash is moving more and more towards
XML and OOP paradigms. So I've taken it upon myself to write some
classes for parsing through Flash's XML to get RSS feeds. O, and
the zip file has the necessary files, the CSS files etc.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...1330/index.php



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

BIG Interactive
Posted by Line. Words of wisdom from Onde Pik in the Cool Sites
forum. Check it out! http://www.biginteractive.com/

]- (TR0MA) -[ Experimental sound design project. This site
screams! Snappy, sharp and to the point. http://www.tr0ma.com/

Nitto Champion - Ed Bergenholtz Link posted by rudolflai999,
comments by RUSHVision: This one is really cool. I especially
like the navigation and the transitions between the content
areas. The design fits perfectly with the nature of the content
as well. http://www.nittochampion.com/ed_main.html

BOW WOW - An international design and marketing agency
with offices in London and Tokyo. The design ethos stems from the
dynamic crossover of these two culturally rich cities.
http://www.bowwowlondon.com/main.html



4.5 Featured Loops
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.::Ice Caves::.
Created in FL studio 6! It reminds me of the games Zelda.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9805

Club Kick Well here is a kick that I made. It's good for A house
song, web page, or whatever you feel.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9803

Sad Musin I made this, and it's only a part of the full song,
enjoy! http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9804

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.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=9748