Archived Months
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
all groups > flash (macromedia) > january 2005 > threads for saturday january 15

Filter by Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Making stills into a "movie"
Posted by larsyaiden at 1/15/2005 11:32:38 PM
Would someone kindly tell me how I can create something like the catalogue on this site: http://www.zara.com/i04/eng/home.php Thank you! Natalie ...more >>


I'm Having Problems With Downloading Flash
Posted by Budden510 at 1/15/2005 10:35:49 PM
Ok. I went to a few sites that operate on Flash. All of a sudden my Flash is not working. So I go to where it says "Get Flash for free here" and it directs me to macromedia.com. So when I clicked to get Flash it brings me to another screen that says "Install Now" I click on that, but the next ...more >>

movie clip helpppp
Posted by shad kam at 1/15/2005 10:06:13 PM
Hello all, I have a movie clip within my flash file. I have two buttons on this clip, one button will play the clip at roll over. I want the second button to play the clip backwards. But I can't do this on my own, and I need the expertise of you guys as always. Thanks in advance...more >>

Expanding the canvas size
Posted by Norock at 1/15/2005 9:26:18 PM
I want to expand the canvas size of a flash document, but when I do it adds space to the bottom and right sides. Is there any way I can anchor the middle of the documents instead of the top right, so it gives me equal space on all sides? I'd rather not copy and paste everything to a new docume...more >>

Flash loading design
Posted by The Apprentice5 at 1/15/2005 9:25:19 PM
Hello I have been surfing the internet and different websites that use flash for their intro, and I was wondering how they developed their initial loading design (the part that shows the progress of your page loading in %)? I can't find any information on how to design or even develop that par...more >>

swap swf for image
Posted by lou222 at 1/15/2005 9:14:58 PM
I have a swf movie loaded into my stage and I wanted to swap the movie for an image file when pressed. Something along the lines of, on(press){ //swap swf for image } Is there any way I can do this? Thank-you ...more >>

download time
Posted by gfx master at 1/15/2005 9:14:25 PM
for some reason it is taking 28 hours to download micromeidia flash...is this suppose to be the normal time???if not help would be appreciated......more >>

Shape Tweening
Posted by Sebhughes at 1/15/2005 9:07:41 PM
I drew a circle and i want it too turn into a square. So i drew a circle click on the frames then turned it into a shape tween and i clcik on the the last frame to turn it shape and i cant any idea why i know i am doing somthing wrong but dont now what ...more >>



Flash and Wacom Tablet problem
Posted by Home_World at 1/15/2005 9:00:42 PM
I've been having a problem with my Wacom Volito tablet. The tablet works perfectly with Photoshop 7 and Painter 8, but i've encountered difficulties while using it with both Flash MX and Flash 4. In Flash MX, pressure sensitivity doesn't come out as expected, it almost seems like the program c...more >>

Can't position precisely!
Posted by Nafiganado at 1/15/2005 8:59:34 PM
:Q I have got 5 sectors-movieclips, 16 degrees each. They are placed side-by-side. I made 4 of them by duplicating horizontal one ( <) ). So, with 'snap to object' option turned on I placed transformation center into main sector corner, duplicated symbol and made exact rotation by -32, -16, 16...more >>

Mp3 help needed
Posted by MikeP at 1/15/2005 8:58:55 PM
Ok I got it to work BUT This works:(Button Actionscript) on(press){ var songa:Sound = new Sound(); songa.loadSound("http://www.ampsoft.com/Sean/media/95south.mp3",true); } But this Doesnt(Timeline Actionscript, Everthing is spelled correctly) bonga_btn.onPress= function(){ var so...more >>

Arrrgh! Something so simple is so hard.
Posted by Supercram at 1/15/2005 8:33:57 PM
:confused; I have a movie clip (clip A) sitting in a slide. I want clip A to play ONCE and then stop, holding on the last frame. It keeps looping and I just can't seem to find the way to make it stop. Can anyone help? I would appreciate it. cheers Cram ...more >>

Animating Pictures/Objects
Posted by bluedeviltron at 1/15/2005 8:21:56 PM
I'm trying to animate a picture of a roach. I just need to be able to make him move around and move his mouth (nothing really complicated). Would there be any way to do this? Would I need to make the picture have a transparent background, or would I need to go into photoshop and actually cr...more >>

Firefox caches swf and wont' refresh
Posted by michelle0822 at 1/15/2005 7:18:03 PM
I installed Firefox 1.0 yesterday (XP machine) . The problem I am having is with external SWFs being loaded into a main movie. On my company's site, the file portfolio.swf is external and is loaded into a movieclip within my main.swf movie. Works great on IE. If I update portfolio, wh...more >>

