Hi Group, When making a gradient to apply to fill a shape there seems to be a limit of 7 to the number of colour pointers available on the gradient bar of the colour mixer palette. Can anyone advise me how to increase this number as when working on larger shapes this makes for a coarse g...more >>

I would like to set a MediaPlayBack component on the stage with 3 flv videos attached to it. I would also like to have 3 buttons on the stage. When a user clicks on one of the button, 1 of the 3 videos starts playing. Can this be done and how? Thanks a lot. ...more >>

Hi, I'm using flipping book component, but can't figure out where to add movies and sound (links) to individual pages. As I can't physically see the pages (just adding links in the values section), how can I add more info to individual pages? Thanks. Michelle ...more >>

I nabbed the academic version of Studio MX 2004 with Flash Professional and there's no manual. Just wondering if the full commercial version comes with one, and if so, how do I get one? I know that the entire manual is included in electronic form, but for some reason my wife won't let me dra...more >>

We're looking at deploying a flash client and our belief is that to reach the maximum number of users without forcing them to update their Flash installations, we probably need to deploy Flash 5, rather than go with a more recent version. Can Macromedia MX Studio 2004's Flash Pro be used to g...more >>

I would like to know how to make a Flash Site re-size width wise like in this site at: www.burnkit.com Is it done in Flash or on Dreamweaver or both? Thanks for taking a look. Bernie C...more >>

I am new to flash and was wondering what is the fastest and easiest way to learn flash for designing websites? I need a resource that will teach me how to start a site like what size to start with all the way up to making things move and fade in and out and play sounds and video. Is there a we...more >>

i have only been using flash for a short while my animations continuously loop and i cant manage to make it only play through once PLEASE HELP!...more >>

Hello, I would like to create a nav bar similar to Macromedia's one above. When you mouse over a button another bar appears underneath with more selections. I'd also like to be able to change the background color when you click a button. Any samples or tutorials out there to help? Thanks R...more >>

Is there any way to export a Flash movie so it will auto-start and go into full-screen mode when the disc it's on is inserted? Or, at the least, have it go into full-screen mode when the file is double-clicked? I have the first version of Flash MX (NOT 2004) and a Mac G5. The file needs to do ...more >>

Who Do You Make Online Games? How do you make online games in micromedia flash mx 2004 pro that send and recive information from other peoples computers and what not? I want to make a shooting game (no matter how ghetto it is) that is online but i don't know where to start with the act...more >>

Ok, so I'm trieng to open a webpage and um you know it's with the realplayer thing and I just can't open the website, with all the other computers I can, so it's my computer who went insane. The page is: www.bamargera.com I hope ya'll guys can help me, I don;t understand a sh*t in computers ...more >>

I need some help. I use yahoo instant messenger and for some reason all my audibles and environments are not loading correctly. I can get the insults just fine on the audibles but that is it. I contacted yahoo and they said it was a macromedia problem. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall t...more >>

I got a shared SSL certificate for my www folder which holds all my flash remoting and video pages. The flash remoting can't work under the shared SSL path but could that also effect my flv playback because nothing is playing. Could the encryption mess with the NetConnection()? If so, how can...more >>

We have a client that has a sign shop that would like to have the ability for the user to go on their website pick out a banner and add text to the banner and then click submit, ideally they would be able to purchase the banner over the web and this woudl create a print ready file. Does anyone...more >>

How can I get more than one flv video in one MediaPlayBack component? and how can I control which one to play?...more >>

No matter what I try to get the Magic Wand tool to work, it doesn't. Does anyone know about this or has any suggestions?...more >>

Has anyone noticed problems with their computers when you have Flash MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004 (7.0.1) open? I've noticed that if I have DW open for a few hours, and I try to open another window, any app window, the load screen will popup... then thats it.... the programs never opens...more >>

Hi all, I'd like to bend my MC using Actionscript. I know about MC._x, MC.rotation, MC._xscale and so on, but what I want to do is something different: In the end I'd like to create a fake perspective, i.e. leaving the upright edges upright and changing the angel of the level edges. Thi...more >>

First of all I am guess wht you call a 'newbie'. Im a designer not a programmer. I know just enough code and actionscript to be dangerous, thus why I am having problems. Here it goes: I have two fla files built (mesdesign1.fla- (which is more of an intro) for mesdesign2.fla) On design1....more >>

http://www.kobborg.co.uk/movie/vid.html little problem i have prepared 3 videos f or a client and when i try and view the finished pages with there players no streaming no video and non of the flv i madeare being shown doi need to use more than just the component do i need to use action s...more >>

