- Overview
- What are Flash
Components?
- Installation
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What
are Flash Components?
If you're trying to find easy
ways to enhance your Flash website, you need
to consider Flash Components (sometimes known
as Flash Extensions). They are mini applications
installed into your Flash program which allow
you to add high end functionality to your websites
with simple drag and drop methods. Features
which might otherwise cost you thousands and/or
take weeks to build can be added to your website
in minutes (and for very little money). Blue
Gel Media has spent years testing just about
every Flash Component on the market. We
have done this for simple reasons. We
want to use the easiest and most cost effective
software ourselves.
Since we are in the business of selling templates
to you, we want to make sure that your web building
experience is as smooth as possible. With
that in mind we have selected those Flash Components
and Extensions which we feel are your best choice.
Flash Component
/ Extension FAQ
How do I install a component?
Before installing any component, please make
sure that you are using the latest Macromedia
Extension manager. If you do not have Extension
Manager installed, you may download the latest
version by clicking here.
- From inside Flash go to HELP > MANAGE
EXTENSIONS
- Select whether you are installing for Flash
MX, MX 2004 or Flash 8.
- Choose FILE > "Install Extension".
The extension manager may also be accessed directly
from your program files. You may also choose to
double click on the MXP file that you downloaded.
On a Mac, it's recommended that you place the MXP
file on your desktop and double click on it from
there.
How do I remove a component?
Close Flash. Open the Macromedia Extension Manager
from your program files, click on the Flash
component that you wish to remove and select "Remove
Extension".
Are the components available for Flash
4, 5, MX, MX 2004, 8 and CS3?
Each product is different and unique. You will
find the Flash version information for each product
on their respective product pages. Please ensure
that you check this information carefully to
make sure that the product meets your requirements.
Most products are available for Flash MX, Flash
MX 2004, Flash 8 and Flash CS3.
Will these components work on both PC
and Mac?
Components are, like Macromedia Flash, cross
platform compatible and should work and behave
the same way on either system.
How long does it take to get the product
that I ordered?
In most cases, the download links are available
immediately after your order has been completed.
In some cases, your order may need to be verified
by a human in which case it will take a little
longer.
Why use a support forum and who answers
the questions?
The support forum is very useful for users as
often you will find that someone else has already
asked a similar question, so you can save time
by reading the solution. The support forum is
linked directly to the Flashloaded team of developers
to ensure that you receive an accurate answer
as quickly as possible.
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How do I install/uninstall a component
/ extension?
Before installing any component, please
make sure that you're using the latest Macromedia
Extension manager. If you do not have it
installed, you may download the latest version
here:
http://www.macromedia.com/exchange/em_download/
To install an extension (from inside Flash):
1. Go to HELP > MANAGE EXTENSIONS
2. Choose FILE > "Install Extension"
3. Install flashTooltip-lite.mxp
To install an extension from your desktop
(recommended for Mac OS-X):
1. Copy the flashTooltip-lite.mxp file to
your desktop.
2. Double click on the flashTooltip-lite.mxp
file. This will start the installation process
through the Extension Manager.
To remove an extension:
Close Flash. Open the Macromedia Extension
Manager from outside of Flash, click on
the component that you wish to remove and
select "Remove Extension".
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Flash Components
Flash components extend the functionality of Macromedia / Adobe Flash by providing an easy way to enhance your Flash websites with stunning Flash effects, menus and full navigational systems - requiring little or no Flash ActionScript knowledge. These Flash components or Flash extensions are installed in the Adobe or Macromedia Flash authoring environment (IDE).
Flash galleries & slideshow components |
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Displays images on an interactive 3D rotating square using the Papervision3D engine. Different looks can be obtained by setting the number of rows of images to display.
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The 3D Tunnel Flash component is an interactive way to display images within a 3D tunnel. End users can zoom in and out of the tunnel and rotate it. Clicking on thumbnails loads corresponding large images with a choice of animation styles and easing.
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displays images on an interactive 3D rotating spiral using the Papervision3D engine. Obtain different layouts by changing the height and width of the spiral. The viewer can scroll, move up/down and zoom the spiral freely. |
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Easily add 360 degree panning to your images or SWF files.
