is there any way to bring in a video with a keyed out background from After Effects into Flash? I can export a video with an alpha channel out of AE, but i think i lose it when it is imported into Flash. Thanks for anyones help in advance! ...more >>

That's all i can say !! But if somebody laugh about me or the people who's asking for help in this forum like this urami_ does, you can't ask for respect specially for him or her wathever. Thats the reason, I ask this urami_ don't say anything. Sorry, Vern and the rest of masters in th...more >>

Need help with a basic menu creation. I have one frame with 12 layers, for txt and 6 buttons. Each button has been created as a button symbol. When i use the geturl action. i can only get the first button to loa the next page. each button's action is created the same way. would like some...more >>

Hi, How do u center the flash movie? thanks ramya...more >>

Ok guys I have no formal experience with flash or web design at all. Heck I'm still what you call a hunt and pecker on the keyboard. I have played around with flash a bit and put up my website. The problem I'm having is the top banner seems to bounce every now and then. I have looked at th...more >>

Is it possible to make a Flash movie start playing a scene other than the original (that is, with something other than Scene 1)? I know about gotoAndPlay, but that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking if a Flash movie can default to a scene other than the original one. Thanks in advance....more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/animate_character.html...more >>

Hi, please help me. How can I do that the flash background gets transparent? TKS ...more >>

how do i set a scrollpane up so that it will look at a text file and use that to display inside of the text area? i know that i can do it, but i don't know how to do it. what i need is to link the file to a word document so that everytime i change it, it will also change in the flash movie wi...more >>

how do i make a clock..... if there is a circle in the middle i want to put the minute counter go round it not spin on top. anyone know how, or do i have to get another program that Can do that and return this ...more >>

Hi, I've noticed around the place that alot of people have been *somehow* doing this. If you do know how do convert .swf to .fla, please let me know. ;) ...more >>

I'm considering making a portfolio CD using Flash, to take the place of my current one that was created in (groan) Director. If I create this as a Flash Projector, will it be a true stand-alone application - i.e. no plugins required at runtime? I want the end user to just click the exe and it ...more >>

Has anyone played with using Flash and Photoshop filters together? I'd like to get an image into flash but change it to an impressionistic style. -- Catalyst www.webforumz.com Free Web Design and Development Help, Discussions, tips and Critique! ASP, VB, .NET, SQL, CSS, HTML, Javascript, F...more >>

Ok, so see my previous post to catch up. I have a movie clip with a button inside. I can get the buttons to work by using on(release){ _parent.gotoAndPlay(2); } So that works that way. But now I want to have the movie clip be draggable. I set it to drag in the main frame by ...more >>

in flash mx 2004 how do u make a line go round instead of spin... i want to make a clock....not a stick spining a a round circle in the middle ...more >>

Is it possible to paste Chinese text in Flash MX? I have an existing flash presentation in English that the people at work want to have translated into Chinese. I've been sent a Word doc with the text in Chinese, but Flash doesn't recognize it when I tried to paste it into the layout. Is th...more >>

When my movie loads, I would like to get the System.capabilities.screenResolutionX, and Y, then attach movie clips that are initially placed based on the users screen size. When I make the initial Stage size 800 X 600, and start attaching movie Clips, I noticed that on my machine (1024 X...more >>

Is it possible to edt/reskin the video components? When I edit the component .fla file they get all messed up. I only need a start and stop button. Please help! - M...more >>

I bought Studio MX 2004 Pro and installed flash as MX 2004 Pro, but I would like to change it to Flash MX 2004 (standard)... but cannot figure out how to do this... if anyone can help I would very much appreciate it. Regards, gordo ...more >>

Anyone run into problems with sound synchronization for imported video files? I've tried a variety of file types (MPEG, AVI, etc.) and a variety of source files that work fine when played on their own, but when imported into Flash MX the sound doesn't synch up. I have been checking the box f...more >>

I am having a huge issue with this. I cannot for the life of me get a button inside of a movie clip to work. I have a movie clip (box_mc) and inside the movie clip there is a button (circle_bu). On the button is this code: on (release){ gotoAndPlay(2); } I publish the movie...more >>

I am trying to play an event sound after another one finishes. Here is what ive got stop(); function callback1() { trace("mySoundID completed"); sound2 = new Sound(this); sound2.attachSound("overallintro.wav"); sound2.start(); } intro = new Sound(this); intro.attachSound("introintro....more >>

