please help me to find my sounds library. I just started to learn sounds in Flash MX 2004 pro and the sounds library in window>other panels>common libraries is not there. it's replaced by learning interactions library. is it supposed to be this way? if not , where can I dig out my sounds libra...more >>

There used to be a link for online flash tutorial. But it's not there anymore. Does this online flash tutorial still exists? ...more >>

I would like to use my own up and down buttons and get rid of the border, is that possible? Thanks, Lee...more >>

Can anyone explain how to either create within Flash, or create within Freehand/Illustrator (& import into Flash) a glow effect? Thus far, importing into Flash rarely works from Illustrator and the tools in Freehand are not clear to me. Either way, any sort of transparency is filled in upon i...more >>

is it possible to create a mirror image of a movie and play it back just like the original ??? please tell me this possible and how to do it......is it with a movie clip? Do I bring the finished movie into a new Flash doc and then......? any insight would be greatly appreciated...thank...more >>

Ok here?s the scoop?.. I am pretty new to developing flash content, but so far have done fairly well with done rough stuff. Recently I have been working on a website for someone and I?m stumped with a small error that is happening?. [S=www.paintballparadise.ca]https://www.paintballparadi...more >>

Someone wants me to create something like this http://www.aliciakeys.net but I would not know where to start. I initially decided against trying, but I've changed my mind and want to try if it's possible. I use Director more than Flash, so my Flash level is very novice. Given that, do you...more >>

ok I have a series of 9 swfs that need to play one after the other. As one ends the next one starts loading and then plays. What is the best way to go about this? i don't want the page to change, I want all of them to run on the same page. ...more >>

I am trying to make some text fade in. It works when scrubbing the timeline, but doesn't show in a tested or published movie. Can anyone help me? TIA -Christopher Walker...more >>

In terms of strategy, how does someone build a large vector map that allows users to zoom, pan, etc.? I tried this several months ago, with one giant vector graphic in a movie clip and it was too large. The .fla file was around 5 MB and my system would freeze whenever I tested the movie. ...more >>

I'd like to merge two flash .fla files developed independently into one .fla file so that they become two scenes. I would have thought Import would do it, but it doesn't list .fla as an acceptable file type. I tried Edit -> select all, copy, switch to other flash file (new scene), then paste...more >>

Can anyone help me make a dripping or smearing effect (Like blood dripping from letters) or link me to a template that does so. I would greatly appreciate it..Thanks!...more >>

I don't remember having this problem with MX. For some reason JPGs I import into MX 2004 don't compress when I publish my movie to a .swf. I have strict file size rules in this regard - the file I'm working on must be no bigger then 12k when I'm finished. I'll import a 29k JPEG into...more >>

I'm writing from Costa Rica. I need help about to change the default flash projector icon for another *.ico, can someone know how to create a *.ico (ICON)??? (I know how to program an autorun.inf). Best Regards ...more >>

Hi, In FlashMX 2004, I'm trying to do the following: when a user clicks a button(A), 2 things should happen: (1) load a .txt file and display the text in a textbox (2) display a new button(B) -under the textbox- which the user can click -- (this button should load a new page...more >>

Forgive me for my ignorance, but is there a way to reset a flash movie after 20 minutes of inactivity?...more >>

is there a way to communicate between different flash apps embedded in a web page? ...more >>

How do I make the pop-up window to fit the flash movie like in newgrounds? If you wanna check it out and tell me bout it Newgrounds is at www.newgrounds.com Thx c ya ...more >>

Hi, We would like to invite you to beta test our software (InAlbum) before it is released. Please email me at michael.shawn@inalbum.com if you are interested and we will send you information how to get the software. InAlbum is an easy to use software to transform your digital photos into a...more >>

Well, I am having some trouble with Flash MX and memory management... I am running Flash MX on a WinXP pro machine, with 512 Mb RAM and a virtual memory setting round 800 Mb. Flash keeps telling me a Macintosh memory management message (addressing me to the Finder) to aassign more RAM to flas...more >>

Hi, We would like to invite you to beta test our software (InAlbum) before it is released. Please email me at michael.shawn@inalbum.com if you are interested and we will send you information how to get the software. InAlbum is an easy to use software to transform your digital photos into a...more >>

Good day, This should be a fairly easy question to answer .. how do I create a new movieClip on _level1 and then attach an another movieClip that is stored in the library to that blank clip? I have tried _level1.createEmptyMovieClip("newClip", 1); but that does not appear to do anythin...more >>

Hello, I am brand new to Flash, and have Flash 2004 Pro. My first application is a simple image sequence as a "slide show" that will be distributed as a Flash Projector on a CD. Where can I find instructions to make a graphic button into a link that will open a browser and load their web ...more >>

