:sun; Hello everyone. One of my clients would like a 10-15 minute meditation for their website. I would like to use flash to display pictures with a calming effect to be viewed during the meditation that would loop. However that actual narrative can't loop. My question is can I embed the n...more >>

:confused; when i import vector art from illustrator (eps file / rgb), it completely shifts color. am i doing something wrong?...more >>

I need to have an image fade in and replace text in my movie, I have seen this done, but can't figure out how to replicate it. Is this done using a mask?...more >>

Hello, I uninstalled my copy of Flash MX thinking Flash MX 2004 was what I was going to finally settle with. There are elements in 2004 that I can't get to work like they did in MX. Where can I download a copy of Flash MX? I have my serial number for MX, is this something I can ask Macrome...more >>

I was wondering if anyone could help me...I have a button in flash, which I know how to set up and I want an animation to appear when the button is clicked. I just want a list of links to appear when the button is pushed. I just cannot seem to figure out how to animate within a button. Thank...more >>

This all started when I dragged a graphic symbol onto the stage, and the new instance of that symbol changed into something else. Hmmm. Strange. I deleted the new instance, thinking I'd simply hit an odd keystroke when I was dragging and dropping, but it happened again. I could see that the sy...more >>

How do I close a browser window from within Flash? I've been looking in the help files and on the site and have found a lot of javascript stuff, but nothing that shows how to close. Do I use the same function as when opening a pop-up window (getUrl) or FSCommand or what? ...more >>

My client wants to have a horizontal Flash scroll of product shots. What I want to know is, when the page loads, are the first pictures visible to visitors who do not have Flash player installed? They don't want to pay to have a Flash site and an HTML site. So if at least the first pictures...more >>

Hi, In the same way that you can use 'getURL' to open a new html window, can someone help me with how to open a new Flash window (exe or swf file) from the root of the existing swf file. Thanks...more >>

This is the first website I've attempted to create. It's for my record label - just uploaded today. Any comments or advice would be greatly apreciated. The things I'm working on are animating the buttons, cleaning up the audio, and redoing the index graphics to be clearer, and redoing the ...more >>

Hi all I'm trying to load a series of external jpegs into a Flash movie. The problem is the movie continues to play before the external images have a change to finish loading. Which is screwing with the look and the functions of this thing. Does there exist a way to check to see if an image...more >>

I have already made my flash buttons. (with the up, over, down, and hit) Will someone please tell me, step by step, how to put a hyperlink on it? Thank you! - Jordan...more >>

Hi all, I want to have a button (in say A.swf) which when clicked loads another swf file (say B.swf) in a specified rectangular area on the frame. So that I still am in A.swf Is that possible ? any tips on how to do that? I tried on (release) { loadMovieNum("B.swf", 0); } but this l...more >>

I'd like to do some Flash development but don't want to shell out $700 for MX 2004 when it's just going to be for me. I've done some research and found these: SWISHmax, KoolMoves, Insane However, none of these works on the Macintosh platform. Are there any other options? ...more >>

Ok i want to submit a flsh form done in flash to an asp page. I had the form working when i did it in html but i cant get it working from flash. so far i have this, but it doesnt quite work...not sure if i have to do anything special in my asp file for it to work?Any ideas? on(press){ lo...more >>

When loading multiple png files (after 12 files) one or more files are not displayed. Even when I load it in more seperate movie's or movieclips. Anyone know this problem? please help. ...more >>

I've searched the forums but can't seem to find an answer to this. All of a sudden Flash MX Professional started publishing the external HTML files as XHTML. How can I get it to publish only HTML. I *must* have hit a setting that I cannot find. I started using Flash at version 3 so I've be...more >>

I'm new to the Developing Flash Extensions realm. I've been developing in Flash for the last 5 years; however I've never dabbled in the area of creating my own custom extensions. I've created very simple components. But never extensions. Can any of you recommend any books, or tutorials...more >>

:| I am making a website using Flash MX and wish to use a button to open a prepared window (one that is already contains my e-mail address and a set tilte appropriate to the section of clicked site button) that will allow the user to e-mail me whilst still having my site running along side i...more >>

when inside flash what should i make my document size if i want the flash projector version of it to cover the entire screen regardless of monitor size? i have a powerpoint presentation i am redesigning and converting to a flash presentation and want it to look the same on various computers ...more >>

Does anyone know how to make a printout of a Flash slide show? I am working on a big presentation for my company. They have always used PowerPoint in the past, and are used to having a printout. I wanted to use Flash so the presentation would look better, but so far no luck getting nice printo...more >>