We are a Manhattan based design studio looking for experienced freelance Flash designers for upcoming CD-ROM and web projects. We are interested in designers who have at least 3 years' experience, a portfolio of work completed for actual clients (not demo pieces) and who have an in-depth grasp...more >>

how to we use transparency in flash... like a window we see thru in it... i need that and i dont know how to do it... i exporetd layers with transparency but it does not work... pls help me on how to change transparency on a layer or image in flash ...more >>

Hi, There must be some quicker way to do this: I have 50 images I'd like to put in a very simple Flash movie: one where each image plays for about 10 seconds and then fades into the next image. No music. Nothing fancy. I have all the images pre-sized. Before I import them all in flas...more >>

I've managed to create a simple door opening and closing movie, when you mouseover. It would work better if I could have flash automatically reverse play on rollout instead of jumping to the closedoor animation, so if you rollout before the door is completely open then it won't jump to the compl...more >>

I am using the ticker component to display a list of clients that scroll vertically. The problem is that some of the names take 2 or three lines. This shouldn't be an issue cause you'd think that the ticker parameter "spacing" would indicate 5 pixels between text objects right? Wrong. It seems...more >>

I'd like to insert two (or more) true/false learning interactions in the same frame, each one with a check button. So, I've done it in this way: 1. create a new quiz template 2. then go to the true/false frame and then add a new true/false interactions from the local library (in the same fr...more >>

a noob question...i'm probably missing something really basic....but here goes. i'm using 3 programs.....PHOTOSHOP for entire design/ FLASH for little fancy buttons & small movies within/ and WEBSTUDIO to paste it all together. i'm doing the design 1024x768 in photoshop. there's a smal...more >>

Hi Yall! I have written a flash animation with a song. when I press the enter key and watch it run through, the animation is in time with the song. However, when I publish it the animation starts to lag behind the words. Is there an easy fix for this like slowing the frame rate down to about...more >>

I have recently bought Swift 3D v.4 with the extra software of Swift 3D Express. I dont have MX 2004, but Flash MX. Will swift 3d express not work within FL MX?...more >>

hi ng, im tryin to build an athletics game for long jumping. are there any tutorials? or do you have any hints for me? the game itself will work like the most of the games. by pressing left, right arrow keys you can speed up the player, by pressing space, he will jump. but not only hammering o...more >>

I'm having a problem with an SWF file that was created using Flash MX 2004. The file causes the browser to crash for some people. I have had complaints from people using Mozilla on OS X and I've heard complaints from people with IE 6 for Windows. I've tested both of these browsers on my ow...more >>

Installed Studio MX 2004 on a G5 (1.8 GHz Proc, 1 GB RAM). I'm using an account with admin priviledges. Installation went through flawlessly(or so I thought). None of the apps will launch. They bounce in the dock for a bit and then quit with no message. Primarily I want to run Flash, so I in...more >>

I am using PNG files with transparent background, but when i import into Flash i can see a box where the image have to be transparent. Why? thanks ...more >>

HI I have 2 Scenes in my flash project.. When I do Test Movie, scene 1 and 2 appear / disapear very quickly in the movie. Why does this happen? ...more >>

hi, i want to stream a mp3 file, so i do this musica=new Sound(); musica.loadSound("musica.mp3",true); and works, BUT, in slow speed connections the music play and stop, play and stop, so i want to preload a 10% of the file and them begin to play the music, PLEASE HELP!! thanks...more >>

I've created a simple fade in fade out animation in Photoshop CS and published it to Flash .fla file. When I preview it in IE, it works fine. When someone want to view it using MAC pc, it doesn't display the fading effect and 1px black border around the flash animation is not visible. PC di...more >>

I have a very basic Flash file online here: http://www.merenbachlaw.com/pages/radio.html that I would like to have either loop 3 times and stop, or, loop continuously until the user clicks another link on the page. I have tried numerous action combinations and all I can do is either ...more >>

Hi, I have to do some streaming video with flash, and i would like to know if the Flash MX does it or if i need to get the Flash MX 2004... or, eventualy, the Flash MX 2004 Pro. Thanks & Regards David ...more >>

i want to animate the route of my trip on a map, how do you do it? hello i want to animate a line showing the route of my trip on a map of europe. would like to know the easiest and best way to do this. any thoughts. current map located at: www.nigelineurope.com/story/story.html cheers ...more >>

I'm a newbie, using WinXP & Flash MX 2004. No matter what I try, I can't seem to get my symbols to "snap" to the motion guides I've drawn. I've referred to a tutorial in my training manual and I'm certain that everything is set up correctly. The tutorial instructs you to: 1. Move the...more >>

I am trying to create a player simialr to the one found on the http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/uk/index.html site. (Down the bottom left, the purple thing) Im not too savvy with flash so i cant do it from scratch. Does anyone know of a similar player that i can buy, or a tutoria...more >>

