Flash Kit Newsletter Vol. 269, Tuesday June 26, 2007

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In this issue:

1. From the Webmaster
2. Announcements
3. Forum Favorites of the Week
4. What's New
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1.From the Webmaster
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Webmaster Flash-Back: 11/14/00

Thumping, and cranking, and sunburnt and sore! Yeah that sums up this
webmaster for the week! Lots of good tracks on the stereo, I have
discovered the Renaissance CD range, very cool!

Our loops section is going great guns, and we are always looking for more
players for our flash trak versions and more loops! Help us out here!
http://www.flashkit.com/loops/flash/players.shtml

Our sound FX section is well underway too, with a great new organization
add your comments to the planned structure here
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showt...?threadid=53848 we have over 3000
effects to populate it with, so it should be a great resource for you! All
with real time flash previews as well!

Finally check out our first lifestyle post, baking FK cake, a bit of fun
and a great recipe to boot, so feel free to share your favorite recipes
(with pics of course!) with us, we would love to have them!!
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showt...?threadid=54083

Regards, Flash Kit Webmaster webmaster@flashkit.com



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2. Announcements
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FlashRelief is happy to announce FlashTunes, a new Flash Audio Player Component
With FlashTunes, choose a different player configurations to
meet your needs. Easily manage your play list using the included
XML template. Customize look and feel using the XML file or the
component panel. Samples included with download.
http://www.flashrelief.com/flashtunes/index.html

Northcode announces SWF Studio V3.4 with Vista Support and Student Pricing!
Attention Students! Only $49 will put the world's best swf2exe
tool in your hands, allowing you to build serious desktop
applications in Flash. Strong. Stable. Serious, software for all
your Flash development needs.
http://www.northcode.com/go?id=fkv34news

Marmalade releases FlashAmp 3.1
Marmalade Multimedia releases FlashAmp 3.1, with features
including audio amplitude, spectrum and cue-point data
generation, batch processing and real-time animated previews.
http://www.marmalademedia.com.au/flashamp/

Adobe announces the public Beta release for ColdFusion 8
Adobe ColdFusion 8 is the highly-anticipated upcoming major
release of ColdFusion. The public beta release provides
developers with the opportunity to begin building applications
with new ColdFusion 8 features as well as test their existing
applications on the new version.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusion8/

Oovoo Webcam Giveaway
Need to collaborate on a Flash project with members that are out
of the office? ooVoo is a new way to communicate via video
online. And to celebrate that, we have 5 webcams and 5 copies of
the software to give away. Check out this weeks Flash Kit
Newsletter to see how to get your free webcam. ooVoo allows you
to connect, collaborate and communicate with up to six other
users simultaneously in full sound and video.
http://www.oovooworld.com



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3. Battle of the Week
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We are really diggen this "Make a Movie Poster" battle started by Jujumon.

Rules:
» Theme: imaginary movie
» Size: reasonable - rotation ok
» Conditions: *Call for your turn* , no need for previous
elements, no need to tell ppl any descriptions of your movie
(allow them to guess )
» Turn around time: no more than a week

Check out the battle and post your comments to these awesome images:
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=734709



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3.1 "Frex" Photo of the Week
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Entitled: My beautiful balloons...

Comments by el-Ignoramus: I'm not very fond of color zoning, but
this is done artistically and the shininess is very nice, never
saw balloons like these before, very well done Frexus Maximus,
as usual a lovely masterpiece.

See the image and make your comments: http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...85#post3893985



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4. What's New
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4.1 New Movies
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Ninja
» Author: lkoiji
» Title: Ninja
» Description: A beta of a game I'm making. It about ninjas
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11917

Forest in the rain
» Author: Yukoyishi
» Title: Forest in the rain
» Description: I great little movie that was uploaded to seek help in sorting out the problem with the sound. If you think you can help, feel free to contact Yukoyishi
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11923

Road dust
» Author: Manuel Campagnoli
» Title: Road Dust
» Description: Dust effect, car passing through dessert road.
» More by Manuel Campagnoli
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11927

Flash Button v2
» Author: Alba93
» Title: Flash Button v2
» Description: Simple Pop-up Tab button sorry for pixels in the previous version
» More by Alba93
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11924

Foot Fighting
» Author: Samuel Barukh
» Title: Foot Fighting
» Description: I wrote this for my 4 year old son to play with
very quick. If someone wants to add sound or change it have fun.
» More by Samuel Barukh
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=movies&ID=11930



4.2 New Tutorials
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Extract audio from Flash video (FLV) to MP3
This tutorial is to demonstrate how to extract audio from Flash
video (FLV) to MP3 to create an independent MP3 file for
playback on your portable devices.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/3r...1419/index.php

Color mixer
A simple color mixer program that shows how to setup slider bars
as well as convert decimal to hexadecimal.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/In...1420/index.php

Put Flash Clock on Your Website
In this tutorial I'll show you how to make simple digital clock
for your website.
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...1421/index.php



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

Fuel Price Checker
» Submitted to the Flash Kit Featured Links Submission section
» Title: Fuel Price Checker
» Comments: Perth Fuel site lists all gas and fuel prices for the folks in the Australia suburbs and throughout Perth as well as in all major Western Australia country regions. Very useful and well done Flash site created using Flex.
http://www.perthfuel.com.au/

dstrict.com/z107
» Posted in the Flash Kit Cool Sites Forum
by Veggie1232 » Title: dstrict.com/z107
» Comments by pumi: I dont know what to say .... This site is
just AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.dstrict.com/z107/index.html


The P.Raffe Collection
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links section
» Title: The P.Raffe Collection
» Comments: Check out this well done custom Italian Jewelry
Flash site.
http://www.praffe.com/

Joel Schafer - grafical designer
» Posted in the Flash Kit Links section
» Title: Joel Schafer - grafical designer
» Comments: Portfolio of Joel Schafer
http://www.jsgd.se/



4.5 New Sound Loops
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Orient Intent
Made on my PSP with Rhythm 7.1
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10174

Crying for you
Slow piano song...
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10176

Space Harmony
Harmony with a beat.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10177

Madness
Try this violent sound loop.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10178

Metal riff
Sound good for title screen or something good.
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10168

Bawa sushil WONDER
THRILLING SLAP, ENJOY
http://www.flashkit.com/jump.php?type=loops&ID=10169



4.6 From the News Room
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» Sonic Farms creates music for Adobe® Soundbooth CS3 royalty-free music library
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=735914

» Northcode Releases SWF Studio Version 3.4 for Vista
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=735197

» The Brand New Editing Functionality in FLV to Video Conversion
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=735112

» Adobe anounces the beta release of "AIR", formerly code-named "Apollo"
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=734432



4.7 Featured Articles
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Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Deleting Data
This article series, by Scott Mitchell, examines how to work
with data using ASP.NET 2.0's data source controls. This
particular article looks at using the SqlDataSource control to
delete data.
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/062007-1.aspx


Progress Bar Sample Code
Unfortunately, we all know what progress bars are. As annoying
as it is to sit and stare at one, it's better then sitting there
waiting for a program to do something without knowing if it's
frozen or not. While HTTP doesn't offer the same level of
interactivity as a desktop application, there are still
instances where a progress bar type of display can be useful.
http://asp101.com/samples/progress.asp