New FoxMail Out + Our Archives + Upcoming Eden News

As of a few minutes ago, FlashDen members subscribed to our FoxMail mailing list will have received the latest edition of our newsletter delivered to their inboxes. Remarkably we’re up to the 9th newsletter, despite my most erratic sending habits! [...]

Animator vs Animation 2 - How to Break Flash

A bit of light Flash entertainment via AlbinoBlackSheep -)

Animator vs. Animation 2 from Albino Blacksheep

News Flash: Roundup of Flash-related News (July 15, 2008)

News Flash is Flashden’s roundup of recent Flash-related stories from around the globe. Here comes this week’s digest!

Best Flash sites ever
British Web magazine .net have assembled what they believe are the best 20 Flash Web sites of all time.

PaperKing3D Contest
Can’t resist creating three-dimensional Flash files using Papervision3D? Think you’re the king of 3D? Well here’s your chance to show off your skills with an online contest to find the best use of Papervision3D. You’ve got one month from today, as the contest closes on August 15. Get to work, there’s no time to lose! [...]

50 Absolutely Killer Flash Templates

Web site templates built entirely out of Flash have gotten incredibly popular here on FlashDen. At the time of writing there are over 250 templates available on Flashden. The availability, choice, and of couse, value for money of the templates on Flashden are just some of the reasons why our templates are hugely popular.

We’ve picked out 50 Flashden templates that we absolutely love from both a design and creative perspective. Not only is this a great way to see an overview of the quality and diversity of templates on our Web site, but it’s also an opportunity for us to thank all our authors and contributors who make Flashden the success it is. Well done to everyone who has uploaded Flash templates so far, irrespective of whether they’re featured in this article or not, and we’re excited to see what existing and new authors will be designing and uploading over the next few years! [...]

FlashDen Authors Selling in the Six Figures - Introducing the Blue Steel Paw

Back in August 2006 when we launched FlashDen, one of the jobs I had was to make a set of paw icons to show how much an author has sold. We made icons for sales all the way up to $100,000. Today I had to make a new icon. [...]

News Flash: Roundup of Flash-related News (July 7, 2008)

News Flash is Flashden’s roundup of recent Flash stories from around the world. Read on for the first installment!

Flash Lite ported to the iPhone
Interactive designer Thomas Joos has ported Flash Lite code to the iPhone, opening up the possibility of iPhone applications that can use Flash [...]

Create Fonts and Sell Them on Flashden

Have you ever wanted to create a pixel font or a TrueType font but did not know how to do it? Or perhaps you’ve tried but become frustrated with the process? Then meet your new friend, FontStruct!

FontStruct, from the creators of FontShop is a powerful yet super-easy to use online Flash application that allows you to quickly create fonts for free. And once you’ve finished creating your very own font, why not upload it to Flashden and sell it?! [...]

21 Incredibly Creative Flash Websites

National Grid
http://www.nationalgridfloe.com/

Environmental issues have never been more fun to learn in this graphically stunning interactive site by First Born Media. Befriend and care for a baby polar bear and perform tasks and games along the way in order to learn and understand more about how much of our lifestyle has an effect on our environment. Rich in motion graphics with a high level of interactivity, this is a fine example of how Flash can be used to create compelling and interactive content.

Mathieu Badimon

http://lab.mathieu-badimon.com/

A laboratory of impressive Flash experiments all wrapped-up within a three dimensional navigation menu. Gravitational forces, liquid synergy, and text effects all hand coded by Flash scientist Mathieu Badimon.

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