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AFC Announces All 14 Actionscript 2.0 Components as FREE!

This a very impressive list of Flash components. The original value of all of these combined are over $310. As of today, you can find them all free at Advanced Flash Components. Enjoy these great tools and make sure to spread the word.

Also, don’t forget to thank the guys over at Advanced Flash Components for this great opportunity.

Flow List

Flow List Component loads external images and creates a 3D flow animation. Flexible API makes it easy to integrate this component into your web application.

Media List

The Media List component is an adaptable list that can be used as a navigation for a variety of media. It allows you to easily scroll to, and select items in the list, with a clear indication of which item is selected.

Tooltip

Tooltip Component is the perfect tool for displaying text and image tool tips in Flash. Enhanced functionality, easy to use interface and scalability makes this component a valuable tool for every flash developer.

IMG Loop

IMG Loop Flash Component creates continuous image scroll. Component supports XML, RSS 2.0 as well as direct data input. All of the component properties can be modified to seamlessly integrate with your project.

FLV Player

The FLV Player component provides standard user interface controls (play, pause, stop, etc) for Flash video playback.

Map

Map Component displays geographical locations and polylines, allowing for easy map navigation. Component uses Equidistant Cylindrical Map Projection and Longitude and Latitude position data to display location points.

MP3 Player

Easily load and play MP3 files inside Flash using MP3 Simple Player component. Player supports XML and RSS 2.0 Podcast Feeds.

IMG Gallery

IMG Gallery Flash component is a fully customizable and scalable tool for displaying dynamic slide shows. Component supports XML, RSS 2.0 as well as direct data input.

IMG Thumbnail Gallery

IMG Thumbnail Gallery Flash component is a fully customizable and scalable tool for displaying dynamic slide shows. Component supports XML, RSS 2.0 as well as direct data input.

FLV Gallery

FLV Gallery Flash Component is a perfect solution for playback of multiple flash video files and can be easily integrated within any flash application. FLV Gallery supports XML and RSS 2.0 feeds and is fully customizable through component properties.

FLV List Gallery

FLV List Gallery Flash Component combines extensible functionality and easy to use user interface for multiple flash video files playback. FLV List Gallery supports XML and RSS 2.0 feeds and is fully customizable through component properties.

IMG Loader Blur, IMG Loader Pixelate, IMG Loader Tint

The IMG Loader component is a container that can display external image files (JPEG/GIF/PNG but not progressive JPEG files) with Flash 8 Blur Transition, Flash 8 Pixelate Transition, and Flash 8 Tint Transition; respectively.

Source: Advanced Flash Components

If you are still scratching your head trying to grasp the concept and structure of Actionscript 3, then this tutorial will help you get your feet wet. This Flash tutorial is great for users looking to begin using sound with Actionscript 3.0. It touches on the basics of sound integration and breaks its functionality.

It will basically walk you through creating your music player then followed by adding a volume control slider. This walk through consists of two individual tutorials created by Craig Campbell.

Create the Music Player

Essentially, what you have here are two buttons, start and stop. The buttons control a remote music file that the music player is accessing via the new sound object within AS3. Note: This simple music player was built to handle any one mp3 at a time.

Tutorial Source

Add a Volume Slider Control

Ok now the music player is in place. Next is a tutorial to add a volume slider to the existing music player.

Tutorial Source

Overall, this is a nice start for beginner users of Actionscript 3.0. This music player can easily be added to a personal site, blog, and even a MySpace page. Use this to get you started, then see where that will take. Enjoy! Read the full story

Craig Campbell just created a new Flash/XML music player. The design is loosely based on the old school iPod. The player is very easy to update using the supplied XML file that points directly to all you necessary files. For those of you hoping that this is built in AS3, sorry it is not. However, it is still a nice music player.

Here is the Flash/XML music player created by Craig Campbell.

Original source files:
jukebox.zip

Source: Craig Campbell’s Flash Blog