I've got a website I'm working on with several seperate flash elements, as well as different gif images, which all work together to make the whole. I'm wondering if there is a way in flash to load the entire HTML website, including the seperate flash animations before actually opening the page...more >>

I've had this problem a few times with Flash. I made a Flash movie that has a navigation bar throughout. But after exporting the movie as a SWF and embedding it into a webpage, there's one frame where one of the buttons on the navigation bar seems to be nudged little bit to the left and up. ...more >>

Hi all, I bought the Upgrade to Studio 8. I am having trouble installing the Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder. First I did a complete Studio install......but the encoder didn't install.....so then I put Disk 1 in of 2 , and tried installing just the Flash 8 Video Encoder that way. It starts...more >>

I use dual monitors and have for a while now. In flash mx2004 i was able to put all my panels on the right side monitor and have everything on the left, only thing thta was messed up was if i put the timeline on the right monitor it didnt show up when i reloaded flash but it was ok i just pres...more >>

One day I spent hours searching through Macromedia's site, more endless hours in the computer manual section of several bookstores, and even more hours searching for online tutorials that provide instruction on how to create flash forms. Finally I paid a developer hundreds of dollars to creat...more >>

My flash movie plays when opened in Flash, but in Page Preview mode in Dreamweaver, only shows the first slide as a still shot. What am I doing wrong? Did I miss a step? Admittedly, I am a novice. Its probably something obvious. Appreciate any help, things to try, etc. ...more >>

I've been toying around with the Flash 8 trial here for the last couple of hours, and I'm puzzled to say the least. The best thing about version 8 for me was to finally have some realtime filters like dropshadow, blur etc. And what do I find once I try it out? They don't work on Graphic symb...more >>

"Macromedia is committed to supporting our customers in the technologies they choose" The technology that I choose is Linux, but Macromedia hasn't made a Flash IDE that supports it... There's only two projects that I know of that try to allow Linux users to have a flash IDE. F4l (Flash f...more >>

Community MX provides you with 2 new articles, extensions, or tutorials every business day. We're currently at 1,277 pieces of great content, which includes out latest CMX JumpStart, Machu Picchu, which you can learn more about below. You'll also find more tutorials and articles on the Studio 8 ...more >>

I have seen this question asked, but never answered. A number of sites have a very nice transion from one image to another that resembles a white balance adjustment on a video camera that bleeds the image out to white starting at its hottest points and then grow until the entire image is wh...more >>

I click on Frame 1 of the layer containing my sound file. In the Properties panel I hit edit, click on "Custom" in the drop down list of the sound editing tool, edit the sound, then hit ok. However, "Custom" does not show up in the effect box in the Properties panel. "None" shows up instead. I...more >>

Hi i'm sure you can help me. I get an error message: "unexpected file format" when I'm trying to open a .fla file made with mx2004 pro. Now I've just update myself and get the version 8 and want to open it and I get this message. No, say me it's not true, it couldn't be possible that macrom...more >>

Hi. I've exported a video in a 40mb's swf file. When I load it into my cd project, it blocks the runs and I musv wait a minute before I can see video. How can I make it in streaming? I use flash mx, NOT 2004. Tks. ...more >>

I have inversted a lot of time on a flash presentation, to find out that suddently Flash crashes everytime I try to open the file! Is there a way to recover this file?...more >>

Hi, I am new to these forums and Flash and have a few questions. I am doing some character animation and have an arm made with three symbols: an upper arm, a lower arm, and a hand. When I use the free transform tool, I can individually set the center point for each symbol. However, when I ...more >>

Hi, I need to create a radio for a couple of my sites. Similar to this one http://www.maloneandmcwilliams.com Is there a tutorial anywhere someone can point me to? Or perhaps a download where all I have to do is create the playlist? Any suggestions?? I really need some help on thi...more >>

Newbie question here... I've noticed that some Components (Combo boxes etc) have this mix of fixed size and resizable graphics, so that for example you can make a bounding box with rounded corners and resize it any way you please, but the corners still stay the same size. Can this be ...more >>

Just curious if i'm missing something or is there a way to change the FLVPlayback Custom UI VolumeBar to be vertical as opposed to horizontal? I haven't played with flash in years and i'm just getting back into it with 8.0. thanks ...more >>

Hey Guys Does anyone know if it's possible to import a Photoshop colour swatch into Flash MX 2004. I've been trying to import the Pantone Pastel range but it doesn't work. The only way I can seem to do it at the moment is print screen it in PS and then save each individual colour in Fla...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know when <b>Flash Projector 8</b> will be released ? Thank you everybody!...more >>

I know what key frames are, but is there any kind of limit on how many key frames you can have? Like, if I wanted to, could I make EVERY frame on a layer a key frame and move characters around manually instead of tweening? I'm working on a South Park-style animations and, of course, the charac...more >>

Is this possible at all? I've tried exporting to a gif but it lowers the frame rate to a lower one. Can someone help me on this?...more >>

Hi all Question from newbie to flash Just installed flash 8 I have encoded a FLV file which is about a minute and half long. I then imported it to the stage and saved as an .swf file. Everytime I import it into DW8 I lose the skin. I want to put this video on the opening page of ...more >>