- 3D Tools:
- Amorphium Pro - $119
- Electric Rain Swift 3D - $229 or $79
for the upgrade. Windows & Mac.
- Electric Rain Swift 3D Xpress - $129.
Flash MX 2004+ Plug-in.
- flicker - LightWave Plug-in
- Illustrate - $395 (commercial),
$99 (educational) (3DS Max plug-in)
- Poser with Poser Pro Pack (allows
export to SWF) - $219 + $199
- Ulead COOL 3D - $44.95
- Vecta3D - $58.95 (standalone), $194.95
(3DS Max plug-in)
- Audio Tools:
- FlashAmp - $30
- Swift-MP3 - Free
- SwiffTools SwiffPEG - $25
- Code Document Generators:
- Acid (ACtion Info Doc) - JavaDoc
style code commenting and dynamic patterning with HTML, XML (customizable XSL
styles) and intrinsic class (asi) files output. OpenSource parser written in
Python.
- ActionDoc - JavaDoc
style code commenting with HTML output. Last I checked (2005-11-07) it was
fairly limited beta but still very usable. Windows GUI only.
- as2api -
JavaDoc style code commenting with HTML output. GPL and works on all platforms
that support Ruby plus there is an Windows ans OS X binaries.
- AS2Doc - JavaDoc style code commenting,
XML intermediary file, uses XSL to do transform to HTML/XHTML, Flash Documentation
CustomActions/HelpPanel/MXI, RTF and Flash Stub Code. $98.90. 30 trial available
for download. Windows only.
- AS2Docs - Site down as of 2005-11-07.
- ASDocGen - Site down as of 2005-11-07.
A JavaDoc style code comment to HTML parser. Application developed in C# for
.NET and Mono only. Though the files should be downloadable from
SourceForge no
files have been released yet.
- AS2docGenerator - JavaDoc
style code comment to HTML parser. Windows Executable coded in Python.
- ASDT (ActionScript Documentation
Tool) - No diliverables yet.
- BLDoc - JavaDoc style
commenting, XML intermediary file, uses XSLT to create to framed HTML, Flash
Documentation HelpPanel with publishable index and SWF based table of contents
and intrinsic source files for use with compiled classes. Community edition
is free. As of 2005-11-07 the Professional edition price has not been set.
The Community edition has a minor limitation, see site. Windows .NET (and Mono?)
application.
- Cybersage Software FlashDoc - JavaDoc
style code commenting and creates Flash Documentation CustomActions/HelpPanel
and Flash Stub Code. Limited to one AS file at a time. $79 though apparently
Macromedia has bought out the company and the site and FLashDoc is no longer
available.
- Natural Docs - Natural Docs is an
OpenSource, extensible, multi-language documentation generator. Document your
code in a natural syntax that reads like plain English. Natural Docs then scans
your code and builds high-quality HTML or Framed HTML documentation. PERL based
so works on any system that supports PERL.
- NaturalGUI - Windows GUI for Natural
Docs. Here is a local copy of beta 5 if
you can't find the download. Freeware.
- Philter Design FlashDoc
Parser - FlashDoc (JavaDoc style) code comment parser and creates
gModeler diagrams.
- Pod::FromActionscript -
JavaDoc style code commenting with POD (PERL's Plain Old Documentation format)
output.
- VisDoc - JavaDoc code commenting
parser with XHTML, XHTML frameset and XML output with customizable XSL and
CSS. $35 per user or $140 per company. Mac OS X 10.3 or higher.
- ZenDoc (formerly AS2Docular) -
JavaDoc style code commenting with HTML output. Based on PHP and templates.
Can only parse a single source file at a time. Freeware.
- Converters (Non-video based converters)
- Articulate Presenter - PowerPoint
to Flash converter. $499
- authorGEN for PowerPoint - PowerPoint
to Flash converter. $149
- authorGEN Studio - PowerPoint, video
and audio to Flash converter. $1,995
- Avacaster System Flashpoint
- PowerPoint-to-Flash converter. ???
- IceWeb IceSlide - Converts PPT to SWF.
$149
- iMediasoft Netron Converter - PowerPoint
to Flash converter. $99
- Macromedia Breeze - Online presentation
software can convert many file types to Flash. 5 user license $375 per month.
Other licensing options available.
- Macromedia FlashPaper - Print any
document to SWF or PDF. Not transitions, etc. for PowerPoint though. It's just
not in the nature of the product. $79
- SoftAcademia.com PowerPoint to
Flash converter (PPT2SWF). $20
- OpenOffice.org - Can convert all
supported document types to Flash. Transitions and animations are not supported
though. Free.
- PresentationPro PowerCONVERTER
- PowerPoint plug-in that converts your presentations to Flash. $499
- Web Spiders Nalanda QuickFlash
- PowerPoint to Flash Converter. $99.95
- YpgSoftware FlashPPT. PowerPoint to
Flash converter. $238.95
- Development Tools:
- Alexisissac.net
Development - .sol Editor (Local Shared Object)
- ASProf - Flash MX ActionScript
profiler. Freeware
- BLITZ Xray
(AdminTool). Freeware. OpenSource.
- Flare - SWF ActionScript extractor.
Freeware
- Flasm - SWF decompiler and
assembler. Freeware
- FlasP - A FLASM
Profiler. Call stack tracer. Freeware
- Kensis Software KineticFusion
- XML (RVML) to SWF Compiler. $485
- KewBee Flash
Plugin Switcher - Freeware.
- Macromedia -
Flash Player Uninstaller for Windows and Mac
- Macromedia -
Old Flash Players
- MTASC - MotionTwin ActionScript Compiler.
Freeware. OpenSource.
- OSFlash - OpenSource Flash Community.
Lots of great OpenSource software!
- Sothink SWF Decompiler - SWF to FLA
decompiler. $79.95
- ZZZ Technologies - SWF2FLA Decompiler.
$69.95 - Now Only $49.95! Limited Time Offer.
- Dynamic SWF Tools: (Generator clones and beyond)
- Blue Pacific - ASP, PHP & Direct
Flash Turbine
- JGenerator - Free
- Macromedia Flex -
$12,000
- Macromedia Generator
- $2,000
- Ming - SWF generation library
for use with PHP and other scripting languages. Free (OpenSource)
- Perl::Flash - Free
- Swift Generator - Free (add based)
or $100 per site
- Flash Communication Server & Remoting Tools:
- AMFPHP - Flash Remoting for PHP - Free
(Open Source)
- Midnight Coders FlashORB - Java
& .NET Flash Remoting Server - Requires licensing
- OpenAMF - Java Flash Remoting Server
- Free (Open Source)
- International Localization:
- Avral Tramigo software for Flash localization
- $95 (Free under certain conditions)
- Projector Tools:
- Ant Mobile FlashAssist (Pocket PC
Flash Player) & FlashAssist PRO (Pocket PC Flash App Development on Windows).
$14.95 & $200 respectively.
- Aritali 5 - Extends Flash 5 only.
Start programs. Files - Save, Copy, Delete & Append. Free. Windows only.
Last I saw their site was down so here is a local copy. 5.zip 15.1
KB
- Aritali Edited Player - Flash 5/MX
Player with no menu or right-click. Free. Windows only. Last I saw their
site was down so here is a local copy. SAFlashPlayer.exe 792
KB
- Aritali Kumani - Flash kiosk solution.
Not Free but I haven't been able to find the price yet either. Windows only
- Aritali Peel - HTML kiosk solution.
Uses Internet Explorer to display page content in a kiosk. Page may contain
Flash and other content if the required plug-ins/ActiveX Controls are
installed in IE. Free. Windows only. Last I saw their site was down so here
is a local copy.
peel.exe 415 KB
- Aritali SOP - Shared Object Parser.
Extends Flash MX (and probably MX 2004) Projectors. Nice and simple.