Is it possible to add a drop shadow effect to type?...more >>

I have created a flash swf file, and on another computer that does not have the Flash software, I cannot get the swf file to play as a standalone. I've downloaded the player, but I think it's a plug-in for Internet Explorer. Please tell me how I can download the standalone player. Thank...more >>

I'm using Flash MX to create SWF's for use on CD-ROM's, to be played within a Flash Projector (exe). The movies have inconsistent playback problems, including restarting in mid-movie and audio dropout. However, these problems only occur in the Projector file and in the Flash Standalone Playe...more >>

hey, im doing an advertising assignment at school and i need to get 2 tv ads off the caralton draught website.... unfourtunately it is a macromedia flash site and i dont know how to save them, i need both the cannoe and the no explation ones... if someone could tell me how it would be much a...more >>

ok so, i want some background sounds for my flash site, im using the media controller component, but how do i set what sounds i want playing? and should i import the sounds to the movie, or use external files??? please help, urgent deadline. thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi there guys. I'm building an application where different users could upload their videos and see them playing instantly on MediaPlayback. But how can I convert e.g. avi-files to flv on the server side? I don't want to encourage my clients to download any other programs(wildform flix or...more >>

A test program I wrote which acts weird after I start to draw on top of an image in the viewer and then when I press either btn1 or btn2 or btn3. It starts to give me an error saying the script is running slow and I have to abort it. My intention is to click an image on the left side (thumbnai...more >>

I have an animation of a mountaineer climbing a mountain. I would like to draw a rope between the mountaineer and the top of the mountain, but I don't want to have to key frame every point along the path. Is there a way top do this dynamically, and also use one of the line styles other than a ...more >>

Hi! I have absolutely no experience with flash because I'm a developing webapplication with HTML/CSS. Now a customer of us wants to put a flash in their website which shows different different pictures. So I'm looking for the easiest method to do this: My favorit would be a (almost free) flas...more >>

Hi there, I am about to integrate video into Flash and I will be running these swf's with Authorware. I know that I have a number of options embedding the video, using the video component and flv's etc. Can anyone tell me if there is a proven road here so that I may avoid complications. Wh...more >>

I really want to make a table that has no header backgrounds and no lines except for the line that seperates the headers from the data. I have searched and found <dataGrid>.borderStyle <dataGrid>.headerUIStyle <dataGrid>.headerBackColor <dataGrid>.headerSelectionColor <dataGrid>.head...more >>

How do you find (in time) how long a flash animation is without actually pulling out a watch and timing it? Is there a tool in Flash MX that calculates the length for you? -Nick...more >>

Hi, just wondering if there are any possible ways to open up the Flash MX files I created at school using there G4s, I have a PC (WINXP) and I use Flash MX Pro 2004, everytime I try to open up a flash file that I've uploaded to this one file host website then download it onto my PC...all that ...more >>

any ideas on the best process to create a 360 degree view of an object on one axis. I was told to place an item on a lazy suzan and turn the item and shoot pictures of it that way. Any other ideas???? how many frames to make is smooth should i be looking at creating??? your feed back is apprec...more >>

I have tried 15 different times I followed the instructions in "Help" and the tutorials to the "T", both have slightly different ways to create a button. I am getting frustrated! the help and tutorials don't say how to save the button when your through. I can't seem to get the button to work e...more >>

I want to have a Flash (swf) viewer/player that can be embedded to my webpage and that has simple controls under the screen - like Pause, Play and slider bar showing an advancing of flash movie. I have a 4 min Flash movie (converted from AVI) that I would like a visitor to have a chance t...more >>

Hello. If anyone could help answer a couple of quick questions regarding movie clip buttons and loading external swfs, it would be greatly appreciated. I am fairly new to flash and have only had to create a few navigation bars and animations for hybrid sites in the past. Now I need to create f...more >>

hello I was importanting some of the .wavs into my flash and they sound great on the timeline but when I publish the .fla the sounds are all stupid sounding, I have tried everythign from changing publish settings to changing the .wav format to every other format with my sound forge, and they s...more >>

To all who shall read this...please know that I have limited experience using Flash....have a client who had a web "guru" who couldn't figure it out...I have "a little" experience with it but am at a stand still now. Here's where I am with the .FLA file. I have updated the file to all the...more >>

How do I make it so that in flash I can just make the borders and labels and stuff like that and not actually have to import the pictures? I have the pictures I want on a website and Im pretty sure its possible to open the picture from the website and not have to import the file into flash. My...more >>

Hey, this is weird... I'm trying to get the hang of using LoadVars in Flash, and this is what I have: a basic flash movie with a dynamic text control, and some action script: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- stop(); ...more >>

When you design a flash file with fonts that you know, not everyone has. When you save it as a .swf and upload the file, well everyone see that font, or will it change it to a font that the person has? Thanks! Dave ...more >>