Preloader with Photo Album template
Posted by JuNk-MEAT at 1/15/2005 7:03:56 PM
I created several photo albums on my web site using the template in Flash MX. After the fact, I added in preloaders for each one. After a lot of trial and error, I got everything to work except for one thing: the image count. After it goes from the preloader to the actual album, the count ...more >>

resize flash
Posted by thyronne at 1/15/2005 5:04:25 PM
I built a flash site at 850X690 and have been told it's too big for some people's browsers, is there a quick way to resize everything a little smaller and what's a good safe size to end up with?...more >>

Help with Flash project
Posted by BAPWEB at 1/15/2005 4:12:24 PM
I have a flash project that I had made by another contractor adn I now need some naviagation buttons added to the project. Basically just a forward and back button that jumps to and back to 5 differetn sections in the project and a third button that jumps top the end of the project. I cannot...more >>

Determining pop up browser size when clicking on a flash image
Posted by bernwa at 1/15/2005 4:03:56 PM
Hi, Here is my question: I have images in a Flash image of paintings. When you click on the image in Flash I want it to open an HTML page with the painting enlarged (a pop up window). But I'm not sure how to determine the size of the pop up window. Do I do this in Flash or Dreamweaver? In...more >>

Right clicking on a flash document
Posted by Sebhughes at 1/15/2005 3:17:34 PM
When you click on a flash document you have options to zoom in and out go back and forth how do i block thsi so the user cant do this...more >>

Basic Preloader
Posted by Sebhughes at 1/15/2005 2:47:17 PM
How do i make a basic preloader in flash where it says how many kb has load and and how many kb in total. I am a begginer so make it easy to understand thanks. Is it even worth one for a file of 72 kb ...more >>

Quick Question: Must data components be in first frame?
Posted by WL at 1/15/2005 11:07:37 AM
Must data components (like XMLConnector) be in the first frame of the first scene of the main video? I can't bind anything to that connector unless it is. It simply doesn't show up in the component path dialog box when I browse for it. Is there anyway around this? It seems so illogical to make...more >>

Flash music and movie not in sync
Posted by blu3d at 1/15/2005 8:37:33 AM
I play the movie, swf file, without the browser and it works flawlessly on my harddrive. I play it in Safari, IE, and Firefox and the movie slows down so it doesn't match the music. Also, the movie plays at VARYING speeds depending on the browser! Has anyone ever encountered this problem? How...more >>

Need help with a preloader
Posted by Thaidog at 1/15/2005 5:33:22 AM
I'm looking for an application that will help you build preloaders. Or a good site that works with Flash MX Professional to build good preloaders from scratch via tutorial or whatnot......more >>

Play a flash Intro only once for a site visitor
Posted by Pyromancer at 1/15/2005 5:09:46 AM
I would like a site visitor to be able to view my flash intro only the first times. The subsequent site visits should have no introduction. I've thought of using Shared objects or actionscript, but I cannot get either working. Could somebody give me an example of the code used to implement t...more >>

Saving Mac. Flash to a floppy
Posted by Fallen Anjel at 1/15/2005 3:42:59 AM
Hi eveyrone, hope this is the right spot for this. I am trying to find a spot to d/l Macromedia Flash Plugin from the Macromedia site to save to a DISK. It's for Internet Explorer. I only see where I can AUTO INSTALL. I need it for Internet Explorer, not Firefox. If anyone can...more >>

Text/Font/Size Help
Posted by FryBender at 1/15/2005 3:18:50 AM
Hi, anyone know any good sources of online info about text and fonts and scaling etc. I'm having problems with getting fonts to show up the right size in a text box e.g. if you change the size of one you create with the Text Tool it seems to scale the fonts rather than increasing the amount ...more >>

TextArea Component Text Being Highlighted
Posted by inum at 1/15/2005 3:08:14 AM
In the TextArea component of http://www.finebalancecoaching.com/, the text is being inadvertently highlighted. I can't figure out the specific series of steps that causes this to happen, but it happens after you've been clicking through the site for a bit and scrolling through the text. Any ...more >>

need help with button action!!
Posted by shad kam at 1/15/2005 1:23:01 AM
I have made a button in flash, and I want it to do what I need while they hold down the mouse key. Pleassssse help. I tried the next script it didn't work: on (release) { nextFrame(); } on (hold) { nextFrame(); } Thanks,...more >>


DevelopmentNow Blog