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Displays images on an engaging interactive 3D wall using the Papervision3D engine. Includes the option to display the wall flat or at any curvature to create a truly unique look. |
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Add 360° or 180° panning to your images or SWF files with built-in distortion for image depth, interactive zoom, panning and advanced hotspot capabilities. |
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Displays images, videos and SWFs on an engaging interactive 3D wall using the Papervision3D engine. Includes the option to display the wall flat or at any curvature to create a truly unique look. |
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Displays images on an interactive 3D Sphere using the Papervision3D engine. Includes different opening animation effects as well as full mouse interactivity. |
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Load SWF files or images into your Flash websites without any coding. Includes a variety of built-in loading and unloading effects. |
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Displays multiple images with a stack effect, perspective and reflection. Images can be flipped by clicking on a specific image in the stack, using the supplied skinnable scrollbar, or scrolling the mousewheel. Includes XML support. |
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This PRO version of our advancedLoader component has built-in slideshow capabilities, over 40 cool effects, the ability to load images through an XML file, an option to add links to images and several more new and exciting features. |
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Displays a collection of images in a random layout and angle. The viewer can rearrange the layout by clicking and dragging the images or by pressing the optional reshuffle button. |
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Display news items on your websites using scrolling ticker text fed through an external file or XML. |
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A powerful Flash photo gallery with flexible thumbnail options, transition effects, and navigation controls. Photos can be categorized into galleries and include descriptions. |
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Display news or promotional text or images with 6 built-in transition effects. Feed the data through an external text or XML file. |
Flash Menus & Navigation Components |
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Create rotating interactive 3D boxes and 3D books from flat elements. |
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A docked icon menu system that magnifies and moves with mouse interaction. Similar to the Mac OSX icon bar. |
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The 3DEnvironment is a Flash component that allows you to build 3D interactive interfaces and environments in Flash. Built-in depth and perspective effects create the illusion of three dimensions. |
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The pageFlipper component provides multiple ways of creating a realistic page turning effect from movieclips and images. This enables magazine style browsing through your content. |
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Create cutting edge 3D style menus or ingenious navigation systems with mouse interactivity in Adobe Flash. |
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Add scrollable dropdown menus to your Flash websites without any coding. Define menu items in the component panel or dynamically through ActionScript. |
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Create interactive rotating 3D planes from flat elements in Flash. |
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Displays a large number of images or menu items in a limited space with the option of adding captions to each image. Horizontal or vertical display and scrolling. |
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Scroll between elements, images or movie clips either horizontally or vertically. |
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Dynamically updatable menu. Fully customizable, with 7 built-in effects to create a different look for each project. |
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A fully customizable Flash menu with a bounce effect and custom cursors. Create both vertical and horizontal menus. |
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Display multiple thumbnails horizontally or vertically with mouse interactivity. |
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Create 360 degree interactive 3D objects from a series of multiple still images. |
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Display multiple thumbnails horizontally or vertically with mouse interactivity. Includes endless scrolling, slideshow and built-in XML capabilities. |
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Add vertical and horizontal two-level menus to your Flash websites. Works with XML. |
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Add a multiple nested menu navigation system to your Flash websites. Menus can be built using the component inspector, ActionScript or external XML file. |
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Create and deploy entire Flash websites, widgets, banners or slideshows with flip transitions, using images, SWFs and movieclips, with no coding. Flip effects include easing, bounce and blur. |
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A thumbnail based navigational system or a portfolio/photo gallery in a grid or pyramid style layout. The thumbnail content is clickable and zooms in to display the selected full size content while the other thumbnails are pushed aside. |
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Flash User Interface components |
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An advanced collapsible tree component. Feature packed. Fully skinnable and customizable. Can be used for navigation, menus, drag and drop, and more. |
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Load, scale and manipulate images or SWFs in Flash without any coding. Includes a built-in preloader. |
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A set of 32 UI components for Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8. Very light weight and easy to style. |
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Add a windowing system for multiple documents. Content can be loaded from the library or externally. Control the window look and display. |
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A Flash color picker with basic and advanced modes which include HEX, RGB, CMYK and HSV formats as well as a built-in eyedropper tool. Users can create and save their own color palettes for each instance of the colorPicker. |
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Create multiple column text layouts on your Flash websites. Customizable column display options. |
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Transfer data by dragging and dropping items between lists or drop items onto a designated area to obtain more information on the item. |
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The perfect solution for playing a loaded Flash movie or a particular movie clip at a different FPS (frames per second) to your main movie. |
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Easy solution for creating and submitting forms in Flash without the hassle of coding and scripting. |
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Easy to use fully customizable scroller with easing. |
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A set of switches, buttons and digital/anologue meters. Useful for adding controllers and monitors to your Flash applications or websites. |
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The PRO version of the ultimateScroller component, designed for ActionScript 3.0 with several additional features and enhancements. An easy to use, drag and drop Flash scroller that can scroll movie clips and dynamic text fields. |
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Add count up/count down timers to your Flash websites. Includes both time based and non-time based timers. Can be used for special annoucements or events. |
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This versatile preloader can be used to load the root timeline, external SWFs, images or XML files without any coding. Includes multiple styles. |
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The flashTooltip component allows you to easily add a descriptive window that appears when the user moves their mouse over Flash buttons or movie clips. The tooltip may contain text, images or SWF's. |
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Dynamically updatable event calendar. Fully customizable and skinnable. Works with recurring events as well. |
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Flash CMS components |
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A Flash Content Management System that allows you to update text, images and SWFs directly on a live Flash website without ever leaving your browser window. |
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Create powerful Rich Internet applications and Flash content management systems with our set of powerful text editing and image management Flash components. |
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This pro version of our fCMS component is a full Flash Content Management System which allows you to design, edit and update your web pages without ever leaving your browser window. It also includes a template system to add/delete pages. |
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Flash Sound & Video Components |
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A fully skinnable and customizable Flash video player component that allows you to control playlists and automatically progressively download FLV videos (or stream FLV videos using the flvPlayerPRO-Stream). Includes XML support. |
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Plays your sound files (.mp3's) from a playlist. Enter playlist in the properties panel or feed dynamically through XML. Fully skinnable. |
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Easily add interactive hotspots to your Flash Video without embedding a heavy .flv into your SWF file, taking full advantage of the FLV format's streaming capabilities. |
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Flash Effects |
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Creates an unlimited number of high quality text effects in Flash. Includes an easy to use custom interface with real time preview. Customizable scale, position, rotation, opacity, tint, blur and glow. |
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Create exciting random vector line ffects without adding weight to your files. Change the colors |
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A real time Flash engine capable of creating realistic effects such as smoke and explosions. Every single particle is made within Flash at runtime with zero render time. |
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Various Flash Components |
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3D pie charts for Flash with interactivity and mouse control rotation. |
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A highly flexible system for recording feedback from visitors to your websites. The component is deployed on the server side using PHP and MySQL with the resulting messages displayed within the Flash movie. |
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Place trackable rotating banner adverts on your Flash websites. Includes a backend admin panel with statitics. |
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Display live RSS newsfeeds on your Flash websites. Customizable display options. |
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Creates simple Flash poll voting systems with a single question and multiple answers. Data is stored in an XML file, without the need for a database. Uses browser cookies and Flash's shared object to prevent voting more than once. |
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The Style Manager is a panel extension for Adobe/Macromedia Flash that allows you to create and then apply styles to text fields and movie clips. Consistent styling can easily be applied across any number of documents. |
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A set of five Flash chart components: Includes barChart, pieChart, lineChart, stackedPercentChart and legend. The chart data is XML driven. |
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Use this tool inside Flash to expand the text editing capabilites on static textfields, such as formatting and inserting special characters. |
To use these products you need to have Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Flash 8 or Flash CS3 - please check each product for their specific requirements. All products are cross platform, meaning that they will work the same on Mac and Windows. All products include free online support by qualified support technicians, including our development team. |
