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For Immediate Release

METHINKS MAKES POPULAR FLASH SPECIAL EFFECTS EASY WITH SCOOTER

Los Angeles -- January 6, 2003 -- Methinks today announced the release of Scooter, a set of Flash MX components that gives designers an easy way to add eye-grabbing moves to their Flash projects.

Scooter consists of four components that affect four different attributes:
   Scooter Mover
   Scooter Zoomer
   Scooter Rotator
   Scooter Fader

Scooter components are used by simply dragging and dropping them onto instances on the authoring stage.  All components share a similar control panel with fun-to-adjust parameters:
   TurboEase: for dramatic inertial changes.
   Bounces: for spring action.
   Randomness: for jiggles or wandering.

Before Scooter, these special effects required complex ActionScript programming every time an effect was used.  Scooter is one of the first Flash MX component products made for designers, no ActionScript programming is necessary.

Scooter requires the Macromedia Flash MX authoring tool (Windows or Macintosh), but projects with Scooter can be published for the older Flash 5 player (or higher).  Scooter costs $39.95 and is available for immediate purchase as an electronic download at http://methinks.com.  A fully functional online demo is available.

About Methinks
Founded in 2002, Methinks is a software company that specializes in easy-to-use tools for Flash professionals.

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For more information contact:
Chuck Timmerman - Methinks
info@methinks.com