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Most Wanted

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Flash MX Components: Most Wanted is a wide collection of useful components for Macromedia Flash MX published by Friends of Ed. Each chapter of the book combines an exhaustive reference resource with plenty of hands-on examples to form a rich, designer-oriented guide.

The book contains Flash MX components, source code, supporting text, and novel ideas from the following authors:

My contribution to the book was the Particle Emitter:

In this image, the Particle Emitter has been slightly modified to emit particles that trace their path until their eventual self-destruction. The source code can be found in this Flash MX Particle Trace source file.

The Particle Emitter component generates an easily adaptable field of dynamic particles. Each particle is an autonomous object, optimized to move about, change size, fade, and self-destruct under a collection of attributes given to it at creation time.

Some examples of the Particle Emitter component:

Some examples of the Particle Emitter component with slight code modifications/extensions:

See development images from the project.

Images

Development Images

The Particle Emitter is a Flash MX Component. The following are a collection of screen captures from the development phase of the Particle Emitter.

capture a. The Particle Emitter in use as an explosion

capture b. Colored discs of random size and destination drift gently from off stage using multiple Particle Emitters.

capture c. The chaotic stream of emitted particles

capture d. An experimental modification of the Particle Emitter uses word objects as particles

capture e. High contrast particle emitter against a white background

capture f. Particles that trace their path create an illustration of the particle emitter’s computational process

capture g. Five randomly placed Particle Emitters produce falling snow

Fresh Flash

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London, England

Many thanks to Friends of Ed:

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Particle Emitter Levitated

A Levitated Flash MX Component

The Particle Emitter Flash MX Component was originally created for publication in Friends of Ed‘s Flash MX Components: Most Wanted. Development on the component has continued. The most recent version is available here, as a free download:

Flash MX Component Installation File

The installation file requires the free Macromedia Extension Manager to be installed properly.

Notes on usage and example files are available here.

The Particle Emitter component is available as a free download. Design and code by Jared Tarbell for Friend’s of Ed’s Flash MX Components: Most Wanted publication.

Many thanks to a hard working staff at Friends of Ed. May they find new form in flight.

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Flash MX Components: Most Wanted, paperback
300 pages | 1st edition (January 2003) | Friends of Ed | ISBN: 1-904344-10-0