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Treadmill is the name of this new Flash stock file, XML driven product presentation and number of features it offers is really amazing.

Prefect for products presentation, Treadmill allows you to load any of jpg, png, gif or swf files. You can have unlimited number of items displayed, but this is not proven yet, nobody used it with that much items However, setup is easy via XML file and each item has it own url and target. You can even use CSS formating.

You can make numerous changes via XML like scroller colors and dimensions, animation controls, border color and dimensions, margin between items and others.

Author is from Germany, Realtimefreak. This published file is only 22 Kb, opens with Flash CS3+, code is written in ActionScript 2.0.

With some basic ActionScript knowledge most stock Flash files are easy to adopt, modify and if required add new features. It’s always better to start from half-finished file than from scratch. Well documented stock Flash files are welcomed. If documentation is OK, methods and functions are simple to understand and extend.

When in need of creating web based casino Flash game, stock files are the right choice to go. Take a look at satya4satyanm’s ‘casino poker lotto game’, with min published size of 60kb, written in as2.0 (Flash 8+). Random spinning code is already there, no chance of hacking. Upgrade and expand the wheel if needed. Take it for a test ride. Good work there.

New Flash file with multiple usage, fresh and easy to manage. Interactive Flash Boy is great for products or services presentations, in educational projects, especially for teenagers, good for online quiz or different sorts of tests. It can also become part of flash games projects.

 

Flash boy animation has six different moods: very sad, crying, happy, etc. It is written in AS2.0 by greentea. File is resizable and very small, only 52 Kb.

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note: this post is sequel to previous ‘about rotation’ post.

To use rotation in real world examples I have to combine it with other functions. Simple example would be windmill Flash animation. I have two movie clips, pillar which is static and windmill hands. Second one must be precisely centered in the middle of the central circle, so rotation can be perfect.

Hands movie clip instance is named mc_hands. First, we will set some variables:

var fcounter:Number = 0;
var wind_speed:Number = 0;

Next, we will create onEnterFrame function to perform hands rotation as function of wind_speed.

wind_speed = change_wind_speed(wind_speed);      if ((wind_speed < 40)&&(wind_speed > -40)) {          mc_hands._rotation += wind_speed;   }else {             wind_speed = 0;             mc_hands._rotation += wind_speed;   }

function change_wind_speed(a:Number):Number {     fcounter += 1;

    // wind direction change    if ((fcounter % 100) == 0) {                // every 100 frames wind changes its direction and speed            bd = Math.random()*50-25;           da = Math.random()*5-2.5;           a = a + bd + da;            return a;   }else{              // small, per frame change   da = Math.random()*5-2.5;   a = a + da;                return a;   }}

We have created situation where every frame wind changes its speed in very small amount, variable da. Change is between -2.5 and 2.5. That’s not all. To make things more random and interesting, we have another bigger change on every 100th frame. That’s why we use fcounter variable to count frames and bd variable (big difference) to change wind speed amount between -25 and 25.

Windmill is ready to generate some clean energy.

 download windmill

This is something really new - flash animation : money falling from the sky. Effect shows paper dollars and quarters. Coins are 3D rendered and they look truly realistic. Take a look at image preview:

 

This is great file for all those millions of MMO (make money online) bloggers as header animation, sidebar link or whatever. Since file can easily be customized everyone can make unique creation to suit its needs. Awesome work with this one from FlashBros.

File is written with ActionScript 2.0 and opens with Flash 8 (8+). You are free to change animation speed and size, to control number and direction of falling money and this process doesn’t require any previous ActionScript knowledge.

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Actually this one is about _rotation, since AS2 is main subject. In AS3 underscore is gone. Some functions I’ll be using here are also deprecated in AS3 since they are included in built-in classes. Easiest way to use _rotation is to name your mc instance, say box1 and create this function:

onEnterFrame = function(){  box1._rotation += 10;}

var speed:Number;

onEnterFrame = function(){  speed = _xmouse - box1._x;  box1._rotation += speed / 10;}

var speed:Number;

onEnterFrame = function(){  speed = Math.abs(_xmouse - box1._x);  box1._rotation += speed / 10;}

We divide speed with 10 to get reasonable values for rotation. If we skip this step speed can be up to half of Stage width, 200 or more and box will rotate too fast.

download example

- to be continued -

This file is created today. It is green recycle floral transparent globe vector animation made in flash 8. Author is paulcopsey1.

 

Other interesting files from same author are: coffee cup animation, satellites orbit Earth, laptop flash animation, human heartbeat blood flow and many more.

Cleverly named Flashtory (Flash factory), just like Flanture, represents one excellent Flash stock files author, with more than 20 awesome files over at MultiMedia Files directory. He offers vertical and horizontal Flash resizable galleries, scrolling news reader, vertical motion scroller and many other really good files.

One of the latest creations is flash netish resizable gallery album, two level Flash image gallery with HTML formatted description photos and unlimited number of entries via XML external file. Gallery interface is clean with smooth tweens, perfect for CD and web presentations. Here are some screenshots of gallery: