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Easily DIY Your Own Logo by Sothink Logo Maker 1.0

Making great logos become so easy and fun! Please get started with Sothink Logo Maker V1.0 to easily DIY your own logo without requiring any professional logo design experience. Sothink Logo Maker is an intuitive and extremely simple logo creator for you to fast design high-quality company logo, button, banner, header, icon and signature for website, blog, forum, email and more.

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This logo creator offers rich templates, preset color & effect styles, and well designed logo images, which will fully satisfy your needs and give you endless amount of logo design possibilities. Just pick a style template, enter your (company) name, and apply special visual effects to logo images and texts. That’s All!

The great editing capability also ensures a smooth and pleasant designing process. Flexible import function offers you more logo design resources. The logo graphic can be output to JPG, PNG or BMP as needed.

Download this logo maker and try to design logo by yourslef >>

Tags：company logo, design logo, logo creator, logo maker, sign design.

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New Drop Down Menu Templates are Added to DHTML Menu V9.3

Want to design good-looking and fast-loading drop down menu for your website, but afraid of the conventional large quantities of scripting work? Sothink DHTML Menu is a simple yet powerful drop down menu builder. It offers an easy and productive way to create attractive SEO friendly drop down menus, JavaScript menus without any JavaScript programming.

For more information of this SEO friendly drop down menu builder >>

Rich built-in templates and preset styles let you create professional DHTML menus that work in all browsers within just a few minutes. Even amateur web menu designers can make advanced drop-down menus easily. In the latest DHTML Menu V9.3, 15 nice and new templates are available for your convenience.

Samples of the new added drop down menu templates: Flip, Gray, Skelecton, Pure Black, Olive

This outstanding JavaScript menu builder supports making database driven JavaScript menus with ASP, PHP, JSP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion and more. You can also create various functional menus like tab menu, multi-column menu, etc. Menu appearance can be fully customized. Good integration lets you add menus to your web pages using your existing HTML editor.

Download this drop down menu builder for 30-day free experience >>

Tags：DHTML Menu, Drop Down Menu, javascript menu, Web Menu.

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Sothink SWF Decompiler V5.4 Enables You to Search for All ActionScript

We are happy to announce the release of our new Sothink SWF Decompiler V5.4. It is the industry-leading ActionScript viewer for decompiling SWF to FLA or FLEX project, or extracting every SWF elements. This latest version delivers many appealing features, plus improvements to many existing features.

The most important enhancement for this ActionScript viewer is that the “search all” function is enabled for ActionScript, so now you can search ActionScript in all AS files of selected Flash.

Sothink SWF Decompiler V5.4 is not just a SWF to FLA/FLEX converter. Now a SWF extractor tool is added into the program, and you are able to extract SWF from Flash movies of EXE format.

An additional benefit of the Sothink SWF Decompiler V5.4 is that it is able to automatically recognize system language and switch to corresponding program interface. Besides the existing English, German, French and Traditional Chinese program interfaces, Italian and Korean interfaces are also available in this new version.

Download this ActionScript viewer for 30-day FREE experience >>

We love hearing from you, and we’ll be keeping an eye out for future developments, so if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to send us an email to support@sothink.com.

Tags：ActionScript viewer, flash decompiler, Recover FLA, swf decompiler, swf to flex converter.

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Capture and Download SWF from Safari for FREE

On February 1, 2010, Sothink releases SWF Catcher for Safari V1.0, an useful Safari plug-in, which is totally free of charge and allows you to capture and download rich Flash media of SWF format from Safari quickly, such as Flash movies, Flash banners, Flash games, Flash cartoons, Flash cards, etc.

This free Safari plug-in has a small size, and can be embedded into Safari by just adding a new button. With this professional Safari Flash downloader, you can capture and save favorite online Flash from Safari at anytime, without worrying about losing the Flash media when it is deleted by the site.

For more information about this industry-leading Safari Flash downloader >>

You also can open the downloaded Safari Flash in Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac, and then decompile it to FLA or FLEX project easily for further editing.

How to decompile downloaded Safari Flash by Sothink SWF Decompiler >>

Tags：flash save mac, safari flash download, safari swf download, swf download mac.

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Sothink.com Announces the Hottest One-day Deal Promotion

From January 28, 2010 to February 7, 2010, Sothink.com will release its One-day Deal promotion, containing a selection of amazing and useful DHTML menu builder, tree menu builder, SWF editor, SWF decompiler and web scroller. For a limited time, five important and award-winning software products on Sothink.com will be sold at 50% discounted prices.

1. One-day Deal Schedule

2. How to Order These Discounted Flash Authoring Tools?

This special offer is provided as coupon codes that are listed in the above table. Moreover, related One-day Deal information will also be noted in each product’s home page.

To enjoy the discounted price, you just need to follow the ordinary ordering process. When entering the purchase page, please fill in the “Discount coupon” box with the coupon code we offered, and then click “Update cart”. As follows: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags：DHTML Menu Builder, Drop Down Menu, flash decompiler, Flash Maker, One-day Deal, SWF Editor.

Posted in Compay Events, JavaScript Web Scroller, SWF Easy, Sothink DHTML Menu, Sothink SWF Quicker, Sothink Tree Menu | No Comments »

A Low-cost Adobe Flash Alternative – Sothink SWF Quicker V5.0

The new Sothink SWF Quicker V5.0 is the most powerful Flash SWF editor, packed with incredible new features including enhanced vector editing capability – up to as a low cost alternative to Adobe Flash.

This leading Adobe Flash alternative can edit SWF or create professional Flash animations from scratch. It is compatible with Windows 7; fully supports AS 3.0; supports applying plenty of built-in animated effects to Flash movie elements; provides quick-start templates to make Flash Albums, Banners, Navigation Buttons and Slide Shows easily.

