Most Wanted Flash MX Components: Most Wanted is a wide collection of useful components for Macromedia Flash MX published by Friends of Ed. Each chapter of the book combines an exhaustive reference resource with plenty of hands-on examples to form a rich, designer-oriented guide. The book contains Flash MX components, source code, supporting text, and novel ideas from the following authors: Aral Balkan Todd Coulson Jen deHaan David Doull Josh Dura Peter Elst Jeremy Larkin Lifaros Todd Marks Brian Monnone Michael Montagna Daryn Nakhuda James Palmer Mike Pearce Paul Prudence Bill Spencer Jon Steer Jared Tarbell Brandon Williams Todd Yard Steve Young My contribution to the book was the Particle Emitter: In this image, the Particle Emitter has been slightly modified to emit particles that trace their path until their eventual self-destruction. The source code can be found in this Flash MX Particle Trace source file. The Particle Emitter component generates an easily adaptable field of dynamic particles. Each particle is an autonomous object, optimized to move about, change size, fade, and self-destruct under a collection of attributes given to it at creation time. Some examples of the Particle Emitter component: Some examples of the Particle Emitter component with slight code modifications/extensions:     See development images from the project. Many thanks to a hard working staff at Friends of Ed. May they find new form in flight. Technical Editor Steve Rycroft Editorial Proofer Helena Sharman Project Manager Simon Brand Technical Reviewers Marcho Baraldi Alexandra Blackburn Sally Cruikshank Steve McCormick Vibha Roy Mike Sloan Graphic Editor Matt Clark Cover Design Katy Freer Matt Clark Index Simon Collins Author Agent Chris Matterface Commissioning Editor Andrew Tracey Managing Editor Chris Hindley Flash MX Components: Most Wanted, paperback 300 pages | 1st edition (January 2003) | Friends of Ed | ISBN: 1-904344-10-0