Does anyone know of a broadcast safe color palette for Flash so it can be exported to video with the fear of colors bleeding or flickering. Are there any links that would help me learn more about exporting Flash to video? Thanks, Dale ...more >>

Hi, im in a proyect where i need to load a movie file (about 40mb), the problem is that normal preloaders fail to detect that the file is being loaded, because the file is already downloaded then only stays there and appears like it is stuck but is really loading the file. Is there some way i...more >>

When I test OFFLINE a page of my own that includes a Flash animation, IE executes it just fine. However, when I try to view ANY page with a Flash animation (including the Macromedia test page), I don't see anything. The status bar seems to show the page as forever loading but almost entirely...more >>

I recently have created a website done completely in flash. I developed it testing it wit IE along the way and have recently discovered that it doesn't display properly in firefox. A link is below. Does anybody know what is causing this problem. This is the first website I have done and I'...more >>

I recently have created a website done completely in flash. I developed it testing it wit IE along the way and have recently discovered that it doesn't display properly in firefox. A link is below. Does anybody know what is causing this problem. This is the first website I have done and I'...more >>

HI, Im trying to create a Flash movie that draws a predefined Line in the form of a Z but am unable. The corners of the Z are rounded. Can anyone be of any help?...more >>

Hello All, I want to add a link to a Flash Site for the user to click in order to download a *.pdf file. I've tried adding a HREF to the text but it only seems to open in a new window rather than opening a download dialogue, I also tried making the file a *.zip file but this didn't seem to...more >>

I am a veteran software developer building my first Flash based project. Configuration Management is always a critical element of the development environment and getting a project done "right". But, I can't find any examples of CM processes and tools supporting Flash development. I am most int...more >>

I really need the Pollster app, or some thing like it, Is there any way to get this app. MM Doesn't offer the DRKs in the store anymore....more >>

I'm trying to load in the following picture with loadmovie. http://www.uvsv.nl/image/clubnet/pasfoto/klein/2039.jpg Somehow this does not work however. As far as I can tell, this is a jpg. It looks like a jpg, in notepad it claims to be made with adobe (photoshop) and that should be right. H...more >>

I'm making a soundboard, and when I import the sounds I need, they play really slowly. How can I fix this? TIA! ...more >>

Hey, http://www.ontheinsidedesign.com Thanks! David Latshaw...more >>

When a video is imported into Flash, and we click with the right button on it in the library, it is possible to export the video to FLV but it is not possible to the setup it, Where i can setup this FLV? thanks ...more >>

I'm a new Flash user still feeling my way around. I just been handed a project that was designed by someone else outside the company. There are lots of corrections and updates to be made. Problem is they used some funky fonts. We purchased a lot of the fonts. I've installed them to my hard ...more >>

I have had a client ask me about using bandwith detection. He has two PROGRESSIVE flv movies on his site, one for dial up the other for broadband. Obviously he wants to deliver the correct video to the right bandwith. Any suggestions how I can go about helping him ? Thanks, Ddave. ...more >>

Not sure if anyone has touched on this yet, but what of all the new product activation schemes in place right now? What if many years from now, I have a need to re-install my Flash MX 2005 to work with some legacy files, and find out that I can't activate it because Adobe shut it down? Th...more >>

I am trying to develop a site using flash 5. My problem is that when I import a short quicktime file, I can see it play when moving the playhead, but when I export, the video doesn't play. I looked in the help pages and found something about setting the directory path, and that didn't work eit...more >>

Hi. Just wondering if anyone would recommend using Wacom's Intuos3 graphic tablet for flash? I've never used one before, and honestly don't know how much use I'd get out of it beyond the project I've in mind, as I've never played with one before. Anyone recommend it? And if so, based on th...more >>

I am trying to create a transition effect among multiple pictures/symbols using the transition feature under timeline effects. It works when I use just one picture, but I can't seem to make it transition from one picture to the next. Anyone know how to make it work? ...more >>

Hey people. I'm looking to put a music video on my site. I just imported the Quicktime file but the sound is left behind. Whats that about? Is there no simple way of putting a video on my site. Will there be no end to this madness. I've been working on it for ages. Any ideas, anything would be...more >>

I have several .fla files using text formatted with 'Letther Gothic' font. During edition of the .fla file, the text is displayed OK. But, after publishing the file to .swf or .gif formats, it occurs a bug with 'A' letter: its 'head' is displayed full filled. Here is a sample image: http://...more >>

I am wondering if I am on the right way: I am making a website with 6 links to different portfolios for an artist with Form Application. How can I avoid that the viewer has to wait a long time for the loading of the pictures in the beginning. How can I load each different portfolio when clic...more >>

I am making a website with Form Application from MX Professional. Is it in no way possible to open this flash to work on it later in FlashMX? If I put it on the net, the viewer has to have FlashPlayer 6 or higher? Do many people have that, or is it better to do the site in FlashMX then? THan...more >>