I was recently commissioned by a blue chip company to design, develop and supply the master to a cdrom 'roadmap' which I programmed in Flash, job is complete. They have since returned to me for a quote on replacing the text with French. The thing is they have also gone to another company ...more >>

I am trying to figure out how to speed up the playback of an animation (not intended for web). when I play it in the Flash player at a medium quality it plays correctly but there is no way (it seems ) to save the movie at a lower quality. can I do this by creating an action script to contr...more >>

I am having a sound problem when exporting Flash files in MX and MX 2004. The problem is very intermittent, and doesn't always happen, but happens regularly enough that there must be a problem. The sound file is replaced by a "screeching" or feedback noise. Each time the file is output, a d...more >>

Is there a way to set up flash to build a 3d object in the same way one would use a cad program to build an object. An example: width, height, opening.[E=3d]onin7@netscape.net[/E]...more >>

i understand the _root part, but the levels confuse me. are they pretty much the same. does _root.pic1.pic2 mean that pic2 is on level 2? please explain...more >>

Hi All, I'm looking for a book about animation, drawing cartoon figures, movement, adding audio etc in Flash MX and the various techniques. I'd appreciate any pointers from NG users who have read such books (assuming one exists) TIA - Vers ...more >>

to all flash designers how i can change righ click menu info on the swf file like changing >>> about macromedia flash player to something like >>>> designed by[b]Text[/b]...more >>

I am a little new to Flash and Action Scripting so bear with me. I want to have a simple button in my movie that when clicked it goes to a URL and opens a new window. The new window needs to be a specific size, like 800 x 600. How can I make that happen within Flash? Thanks.... KR ...more >>

Anyone... &aktieurl=http://www.urlenzo.nl?id=134&groep=3 If i load this into my flash, the URL will be: http://www.urlenzo.nl?id=134 instead of http://www.urlenzo.nl?id=134&groep=3. I'am missing the &groep3, because flash thinks i want a new variable by typing the "&", how can i put these...more >>

Hi, I'm danny ... if you can hepl me ... i need a preloader if it is possible ... can you explain me haw it work, and if you want to tach me to make a preloader. Thanks, danny danegru@yahoo.com...more >>

Is it possible to have a _quality atributte separte for every movie, or this is only a global atribute for whole flash movie. -- Jurica Vukoviæ, dipl. inf. EuroART93 - web developement +385 44 533931 +385 91 2055859 www.euroart93.hr euroart93@euroart93.hr ------------------------------...more >>

Hello, I have got 1 main flash movie embedded in a dreamweaver page, there are however other incidental movies embedded in the page as well. I would like the main movie ( when it gets to a certain point ) to tell the other movies to go to a frame label and play. Is this possible to pass in...more >>

Hi.. there exists some utility to extract from swf pics..sound or whatever thanx for any indication.. ...more >>

how do you put things in flash setting . beacuse i want to know were you go in flash to do that...more >>

I can't download Flash to my computer. Can someone give it to me at msn. My e-mail is denHelsen@hotmail.com. I'm sorry becaus my english is so bad....more >>

Hi, does anyone know why opera does not cache Flash when using load and unload movie commands? An example is www.cartier.com, every time the home button is pressed opera has to reload the content. I'm asking this from a web design perspective...is there another command other than load/unload mov...more >>

Is there some way I can print a movie (as a sequence of stills) in order to have a hardcopy proof to write client comments? I currently have to take screenshots ‹ obviously very tiresome. I tried printing from flash player, but it only prints the frames in the main timeline. I also tried exportin...more >>

Anyone using www.lostmarble.com program "Moho"? ...more >>

Hi, I am doing a site for a photographer and need urgent help. When I import the bitmap photos they look darker in flash and in the swf. how can I fix that? it is not that my computer settings are wrong, cause I see the photo in another program and it looks ok, its just darker in flash. than...more >>

On our site, I have placed a Flash movie on the main page. I only want it to play once when the page is initially loaded. I understand and can program the page to not play the flash file (by IP, cookies, etc). What I don't know is what type of parameter you give the embedded HTML to prevent the...more >>

Hi can anyone help? I have an intro, when the user clicks on the button to enter the main site you can still see the intro file behind the main movie file! each file is a seperat ..swf. Does any one now how to get round this? Thanks Stu. ...more >>

Hi, I am a college student creating an interactive user interface with Dynamic Data Content for Internet Applications. I want to know which is better for this purpose. Flash MX 2004 or Flex. Please respond. I also intend to use Flash Central as a Projector...more >>

