I was considering purchasing Flash MX Professional 2004 and was wondering if a person has to be a professional web designer to create flash websites. I know a little about web design and was wondering if an inexperienced person can learn how to use this program to make a decent flash site. ...more >>

I am creating a online training manual and the people who view this are going to have to watch a video clip and then answer questions. If they miss a question i want them to review the specific section of the video clip that refers to the question they missed. Does anyone know how to use one...more >>

I"ve imported to a movie clip, a QuickTime clip. In the swf file, it plays. But, when I check in Publish Settings to create a .mov file, when it reaches that point in the file, the embedded video doesn't play. I can't seem to import a video clip and get each frame as a keyframe. That wou...more >>

I haven't been able to find in the fourms what i'm looking to do. I would like to create a simple slide show movie where the images fade in and out of say 5 total images (very simle i can totally handle that!). BUT what I need it to do is pull the images from an external .jpg folder so that in...more >>

I would like to make a PDF downloadable from my Flash website, but have not found any examples of that anywhere, how do I do that?...more >>

Hi Can anyone recommend good resources to learn how to manually code streaming video functionality in MX 2004? My company wont yet pony up to purchase MX 2004 Professional, and thus I dont have access to Video media components. I can currently "stream" in my FLV using NetConnectionObjects ...more >>

When my movies first load, the screen real estate the flash player will use flashes white. I am assuming that when the browser invokes the player its initial state is white and that it stays that way until the first frame can be shown. Is there a way to avoid this? The background shou...more >>

I have created a banner, but I would like to track the number of times it has been clicked. Can anyone help me?...more >>

In general, do most people leave their video uncompressed and then use the built-in Sorenson codec in FlashMX? Conversely is it ok to compress an already compressed clip?...more >>

I was just wondering. If I plan on using a PNG as a simple background element then I should leave it has a PNG. Right? And if I plan on using this PNG in multiple pages with tweening and other effects then I should convert the PNG to a graphic object...Right or wrong? Regards ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how I specify which application I want Flash to use when editing bitmaps. Currently the "Edit" command is grayed out and if I want to edit a bitmap I have to select it in the Library and then choose "Edit with..." and browse for Photoshop every time. How do I get it to...more >>

I have been asked to quote on building a flash based game, but I don't have any idea of the time it takes to dev a game. 1. the client hasn't full fleshed out the content of the game. 2. this will be my first. All they told me was the game will be a side scroll adventure game, with 7 levels,...more >>

Apple just post or wail I was sleeping. That Quicktime 7 is now available for Windows users now!!! -- David Brewer Click here to see me live at my computer. http://davidbrewer.homeip.net/newsite/live_camera.html ---------------------------------------------- For Flash and Flash animations...more >>

I loaded a movie.swf to a mclip on stage of "intro" scene That movie has a second scene called "main" The loaded movie plays, but when that loaded movie ends should tell the base movie to play next scene. ("main" Tried putting in last frame of loaded movie _level0.play (); _level0.nexts...more >>

Sorry for the dumb question, but: how does Macromedia get Flash to display Arial with only very slight antialiasing? For example, in the Exchange pages, the anti-aliased text in the scrolling text fields only has anti-aiiasing in the curves, but not on straight lines: "I", "H" etc. get nice cl...more >>

Hey, i'm in the middle of a school project using Flash MX 2004, and to speed up the process, it would be useful to know how to copy and paste layers and folders on the timeline. Is copying and pasting layers and folders possible, and if so, how? cheers ...more >>

:confused; Hey Guys, I;m new to Flash and I'm having such a hard time with it. I have five buttons and I need to create a cool rollover effect --no simple buttons. fade in , fade out anything .. first of all i imported a buttton from illustratr and made copies of it w/ text in flash.....more >>

I would like to create a form on my email for people to ad there email address and that will be send on to me. Like something which this web site has: http://www.umeric.com/ How can I create this. I'm use to do it Dreamweaver but not in flash. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this problem. I have build a video juke-box with the components MediaDisplay and MediaControll. I need to load a new .FLV file after the currently playing file has finished playing, so that the player will play one file after the other and after the ...more >>

im sure this has been brought up before but i just started using flash mx professional 2004 and i started making a flash video. about half way though i noticed a strange lag between an audio and the video. Its even more difficult cause it stops this lag after i reopen the document but will c...more >>

Hello All, How do you separate someone in a video that they appear against a white background and everything else is white? Very much like the video on ... http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/video.html?promoid=BIOJ Thanks. D ...more >>

I have a flash menu on my site which is working very well. The menu is the same for most of the pages the user is on. I would like the flash swf file not to download every time a user hits a page. Is there any way to accomplish this? ...more >>

Hello: Quick question: How or can you export/publish your .fla file as a .flv. Seems you can export as a .mov, .swf, .etc... but cannot seem to find .flv. Regards, Stephen...more >>

I am trying to create a simple mask using dynamic text. The text fields have been masked but they appear to be empty. The text is still selectable but nothing appears. It is the masking effect because the text will appear when I don't put a mask. Can anyone help or suggest an alternative? ...more >>

If anyone can point me to a FAQ or knowledgbase answer for this, or has a solution to this problem, I'd really appreciate it. I have a FLA that's structured like this: movie clip > movie clip > masked movie clip The problem I'm having is the masked movie clip refuses to play. When I ...more >>

Does anybody know the actual number of levels that flash allows you to work with???? I have two options: 1. I can load all what I need to load from seperate .swfs into my main .swf on levels incrementing so that everything that gets loaded gets placed onto of itself. 2. I don't know if ...more >>

I have got Flash MX and I am desparately trying to tween motion along a path. I have followed the help instructions but cannot get my object to move along a path. I just can't work out what I have done wrong as I thought I followed the instructions exactly. Any ideas anyone?:confused; ...more >>

I realize that in theory, vectors don't have reolution per se; however, I have an Illustrator vector file which was imported from a CAD file. It's huge... displaying a several mile area and allowing zooming to view rooms and doors in building layouts. When I import it into Flash and zoom way i...more >>

What is the current "safe" size for a Flash movie? 700x500? I want it to show up on the majority of screens, but I know that it changes as technology advances. I realize a Flash movie can be scaled to fit a window, but I actually want to lock it down so the bitmap graphics / movies show u...more >>

Hi I really want to start creating 3d flash games and wondered how they built this http://www.pnflashgames.com/mod-pnFlashGames-display-id-223.phtml Also what software would i use ?? Shockwave ?? Please some advice would go down a treat ...more >>

Suppose I have a list of years between 1898 and 2005 with a few missing here and there. I have a PHP program that spits out the list of years like this: years=1898|1899|1900 etc so that string can be parsed into the list but then what is the best way to show it? One long list doesn't seem...more >>

Ok, I created an autoplay.inf file that I burned on a CD along with my .exe file (published from flash). The problem is, when I load the CD it wont autoplay. However, the icon and the label worked well. When right click the CD in "My Computer" Autoplay is the first option, so I click it and W...more >>

Hey I've only just recently started using flash so im not that aware of what it can do!! I want to have the front page of my site to have a few pictures and i want one to fade into the other kinda thing. So it is in a loop where the pictures keep changing after a a few seconds. does anyone kno...more >>

Hi Newbie question... I have text that appears and stays on the screen > I want to erase the text after 30 seconds. What is the best way to accomplish this? Help appreciated. Flash 2004 Thanks...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a 64 bit Flash Player plugin available for Windows XP Pro 64bit yet..?? Fortunately there are 2 version of IE, one that supports 32bit & the other which is 64 bit. The only problem is the current plugin doesn't work with the 64 bit version, hope you guys can help -...more >>