I have a series of flash buttons that i am using to control bringing html pages in different frames in a Dreamweaver frameset, this works fine by using the Get URL command in Flash and putting the Dreamweaver framename in the Flash window dialogue box. I want to now use the same set up but ...more >>

I want to call some functions that I've developed in C language from Flash MX 2004. Good solution will be use a DLL library, does anybody know if I can call DLL methos from flash?? Any idea?? regards ...more >>

I have a separate fla with a media component only linking to the external flv that I publish as a "video.swf". This in turns gets loaded into a target when the button on the main stage is clicked. The problem is the video doesn't shut up when other buttons are clicked and content on the stage ...more >>

How do you create a domain name using windows XP proffesional. I want to do it free of cost....more >>

I want to display a picture of a product (taken by a camera) in my flash movie. The product has differnt buttons and a LCD screen. I want to show that when a user clicks on one of those buttons, something appears on the LCD screen. My question is: how do I select different buttons on m...more >>

Hi, I'd like to know if anyone has made a script that will help the user viewing the swf file through any browser, save the swf current frame as a jpeg or image? Thanks, Cyrene Jacob...more >>

So I have developed several sites for clients that consist of one html page, and one flash movie that contains their whole site. Is there any good info on what I should be doing to help those clients get their site found by search engines?? I know there's a lot of stuff for HTML tips, but what ca...more >>

Hi, is there a smart way to make backgrounds (patterns) in flash? I've tryed to just copy a 20x20pxl picture, like you would do in Html, but it seems to slow dowm everything! Any suggestions? -- Thanks Pop ...more >>

okay, the actionscript window is the only one that refuses to dock, i have consulted the flash mx (not 2004 - oldschool :) documentation, and it has not been helpful here. could someone please help me with this damn annoying niggle? (the actionscript window is the one where i spend most of my ...more >>

I know nothing about Flash. A friend (who understands nothing about the web) paid someone to create a website for his small business. The person built the entire website using Flash then moved away. The website it way too slow. It takes 3+ minutes to load on a dialup. This makes the websit...more >>

Hi, I'm working with Flash MX 2004 Proffesional on Win2K. I tried to use the FMessageBox component from UI Component Set 2 and got a message box where all items where aligned to the top of the box. Further more, other issues as listed: - buttons were not visible (OK, Cancel) - icon wa...more >>

Hi all, I have a project which I would love to use Flash in order to create but am unsure if its relatively possible. My Project is simply a mulitple choice question based exams which pulls the questions and answers from a MySQL Database and echoes the information on screen. The answers ...more >>

How do I get rid of that annoying white outline around the scrollpane?...more >>

hopefully someone has the answer to my riddle... I have recently completed a site for my office and we have it uploaded at the following url http://www.salterarchitects.com The site starts with a standard HTML page done in dreamweaver and clicking on the "salter Architects" button lo...more >>

I need help to do a shade of an image to decrease and recrease... like the transparency goes slowly in decreasing until desapear and the oposite... plz some one help me:):)...more >>

Currently, my webiste is like this: My main website has a layer called sound, and then on the first keyframe, I have a sound inside a movie clip symbol. (This is so that my loops doesn't get interrupted). However, I have a problem. I want to have the best quality of sound and reduc...more >>

I've been trying to publish a flash document, and it gets half way done it seems...then a window pops up saying "error. Could not publish because there is not enough memory" I don't see how that is possible. The document only has 2 videos, and the rest is just links to text. It's not long ...more >>

I have been trying for a while to implement shared objects in one of my projects. The project needs to use shared objects and be an exe file. I have noticed that for some strange reason that shared objects don't work. Can some one help me or suggest a program that can alter swf files and thier...more >>

any ideas how I can get an swf to detect the url it is embedded on? I am writing a standardised movie which will be distributed across numerous web sites. I want to be able to tell from the movie, which site it is sitting under (or at least the url) . Any ideas out there? Thanks ...more >>

Anyone?...more >>

Hi all. Firefox is a great browser that's raging in the Dreamweaver/CSS/html community. I have one problem with it. This problem occured after I downloaded a FireFox extension called "web developper", which is a great extensoin for html/CSS developpers. Since then, I noticed that as soon as ...more >>

I don't know what it used to be called, but I called it the dummie actionscript editor mode. I was wondering if this easier editing mode is gone in flash MX 2004? If not, how can I set my editor to it?? I suck at typing code for myself, so plz, some help! ...more >>

Hi- When I convert an image to a button it immediately becomes invisible. How can I correct this? Thanks....more >>