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BJC bit component set resizer:: awesome!

If you haven’t got a chance to try out the BJC bit component set, originally written by Keith Peters (who else!), here’s a darn good reason: the resizer. This little component’s made my day. What it does is resize a movieclip or bitmap, but it can keep margins that don’t resize.

Say you have […]

New workarounds for the Bit Component Set

( Components and Misc. )

Recently got the bit component set (written by Keith Peters ) from the BeamJive store and started switching from v2 components to these on two projects of mine.

This isn’t as starightforward as one would wish. First you can’t simply swap one for the other because the swap button is disabled, meaning you’ll have to drop […]

The first workaround for the bit component set?

( Components and Misc. )

I received the bit component set after a client asked me to shave some kbs off of some of the movies I had made for him. I replaced the loader component, which sends progress and load events, and linked it to a progress bar. I compared it to the original and there seemed to […]

Simple effects components

The Zoomer and Fader are easy-to-use components that snap to your movieclips and allow them to zoom or fade on rollover.

This is a port of the Zoomer and Fader components of the Simple Effects Library by Martin de Visser (flashcomponents.net). They now use the Flash MX 2004 component architecture and the Tween class for a […]

Loading Circle component

On Macromedia Exchange , when you get from one section to another, instead of getting a loading bar, you get a indeterminate loading circle that looks quite good.

This Loading Circle component gives you a loading circle just like the one on Macromedia Exchange. It supports custom label, speed and styles.

Download it here (v1.0.0)