I want to fade in and out between successive images, such that as when one image begins to fade out, the next on fades in. It's a real nice smooth effect. However, when I get to the last image in the set, instead of starting over again real smooth like, it 'Jumps' back to the beginning. How...more >>

HI All I am trying to have a movie play until the last frame and then stop. At the moment the movie plays and then returns to the first frame. Any ideas Thank you ;-)...more >>

Hi, hopefully someone will be able to answer this for me urgently.... I have a number of flash files but I want to combine them all into one, every time i try to copy and paste the frames I have a variety of problems, is there a simple solution that I can actually use whereby all the frames ...more >>

I want a math-plugin witch work with Flash, like the one is in Microsoft Word. I now use Mathtype, but the problem with Mathtype is that you have to insert pictures, and sometimes with publishing there goes something wrong. So does anybody know if there is a plugin like this, and if not is...more >>

I have an avi file and have imported it in to flash, but i want to control the clip with the media controller and cant work out how to do this, is there any tutorial for this version of flash? i can find the previous version, just not mx 2004. thanks ...more >>

I hope you success help me : I want to save a photo from a flash sie but if i right click on the image - i dont get the possibility to " copy " or " save target as " i only get the possibility to " zoom in " or " zoom all " so how i can do it ? ...more >>

Hi All, In a panic, I have about 30 minutes to complete this and need your wisdom! I'm creating a flash promotional flyer to go onto a USB Pen Drive for a conference first thing tomorrow (dropped on me last minute!) and I need to be able to link horizontal text with .exe, .ppt, .doc file...more >>

Hi, I have I list of 15 numbers wich are typed by the user in 15 = differents fields. (Example: number1 =3D 1.34, number2=3D1.67...and so = on). Numbers are typed with two decimals max. What I need to do is to = "tell" flash wich are the two (or three, or four....or fifteen) lowest = numbers giv...more >>

A fellow designer has created a swf file that is 765K+ for the home page. Your thoughts ... ...more >>

hi, i need to make a flash simulator. this simulator will be burned in a CD. I need that after a simulation it happens one of the following choices: 1 - generate a bitmap, jpg ... 2- save data in a txt file 3 - use xml Can someone advice me, if this is possible, or what is ...more >>

i'm looking to create a flash based mp3 player with my own simple skin that fits in with the rest of the site. it will basically cater for playing 1hr long dj mixes etc. i have all the mp3's hosted on a shoutcast streaming server. where my bandwidth allowance will be catered for. i gue...more >>

Hi, I inherited an fla file and it basically roatates a set of pictures. I am trying to add a picture to the rotation, but not sure how. In flash I can see the images listed as bitmaps in the library, but when i go to the actions/frame section I can't seem to track where the code is tha...more >>

I want to play a symbol of frames back to front and in the opposite direction, ie, origional animation is A-B and I want to play B-A. Does anyone know how I do this? Thanks,...more >>

Is this a scam or what? Is this NFR versions of Macromedia software, etc.? It says OEM. How are they getting OEM versions of Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, Freehand, Director, etc.? Had anyone ordered from this company? ...more >>

I'm sure this is a stupid question, but here goes. I have finished a flash movie, saved as a .swf file. It does not show up on the page it should be on. I did not upload the .swf file along with the .html files and the image file. Do I need to do that and if so, where does it go. J...more >>

"A script in this movie is causing Marcomedia flashplayer 7 to run slowly. If it continues, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?" The above error message is poping up from time to time. Any thoughts on what could be causing it. ...more >>

Greetings All: I have a project that requires a datagrid, with about 9 columns text and numeric, to hold anywhere from 15000 to 50000 entries (rows). The user can then expand or narrow what is displayed in the grid based on user selecting a low and high value for a column, So, data needs to b...more >>

I started out by drawing two stick guys in paint and saved them, then i put them in a flass document and i was making a video using the timeline but whenever the figures cross, the white space round one of them covers up part of the other one and i cant find out how to get rid of it. plz help....more >>

i want to know if there is a way to create an array with the letters a-z, but NOT having to individually list each letter. i know other languages allow the syntaz (A..Z). does actionscript have this functionality? thanks, brian ...more >>

Hi, I just started working at a new place, and this office uses Flash MX Pro, until now I've been using the regular verswion of flash. One thing I noticed right off the bat is the Actionscript editor doesn't seem to have a "basic" setting, and it seems I have to do it all from scratch. Is ...more >>

Hi, can you help me on how to catch the FS Command in javascript?? right now this is the code i am using to catch,but it doesn't work on other browsers like Mozilla etc... <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript"> <!-- Sub mainmenu_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args) call mainmenu_DoFS...more >>

I am creating a media viewer in flash. It will play videos (flv), mp3s and show images. I'm just wondering if it's possible to make a flv pop to full screen by double clicking on it and when the flv finishes playing it goes back to it's original size. If anyone has any ideas I would be all ear...more >>

i need to know how to start a movie paused with MX 2004 and i want it to play when i click on a button.............more >>