45 Creative and Distinctive Flashden Preloaders

Preloaders are a great way to provide visual feedback to a user to show how long a Flash file takes to load, and they come in all shapes, colors and sizes. Amongst the 6,400+ files we currently have available on Flashden.net, there are some exceptional preloaders available ranging from simple and effective, to gorgeously creative. So save yourself some time perusing all our Flash files and see some of the exceptional files our talented contributors sell on our website.

Smooth Particle Preloader by jysta
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What makes this preloader so intriguing is its simplicity. A percentage value scrolls across the screen, highlighting a trail of glowing particles, with an added twist that the particles float upwards upon loading completion to make this file very simple yet very professional. The floating particles at the end of the preloader help make the transition from preloader to whatever content awaits its user.

Advanced Circle Preloader by jysta
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From the same author that created the previous preloader we featured, jysta revisits the floating particles idea but integrates it with a circular preloader instead. The way both of these preloaders from jysta disappear as the Flash content is loaded, really helps make the transition from preloader to content very smooth and seamless.

Preloader 10 Pack by digitalscience
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Why buy one preloader when you can purchase a set of 10?! Flashden regular digitalscience applies his branded, blue techno style to 10 different preloaders for one amazing price. The pack includes circular, percentage based designs, as well as reflective, numeric text effects, percentage-based lines and bars, and some very cool mouse following techniques.

21 Preloaders Pack by dsym
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Why buy 10 preloaders when you can buy 21?! This is a stylish and creative set of preloaders giving you enough variety for all your many different Flash projects. Some very nice numerical typography features in several of the preloaders, while other iterations display a burst of easing animation effects to provide an overall professional impression.

Circular Preloader by wickedpixel
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Displaying loading progress as a circle is a good way to visually inform the user of how much has been loaded and how much is yet to be loaded. Circular Preloader by wickedpixel is an easy-to-use and fully customizable solution allowing you to change many variables including border width, color, radius, and distance from mouse as the preloader follows the path of the user’s cursor. Your only limit is your imagination!

Preloader displaying time remaining by samss100
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Wouldn’t it be great if, as well as showing a percentage of how much content has been loaded, you were able to see how much time it would take to load a piece of content? Well, that’s exactly what this file does by samss100. Based on a user’s connectivity speed, the time it will take to load the Flash content is displayed so that the user is accurately informed about how long they will need to wait before everything has loaded. With over 100 sales currently, this is a very useful and popular preloader.

Aliens Preloader Game by vibor
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Why sit and watch a blank screen as your Flash content is loaded when you can be shooting down aliens from another planet instead?! That seems to be the logic behind vibor’s fantastically original preloader, which not only allows you to rid the world of evil aliens, but also keeps a set of scores and statistics in front of you to let you know how well you’re doing. A warning however; the game is so good, you might forget the real reason you came to the site in the first place and forget to skip the preloader once the content has finished loading!

Full Custom Preloader Component by arriba
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If you are concerned about the look and feel of your preloader because and you want it to match your content or Web site, look no further than arriba’s custom preloader component. This is a Flash component that allows the user to drag and drop an instance of a preloader on the stage and completely customize the size, shape and color. We know Web and Flash designers are meticulous when it comes down to design and aesthetics, so take responsibility for the design of your preloader using this very easy to use Flash component.

Candy Preloader by Geodeath
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Until something new comes along in the design community, the “Web 2.0″ look and feel is here to stay. So what better way to preload your Flash content than with a glossy, candy inspired stripy preloader! It looks great and it probably tastes good too!

Easing Preloader by RimV
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This is a high-gloss preloader that wouuld not look out of place within Windows Vista. The smooth easing, glass style effect is accompanied by some popping bubbles that magically float around the progress bar as it slides across from left to right.

Tiny Circle Preloader by sparias
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Small, but perfectly formed, this uber-minimal design from sparias is a concept that would make Apple very proud indeed.

Smooth Percentage Preloader by collis
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Not only one of the first files to ever appear on Flashden, but also one of the most popular files ever! Eden’s very own Collis has created a super-smooth loading/easing preloader that can be color customized for your own project.

Think Tank Preloader by doubleyou
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As an alternative to offering feedback to a user via a percentage figure, doubleyou has decided to show how much content has been loaded by using a very nice liquid animation inside a container as a visual metaphor for completion. As the Think Tank becomes full and the bubbles start to rise, you know you are only seconds away from loading your content and immersing yourself into your Flash content.

Shifting Numbers Preloader by jurgenv
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Numerical overdrive fuels the Shifting Numbers Preloader from Flashden author madness. The effect employed in this design simulates an odometer with a really terrific blurring transition effect.

Honeycomb Preloader by Fougie
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Fougie has designed a very distinctive honeycomb pattern using hexagons that fill and flash with color as the Flash content loads. Many of the aspects of the animation can be customized, including the hexagon and background color, as well as the spotlight intensity. There is also a nice feature to prevent the animation from playing if the movie to be loaded is already cached in the browser. Another very nice feature with this file is that all the graphics are completely vector based, so you can resize the movieclip however you want.

Car Dashboard Preloader by barisintepe
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Keep your seatbelt fastened, because there’s still one more preloader to go! The Car Dashboard preloader is a clever and sexy animated design that uses a car’s odometer to convey percentage of bytes loaded. Once again, the graphics in this design are vector based which means there will be no degradation of quality whatsoever if ever you need to resize this preloader for your own Flash project.

Well, that’s all we have to feature right now — all our preloaders are showing 100%! Maybe you’ve seen, bought, or even made a cool preloader on Flashden that we didn’t feature in this article? If so, we’d love to hear from you in the comments section. Equally, perhaps there’s a file we featured that you didn’t even know we had available on Flashden! Again, we’d love to hear your Flashden preloader feedback!