Hi, I am a college student creating an interactive user interface with Dynamic Data Content for Internet Applications. I want to know which is better for this purpose. Flash MX 2004 or Flex. Please respond. I also intend to use Flash Central as a Projector...more >>

hi...does flash imbed text or store it as "text" requiring the user's system to have the font used installed? thanks martyn...more >>

Hi Thanks for the reply! i have another problem, i am using createEmptyMovieClip to contain the questions and choices. so after displaying the question and choices, the user would need to click on the correct answer so how do i do that? Regards jade ...more >>

please tell me a script, i will learn off that...more >>

i have a clip called swipe. on a certain frame i imputed the script: _root.swipe._visible = false is this a valid script for making the clip invisible?...more >>

Can i use flash to create a menu that will work on a dvd.? Cheers, Dave...more >>

i have generated a random number in between 0 and 4. i want to make the script say: "if the random number does not equal 3, make the clip invisible". all i need to know is how to do the does not equal part. ...more >>

Can someone please answer my question - I guess I'm just missing a simple step. I have published a flash file as an html, and loaded it onto the server. When I try to open the website the page never finishes loading. The file size is not large, so I don't understand why the animation won't sta...more >>

I know SWC is actually zip with SWF and metadata.. Ok... But compiled for WHICH player? Does it depend on the project settings from where it was exported? Can SWC compiler for Flash 7 work in 6? If not, can SWC for Flash 6 work in 7? ...more >>

ok, so ive only been using flash for about a week, but im trying. but there is one thing that i am stuck on and cant fix for the life of me. im sure it is really simple, but, read the title. anyway, i have four layers, and i want three of them to repeat. layer one is static and doesnt repe...more >>

Im trying to add this effect using Flash MX. Rather than trying to describe it, here is a link (http://www.concordbmw.com/bmw/bmw.htm). It is the sparkle on the corner light of the car (top panel). I dont need to move it just grow/fade in out/ rotate would be nice. I can do this in a few m...more >>

i almost have it, but i was wondering if u can use a if statment to see if a frame (or even better a label) has been pasted on the timeline, on (release) { If _root.gotoAndPlay("ani") has not been pased then, _root.gotoAndPlay("ani"); Else _root.gotoAndPlay("exit_ani"); } t...more >>

I have a basic question about Macromedia Flash. If I visit a site with Macromedia Flash is there a way to print the words from there? Right clicking doesn't provide that option. Thanks JC...more >>

me and a friend got an idea for a flash animation.... i just need the basics on what kind of flash technequies i should use and what kinda of flash document to use just some basics to get the stage set for making the animation ...more >>

i want to create a motion tween around a motion path. i want the object to leave a trail of fading duplicates behind it, so it gives the impression of speed. please tell me a technique or actionscript of doing this. ...more >>

Hello, I've created an ad that floats over a page of html. Everything works fine so far, but I still need to create a "close" button for my movie. Does anyone have suggestions on how this is done? I've gone the javascript route -- on (release) { getURL("javascript:window.close();"); } -- bu...more >>

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if there was a way to out in a username/password and then have the webpage check if your authenticated or not. Is this possible? Thanks....more >>

How do I suppress the output window of a movie on playback...more >>

I am creating an animation with Flash MX2004 and am saving my animation in quicktime format so I can import it into Final Cut Express to finish the project. I have created tweens, frame X frame animation and movie clips of objects throughout the animation. When I save the file as quicktime I o...more >>

I downloaded a trial version of flash. I am interested in importing mpeg files and exporting them as some time of mov or flash file to play on the internet. The reason I want to do this is because of the size of th mpeg files. They are way to big. I found that flash can compress them to a...more >>

I have this simple movie, that has just a dynamic text box, with the variable name set to "teste". I have also a text file called "teste.txt", that has this string inside: "teste=Jaragu%E1". I do loadVariables("teste.txt", _root"), and the following word is displayed: "Jaragu". The last ch...more >>

Hi, I am running Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for Extended Systems (AMD64). And I am unable to use Flash MX 2004. An Identical problem occurs with DreamWeaver too. The program installs fine, but the problem is it doesn't run. Instantly when you run the exe a pop up box appears that says "The...more >>

Hi, I tried to post a message earlier but it never showed up...I'll give it one more try. I'm new to flash. I do video editing and have worked primarily with Media 100 in a non-web editing context. I'm just introducing myself to flash . .. . more as a side interest at this point. Recentl...more >>

Is there any noticable increase in file size if I have more frames that needed in my rendered SWf? I have dozens of Frame Lables and I have put 4 or 5 empty frames after the label so I can eaily read them. I could probably eliminate 200 or so frames, but jut removing the empty frames. Will th...more >>