Free. Windows only. Last I saw their site was down so here is a local copy.
sop.zip 9.6 KB
- ArsWare FreeMX - Free. Windows
only.
- The Design Assembly GmbH swfXXL - Full
Screen Optimizer, etc. $19.95 (personal) $89.95 (pro). Windows only.
- FlashAnts FMProjector - Flash
5 only. Uses fscommand. $129. Windows
only.
- FlashAnts iceProjector - Flash 4/5/6
only. Uses fscommand. $188. Windows only.
- flashgeek launcher.
Launches files, URLs or other applications. Windows only. Freeware.
- FlashJester - Juggler, JTools.
Windows only.
- FlashProjector - $159.99. Windows
only.
- Flashtool - Third Party Tools for
Flash.
- GoldShell Hoolicon - $30, Versiown
- $40. Windows only.
- mories.com Projector Launcher - $69.
Windows only.
- multi.dimentional.media Zinc -
$299.99 and up. Different versions for Windows GUI, Windows CMD, Pocket
PC and Mac OS X.
- Northern Codeworks SWF Studio -
$299, $149 upgrade. Windows only.
- Pro Software - PowerSWF
$39. Windows only. Dead link.
- OpenSource Flash
Screenweaver - OpenSource/Freeware.
Currently Windows only. Version 4 will support Windows, Mac & Linux.
- ScreenTime mProjector - $199 for
Windows or Mac OS X versions. $298 for both.
- Shanghai TopCMM Technologies -
SWFkit Express,
SWFkit &
SWFkit Pro. $79, $189 & $299 respectively.
Windows only.
- Sx Design Team xShell - Freeware
[ local copy &
source ]
- Screen Saver Tools:
- Axialis Professional Screen Saver Producer
- $29.95 (personal) or $59.95 (corporate). Windows only.
- GoldShell FlashForge - $60. Windows
only.
- FlashJester - Creator, Entertainer.
Windows only.
- FlashWiz - Free for non-profit
or $99 for royalty Free distribution. Windows only.
- MeedWedia Flaver - Free Beta. Dead
link. You can download a local copy from here. 949
KB.
- multi.dimentional.media Flash
Studio Pro - Free for personal use or $139.99. Windows only.
- Northern Codeworks SWF Studio - $139
($100 if your a MMUG member). Windows only.
- OpenSource Flash
Screenweaver - OpenSource/Freeware.
Currently Windows only. Version 4 will support Windows, Mac & Linux.
- Wanpatan Bitbull - $69.99. Windows
only.
- ScreenTime Media - ScreenTime for
Flash - $199 - $500 (Windows & Mac)
- Tenmiles - ScreenSwift - Free for
personal use, $49.95 for commercial use. Windows only.
- ::ultr@code - Pro Flash Screen
Saver Maker. Only works with WinNT, Win2K & WinXP - Free (dead link)
- Security Tools:
- Action Script Obfuscator - Freeware
- Server Tools: (Databases, Flash Chat, XML, etc.)
- AMF - PHP Flash Remoting through
PHP - Free
- Brandon Hall's aquaServer
XML Socket Server - Free (Java)
- Flabber Flash based client for Jabber
- Free
- Jon Williams's Multiserver
- Free (Java)
- Jeroen Kessels FlashDB (Perl Script
Database), Form2Flash (Perl Script that writes form variables to Flash movies)
- Jabber XML IM Server / Socket Server
- Free/Open Source
- Learning Media's FlashNow XML Socket
Server - 5 users Free (Linux & Win), 64 users $95 (Linux &
Win), 1000 users $495 (Linux only)
- moock.org CommServer
- Simple XML Socket Server. Free (Java 1.1+)
- moock.org Unity - XML Socket Server.
Free - 10 users, $100 - 100 users, $700 - unlimited. Per domain licensing only
(Java 1.2+)
- OpenAMF Flash Remoting - Free (Java
Servlet)
- SaXess X-Wave - 2500 EUR, X-Treeview.
Free (XML to Flash tools)
- ScoreKeeper - Free or $30
depending
- Swocket XML Socket Server.
Free/Open Source (Python)
- Shanghai TopCMM Technologies -
123 Flash Chat. Java (XML?)
Server & Flash Client. The server is $168 - $1,298 depending on max
number of simultaneous users.
- XadrA Fortress - XML Socket Server.
50 users Free, 100+ user $100+ see licensing.
- SWF Tools:
- A4Desk - Template based package for
menu's, web sites and presentations. $49.95
- FlashAnts FMPlayer - Free plug-in
beta
- Buraks Action Script Viewer - $59.95, Swifty
Utilities - Free, URL Action Editor - $39.95
- Easyweb Flash Toolset - 1.1 is
Free. 2.0 Personal Edition is $29.95 & Professional Edition is $69.95
- Flashation Flash button and menu
builder - $19.95
- GoldShell Clipyard - Free, Mix-FX
- $20
- Macromedia
Flash Writer - Adobe Illustrator 8+ Plug-in - Free
- NETGUI In A Flash Lite & Pro -
$29.95 & $199.95 respectively
- Optimaze! SWF compressor - $129
- Powerbullet Presenter - Presentation
software that renders to SWF. Free or $10 donation gets you a commercial license.
- Powerbullet SwiffRec - Record audio
to SWF. Free
- Sothink SWF Decompiler - SWF to FLA
decompiler. $79.95
- Sothink SWF Quicker - SWF authoring
and import. Built-in animation FX - $69.95
- Swftools.com - Directory of tools,
utilities extending the functionality of Macromedia Flash, and tools with SWF
output.
- SWF Tools is a collection of
SWF manipulation and generation utilities written by Rainer Böhme and
Matthias Kramm.
- SWiSH 2 $49.95 - Create Flash 4 animations
with many built in effects
- Triple W Communications -
Anim-FX Flash multi-line text effects animator.
Mix-FX Flash text effects, animations and
button creator - $27 each.
- ZZZ Technologies - SWF2FLA Decompiler.
$69.95 - Now Only $49.95! Limited Time Offer.
- Text Tools:
- GoldShell FlaX - $20
- Electronic Rain Swift 3D - $169. Windows
& Mac.
- Patrick Jansen -
PJ and S4 text effects components. $49 each or $74 for both. Windows
& Mac.
- RegExp class for Flash
5+. Free
- SWiSH - lite $19.95
- Wildform Wild fx (formerly SWfx) -
$39
- Flashtool SWfx effects - Free
- Video Tools:
- Adobe After Effects -
$649 (Standard), $1,499 (Production Bundle)
- AVIcodec - Free multimedia files
analyzer. Works on many media files. Not just AVIs.
- Blue Pacific Turbine Video Encoder
- Free Version or $39 Registered Version (Does not do Flash MX video streams
but is very good with standard bitmap video)
- develotec.com Flashmorph - EUR 49.00
- FlashAnts SWF2Video 1.1 - $79.00,
SWF2Video Pro 1.0 - $168.00
- MiniHttpServer.NET Flash-SWF
to AVI/GIF Converter - $19.95
- Sorenson Squeeze for Macromedia Flash
MX Upgrade $49 - Squeeze Compression Suite $499 (can create Flash MX video
streams and VBR)
- Pizzinini.net swf2avi - Freeware
- Wildform Flix Lite $29 & Flix
Pro $149 (can create Flash MX video streams and VBR)
- Vid2swf - $25.00 (for the
beta?)
- Wallpaper Tools (Active Desktop integrators)
- multi.dimentional.media FlashCandy
- Free for personal use or $149.99. Windows only.
- Tenmiles - Flash Wallpaper - Free
for personal use, $49.95 for commercial use. Windows only.
- ScreenTime Media - SWF Desktop
- $24.95 Personal, $99.95 Professional (Windows & Mac)
