Catch the uncatchable to learn it deeper and to make it better!

Multimedia surrounds us during our internet surfing closely and closely. It is developing faster and faster and as a result becomes better and better. Sometimes it is so good that it would be desirable to get it on our PC.

For example, Flash. Almost every web site may content flash elements on its pages.

As you know, the most frequently used area where flash animation takes place is advertisement. Bobbing and flaring, cute and funny banners attract or annoy your attention. Anyway it doesn’t leave you indifferent.

Another area is interactive pages: menus, buttons, logos, intros, greeting cards, cartoons, games etc. Virtually, it’s seems to be difficult to imagine all opportunities of applying of Flash movies. So, Flash is popular.

One thing which could trouble you is a problem of getting of Flash movie directly from the web page onto your hard disk. Browser’s standard command “file – save as” doesn’t work. How to get a movie you like in the place you want?

Smart tool
Sothink SWF Decompiler is the only program you need. This remarkable software allows you to save Flash movies in any folder on your hard disk. But this feature is only little part of all possibilities of Sothink SWF Decompiler.

What is Sothink SWF Decompiler good for?
Sothink SWF Decompiler is a really professional tool allows catching and saving web Flash animation for further editing by special applications.

After installation Sothink SWF Decompiler adds a small button of Sothink SWF Catcher on the toolbar of Internet Explorer browser. Using this button it is easy to save a Flash movie which has been loaded in the current web browser’s window.

Another way to get a flash movie file is right-clicking and selecting of "Sothink SWF Catcher".

In my opinion, the most important function of Sothink SWF Decompiler is that it can carefully parse flash movie file into components. The application decompiles flash movie file and presents the result on the right panel of its main window.

Functions overview
It seems that Sothink SWF Decompiler posses almost all kinds of actions that could be applied to a Flash movie on a web page. It is realized in such ways:

Comfortable Explorer panel at the left provides an easy-going interface to quickly find, browse and play *.swf files or Flash *.exe files on your PC or network. In addition there is ability to scan the Internet Explorer’s cash to find Flash files you have viewed before.

After scanning your hard drive the program extracts the resources of SWF and sorts them in several formats. To edit extracted movie in Flash Sothink SWF Decompiler easily exports it in *.fla format.

Analyzing the movie Sothink SWF Decompiler decompiles the action script code (supports Action Script 2.0) and creates neat and readable code. You can save the code in *.txt or binary (*.bin) format. Moreover, you can export any selected element or all elements at once to any defined folder.

Besides, by selecting in the Explorer panel any *.swf or *.exe movie file it is possible to browse and preview them before exporting and view its detail properties.

Pleasant convenience
Sothink SWF Decompiler has pretty graphical user interface. The main window integrates well-organized menus as well as special tabs for effective action and easy access to most frequently used commands. It is designed in the explorer-like style which allows you to catch all info you need at one glance.

It is remarkable that in general the graphical user interface is designed in according to human visual perception – we used to read from left-to-right and to think in definite sequence. Our way of thinking used to follow such scheme: “the reason – the essence – an action – a result (a conclusion)”.

So, in the Sothink SWF Decompiler’s main window our look slides smoothly from left-to-right without difficulties: the Explorer tab (like “the reason”) – the Preview window (like “the essence”) – the Resource and Export panel (like “an action and a result”). You see that it really proves the term “intuitive-based” graphical user interface!

Who can find Sothink SWF Decompiler useful?
It can be useful for web-masters, Flash designers or anyone who wants to save images, shapes, video, mp3 and scripts extracted from Flash movie files by the program. Finally it can be used to learn Flash and in particular Action Script.

Evaluating period lasts for 15 days and unregistered version of Sothink SWF Decompiler supports export of only first two items in each category (there are Shape, Morph, Image, Sound, Video, Font, Text, Sprite, Button, Frame, Misc and Action categories).


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