Can someone tell me why my external pop windows are not working, or only sometimes working in my movie? I would have to say this is an urgent problem and I need to get it fixed immediately. This is my first flash project and at first this site worked fine.... it was switched to a new ser...more >>

Howdy all! I'm a newb at flash, but picking it up quickly. I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to create a specific animation. I'm not asking for a step by step, just a little nudge! So... the animation that I'd like to emulate is on the Budweiser website. ...more >>

i'm loading images every 3 seconds in the same movie clip container and i don't like the way flash makes them blink when the new one is loaded. is there any way to get rid of the 'blinking'? maybe fade them in/out? ...more >>

I am trying to create my own tooltip text box to be used for any number of items within my movie. However, I only want the textbox to be as long as the text that is shown. Originally, I had a static text box with a specific width and height, but I've noticed that with some of the tooltips, t...more >>

Hi. How can I do to scroll horizontally a tree component ?? Maybe this is easy but I don't really know how to do it. Thanks for your help!...more >>

hi, i just got Flash 7 after using flash 4. in F4, you can convert a graphic to a symbol, then go in and change the symbol's alpha tint. this will allow you to fade the image in and out, which can be effective for fading from one graphic to another. i can't seem to find this function in fla...more >>

Hi there, Thanks for checking my post out... On the main stage of my Flash MX movie, I have a movie clip with an instance name of 'textclip'. In this movie clip, I have a dynamic text field (which already works), a scroll up button, scroll down button and a NON-stretchable scroll tracker. ...more >>

This is very weird. I have one frame. 2 layers. The first layers on the top has my code. The second layer, just uder my code, is my MC. The MC is very simple. Just an animation inside, nothing more. I put a stop on the first frame in the MC. Now, the MC is named like that mc_myMcName ...more >>

I have a website where I have a front page which is in HTML which has links to the main part of the website which is in flash (lets see how many times I can use 'which' ). What I want to be able to do is link from html to specific frames in the flash website... Is this possible? I ...more >>

I am a newbie with Macromedia. We have been editing and producing video since 1999. This project is for a cd rom business card. It will contain 90 seconds of video created on mini dv and edited then exported with Premiere. Our main intro and menus are completed using Flash MX Pro with ever...more >>

Hi everyone. I've found a really cool song that I want to transfer to my iPod. It's already a published .SWF file and I want to extract the music from it and put it into iTunes so I can transfer it to my iPod. Can anyone help me do this? The site's : http://www.freeonlinegames.com/play/110...more >>

Hi there I have been supplied a graphic as an Illustrator 11 eps file and I need to get it into Flash. Hence I tried exporting it as a swf. The swf looks fine when viewed outside flash. (see swf http://www.mediakitchen.co.uk/dog.swf) However when I import it into flash, it messes up (see scr...more >>

How can I get more than one flv video in one MediaPlayBack component? and how can I control which one to play?...more >>

Hi there When I open a flash movie, it is asking for a font that I do not have on my system. It is a very complex flash movie with lots of nested movie clips and I was hoping there is a way to do a search for the font in the Flash movie rather than opening all the mvoie clips to find it. Is t...more >>

hi there, Just wondering is there any way to manipulate strings using actionscript???? For example i want to split up a file path to extract the filename and extension at the end..... thanks for your much appreciated help, Regards Aoife ...more >>

Hi All, I'm a Flash nonbie at this point, so sorry in advance for not knowing the right terms/questions etc., and thanks in advance for any points to the right place to go learning. The short question: ------------------- Is it possible to / How do I create a Flash 1-compatable SWF tha...more >>

:confused; Hi I'm not very good with flash, but decided to create a movie which fades photos from alpha 0 to 100 and back to 0. There are several photos in the movie overlaping using layers. On a couple of the photos at the point of 100 alpha the centre of the photo, kind of distorts. Can ...more >>

Hi Folks, I have a text box that is set via a parsed xml file. I want to set the alpha of that text box to say 20%. my_txt._alpha = 20; doesn't work.... any ideas? -- Dan blah blah regla de las firmas de la longitud *NEW* check me out http://d-mode.ww.com (ahhh...vanity) Alt+F+X...more >>

