Many users have asked how to do a 3-D scroll into the distance text effect as seen in some very popular science fiction movies. Although scrolling text is reasonably easy to achieve, it is far more difficult to give it the 3-D look as seen in the movies. We have done all the work for you and produced a component that you can simply drag onto the stage.

This component will work with Max3 and MiniMax3 with build dates of 20090904 or later, and although the component is not included with the 20090904 build’s installer, it can be download here.

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The windows sidebar has been removed from Windows 7. However, Gadgets are still supported. Our earlier blog article ‘Make a Vista sidebar gadget’ explained how to make a gadget for Vista, this followup article explains how to convert these previously described gadgets for use on Windows 7.

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Edit: Sorry, this promotion ended Oct 16th, 09. We are excited to announce the release of SWiSH Max3 and miniMax3. Now with new Wizard Projects Templates, Knife Tool, Shape Operations, Component Tool and extra components. SWiSH Max3 cements it’s reputation as truly powerful Flash authoring tool at an amazing price of just $149.95! But wait…! There’s more…. we’re offing a SUPER SALE to celebrate the release and we’ve cut $50 off the full price to $99.95, and there is an amazingly low upgrade price of only $16.95, but don’t miss out, the sale is only for a brief introductory period. Now that’s cause for celebration!

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One of the new features of SWiSH Max3 is extensions to the component scripting that allow shapes to be drawn dynamically. This means that autoshapes can be supplied via the component interface. As this greatly simplifies the creation of autoshapes you’ll find new autoshapes will be added in future releases of Max3.

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