I've just started animating with flash and have a small file up here http://www.armybadgeofhonor.com. The problem is that depending on your machine it doesn't play the video in sync with the animation. This is caused by the amount of time it takes to load. How do I set it up so that it ...more >>

Well, I have 2 pic scenes and I inserted a music sound in one of them... But since I loop it it keeps replaying the music and alot of the same song plays. How can I make it play once?...more >>

Hi, Could someone please help here... I have two buttons on a scrolling masked area One will make the area scroll up, the other down... but i notice that even when i use onRollOver, the user has to keep moving in and out of the area, to make it scroll.. How do set it up, so when...more >>

:confused I can play this simple flash movie (Control - Play) but when I preview it (f12) or publish it on my site it does not play. All I see is the background. I have been looking over my publish settings and how I am importing the file etc and can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP!!! H...more >>

ive given up. i've looked at various tutorials and forums. i need direct help i want a button to animate in on rollover and reverse animate on rollout. also if the mouse rolls OUT while the rollover animation is not complete it should reverse at that exact point so there is no frame skippa...more >>

i was wondering if anyone knew of a site where i could backtrack and dl flash 5...more >>

Hello, I have to Download a FLA file from a Macintosh to a Windows platform do I need to do anything special? I'm scared that downloading from a Macintosh to a Windows platform will screw up the FLA File. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...more >>

I have a flash file that has a lot of JPEGS and GIFS that have text in them... when I Publish it on my computer and look at the swf file it looks fine, but when I upload it to my web server and look at the swf online, the JPEGS and GIFS get messed up so the quality makes parts of it unreadab...more >>

when i make something a symbol i dont have the same liberties with free transform tool i can only resize and skew, i need to distort the symbol a little bit by bending a shape a little bit. any thoughts on how i do this? ...more >>

Hi all, Is it possible to issue a print command with certain parameters such that no dialog box appears and the printing occurs in the background? The application will select the default printer and print a file with a pre-defined extension to some location in the PC. I'm using Macrome...more >>

Hi, I have a flash exe file that contains buttons that open other exe files. The problem is that some take a while to load and so the user keeps clicking the 'view' buttons resulting in multiple files being loaded. How would I prevent this ensuring only one version opens and making sure it loa...more >>

hi all, this is a very visually irriating problem. I'm using flash player 8 beta payer for my Internet Exploer. When a flash banner or when my mouse pointer moves over a flash area in a webasite, the image flickers non-stop. But no such problem when i save the swf onto my comptuer and play...more >>

I have my framerate sent at 30fps but when I play my movie I only get an average of 7.6fps. Why is it going down? My tweens look terrible....more >>

Please help me! I don't want to do a motion tween, I want to apply action script. ...more >>

hello, I'm doing an artwork, where I want to play sound on key release, is that possible? and is there also i way, where when the key is pressed down again , the sound stops...does anyone know if this is possible? I've got it working on keypress, but now need the opposite. Thanks ...more >>

i'm working on a site that i would like to do as html, with a flash header / navigation. the problem is i've also built an mp3 player that loads into the header... how do i load the page content without reloading the .swf each time. i'd like to stay away from iframes if thats possible, but tha...more >>

i have a sketch that i traced over in illustrator cs2 using the live trace and then i imported into flash. is there a way i can break up the body parts so they are seperate symbols in flash or illustrator or some other program if need be. ...more >>

Hey...okay goto http://www.jonathanmillerphotography.com and click enter. Then goto a button thats called "Studio," and you will see a "picture scrollbar..." does neone have ne idea where to find out how to do that?? or can anyone give me some actionscript to do that? thnx // ...more >>

Hey...okay goto JONATHAN MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY and click enter. Then goto a button thats called "Studio," and you will see a "picture scrollbar..." does neone have ne idea where to find out how to do that?? or can anyone give me some actionscript to do that? thnx // ...more >>

I have made a contact form that has various TextInput components. I went to the parameters panel for 'restrict' and entered the following code: "A-Z" "a-z" That enabled the TextInput field to only allow letters to be typed in, that works no problem. My question is how do I make it so tha...more >>

Hi, I'm new to flash. I made a scene with a background image and 6 movie clips that I want to animate over it. When I put them all in the same basic timeline area and publish, they all do what I wanted them to do - but all at the same time. I want them to play at staggered times over the back...more >>