Hi, I wanted to know if anyone knew how to make a SEND TO FRIEND email form. Just like this e-card : http://www.ciaraworld.com/ecard/ecard.html ....Thanxxx ...more >>

Hi There! How do I Anti-Alias fonts on List box component? Thank you all in advance!!! MK ...more >>

need to create the effect the same as additionally on www.kazsh.com. By dragging the mouse on the stage showing the square outline and then onMouseup create the movieclip?? hope this makes sense. Been working to many late nights to begin! or if someone knows the idea behind it and I'll sc...more >>

Hello. I am using Flash MX Professional 2004. I want to make a string of text to fade in from. Here is the procedure of how I did it: - I created the text object and selected it with the mouse; - I clicked Break Apart from the Modify menu twice to convert the text to shape; - I creat...more >>

Hi there, I have the video flash extension but and have followed the instructions to the T but when I try to view the movie in my web page nothing happens. I have the flash embed code in an inc file in a folder called 'inc' and the inc is called to my root index.php file. The flash files s...more >>

To Whom It May Concern: I'm creating a website entirely in Flash MX 2004 Professional and I would love to have a fully functional 'contact form' using the following components; 1. TextInput = Name 2. TextInput = Email Address 3. TextArea = Message 4. Button = Submit 5. Button = Reset I was ho...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know if there is a shortcut of some kind (using MX) for fading out an instance to alpha=0? I am continually inserting a key frame here, then there, then adding motion tweening, then adjusting alpha settings.... Could it be possible that a routine exists where I can simply se...more >>

I am a Chinese student and I have a question: Does Flash has OpenFile Window? (multi select) I can't find it in the UI omponents....more >>

Hello, I need some help. I simply want to know how to make the image I imported have a transparent background. It is a French Army uniform and I'm trying to put a head on the top of it. but the backgrounds will not go transparent. thank you. ...more >>

I recently built my own computer and installed windows XP home w/ SP2. Problem is, there are some sites I can't open or get into. The sites work on all other computers I've tried, so it's specific to mine. It's not all sites, just a few. The sites I can't open are below (don't laugh, one is my...more >>

I am brand new to both web design and Flash MX. I am trying to create a site just off of Flash, but when I upload the html and swf files into the FTP and check it online I get an error message. Is there anything else I need to upload? do I need to save the files in a special folder or rename...more >>

This is truly a great place and my first stop for queries. What are the steps involved in creating a 360 degree pan view of my office for my website? I know this is a complicated issue, but where do I start???? Cheers ...more >>

When I publish my .fla to .swf, I view my fonts fine. But when I try to test if every computer sees the same fonts as I do, I removed one font from my computer and test the swf again. The font is missing~ Can somebody tell me why the .swf don't compress the font? How to embed a font? ...more >>

I have a fairly large .swf on my website that appears to be loaded when it is actually still loading - and as soon as the load is complete, the ..swf jumps back to the first frame, so if the user has begun using the file before it has finished loading, it skips back to the start while they are e...more >>

I have a flash header on my web site. It is about 200 picels tall. The rest of the site is HTML. On the flash header there is an eyeball that follows the mouse. It only follows it while on the flash header. Is there anyway to get the flash movement ove the html as well? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

how do you make it so one part of the animation goes fast and then it goes back to normal speed? like normal>fast>normal thx for any advice...more >>

Is it worth a d@mn? I'm seriously considering getting it... it seems like it would be a valuable tool for Flash sites development/design. I'd liek tohear some opinions on it though....more >>

Has anyone else had this issue? The textfield will display text slightly differently depending on how it was filled (user typing, .htmlText = "...", or ..text = "..."). As you can see from the examples below, the points at which the lines wrap are different EVEN THOUGH THE TRACED HTMLTEXT IS...more >>

Hey everyone, I need some help. I cannot export to .flv (using Quick time pro) then import into my movie... Here is the story: I received the following file, http://kenneth.beasleyprojects.com/audio/050207Lawndale.m3u, from my brother to add to his website. There are three radio interv...more >>

I am a newbie to Flash but I am experienced in HTML. I want to design a flash entrance to a website that has a rotating record that rotates for about 5 seconds and stops for about 5 seconds and then repeats this process. The only thing so far (using Flash 5) that I am able to accomplish is to...more >>