For more information about this low-cost Adobe Flash alternative >>

Sothink SWF Quicker, in the latest V5.0, provides same vector editing capability with Adobe Flash, which will best meet Flash designers’ drawing needs. The functionalities of the Paint Bucket, Subselection and Eyedropper tools are greatly enhanced. What’s more, the align function is also improved.

You can get all the super functions with a fraction of Adobe Flash’s full price. Definitely design rich professional Flash movies with all the features at a price you can afford.… So, please have a try!

Download this low cost Adobe Flash alternative for 30-day FREE experience >>

We’re excited about these upgrades and we’re hoping you’re excited too. We know there may still be some kinks, so if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to send us an email to support@sothink.com.

Tags：Edit SWF, Flash Alternative, Flash animation maker, Flash Editor, SWF Editor.

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Preparation for DIY Special Christmas Card – Tutorial Two: Extract Christmas Card Elements

Click here for how to capture and download fabulous Christmas card from IE >>

As the second step of DIY Christmas cards, you need to prepare various pretty card elements, such as image, sound, shape, sprite, ActionScript, etc. Now I will introduce you how to extract elements from your captured Christmas card.

Used Tool: Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac V5.3

Estimated Time: 5 Minutes

Purpose: Extract an image from SWF on Mac (For Windows Users >>)

Step 1: Open the SWF containing desired Christmas card elements

1. Launch Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac.

2. In the explorer panel, locate the folder containing target SWF, and then the SWF will be listed in the below panel.

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Tags：Christmas card, Mac OS X, SWF Decompiler For Mac, swf to fla, swf to flex converter.

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Preparation for DIY Special Christmas Card – Tutorial One: Save Flash from IE

So exciting! Christmas is coming soon. It’s time for fun and good cheer. You may want to DIY warm and beautiful Merry Christmas cards and send them to friends and families to share the wonderful spirit of Christmas.

In this tutorial, I will introduce you how to capture and download fabulous Christmas cards from IE by Sothink SWF Catcher, a free IE extension for you to save Flash to local computer.

For more information on this Flash Christmas card downloader >>

In next tutorial, you will learn how to get preferred elements from captured Christmas card >>

Used Tool: Sothink SWF Catcher – Free extension for capturing and saving Flash from IE

Estimated Time: 5 Minutes

Purpose: Capture and save Flash from IE

Step 1: Capture Favorite Flash from IE

1. After Sothink SWF Catcher has been installed successfully on your computer, from Internet Explorer, open a web page containing the Christmas card you want to save to local.

2. On the IE toolbar, select Tools > Sothink SWF Catcher. Now the Sothink SWF Catcher window is appeared.

The Flash Christmas card contained in this web page is captured and listed on the left. When you click the file, it will be automatically played in the right window.

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Tags：Christmas card, download swf, flash capture, flash downloader, Flash Save, swf catcher for IE.

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Easily Convert SWF to MXML by Sothink SWF Decompiler

MXML file is an Adobe Flex Markup Language and its component is used by an Adobe Flex application.

The MXML file is used for laying out user interface components in the application. Most Flex applications include multiple MXML and ActionScript (.AS) files.

For decompiling and reusing the SWF created by Adobe Flex Builder 3, Sothink SWF Decompiler, the leading SWF to Flex project converter and resource extractor, can help you to decompile the SWF to MXML. Please see the following step-by-step tutorial.

For more information about this SWF to MXML converter >>
 

Used Tool: Sothink SWF Decompiler V5.3 – Leading SWF to MXML converter

Estimated Time: 5 Minutes

Purpose: Convert SWF to MXML

Step 1: Open the SWF to be converted to MXML

1. Launch Sothink SWF Decompiler.

2. In the Explorer panel, browse to find the folder where the SWF you want to convert to MXML locates, and the SWF will be listed in the panel below.

 
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Tags：Decompile Flash, flash decompiler, Recover FLA, swf decompiler, swf to flex converter, SWF to MXML.

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Introducing the Best Windows 7 Compatible Flash SWF Editor

We are very excited that SourceTec Software added compatibility with Windows 7 as a significant enhancement in Sothink SWF Quicker V4.7 on November 16, 2009. This latest version is also enriched with lots of appealing features focused on improving usability for drawing tools. All of these make Sothink SWF Quicker the best solution for the Flash animation designers to edit SWF or create Flash animations from scratch.

SWF Quicker is the leading Flash SWF editor. It fully supports Flash CS4 (V10) and AS 3.0; offers seven popular Flash filters for you to add visual animating effects to texts, buttons and movie clips; supports applying plenty of built-in animated effects to Flash movie elements; provides quick-start templates to make Flash Albums, Banners, Navigation Buttons and Slide Shows easily…

For more information about this best Flash SWF editor >>

Get this professional Flash SWF editor for 30-day FREE experience >>

Through from my eyes, the new Sothink SWF Quicker V4.7 is more powerful than previous versions. It adds compatibility for the latest Microsoft operating system, which will bring users more security. What’s more, it supports exporting movies to Flash Lite 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 now.

To offer users better usability for easy-drawing, Sothink SWF Quicker V4.7 greatly enhanced the Pen, Subselection and Ink Bottle tools. I’m sure you will find totally new and handy drawing experience in this latest version.

It is for sure that the SWF Quicker team will update with more features as they find them. So you can tell us here or contact support@sothink.com if you find what SWF Quicker is still missing. We’ll be keeping an eye out for future developments. Please concern on Sothink Blog to get the first-hand information!

Tags：Edit SWF, Flash animation maker, Flash Animation Software, Flash Editor, SWF Editor.

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