I have made a motion guide on the stage and have put a .png file in to move on the guide. It all works fine while I'm in Flash but when I export or publish it the graphic isn't in the movie at all. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Chris ...more >>

Hi... I'm making a banner. My banner's simple: text scrolling, fading in and out in a fixed background... I did this in Fireworks, but the resulting file (40 frames) was 110 KB !!!??!!!!!??? I mean, I was expecting something around 15 KB!!! My banner's really simple, so I'm not getti...more >>

I have been trying to teach myself some flash design. My current project all I am trying to do is take a premade flash website template I purchased and change its look to suit my needs. I have figured out how to edit the image and shapes files but can't seem to edit the movieclip files. Are...more >>

Hi all, I am sure this has been answered a million times, but I cannot seem to find a clear answer anywhere... I have an HTML file that I want to load and display in a text box (with HTML formatting turned on, of course), when the user rolls over a button. How do I open, import and d...more >>

Is there a maximum size for object graphics? I'm trying to import a 8000x4200px image to libraryy and flash keeps 'unexpectedly quitting.' I'm running Flash MX 6.0 on Mac OS X 10.3. The project is for a presentation, so filesize isn't an issue for me. Any answers, thanks in advance! ...more >>

I have created a button which envolves when mouse is over the button 2 sliders coming in from left/right on roll out sliders return. the 2 sliders are in seperate masks, above the masked layer I have my invisable button. here is the code I have used for the invisable button. on (rollOver) ...more >>

Hi im having problems with a flv created in riva encoder. the file looks okay when being played through the riva player when imported into flash mx2004 and outputed to a swf the first couple of frames are black then the video starts. i have re-encoded the video out a couple of times and still ...more >>

is there anyway i can have a picture behind a mask, and buttons above the mask that move the picture behind the mask? like scroll it left or right? ...more >>

Greetings All: I am a web designer and was recently called upon by a client to take some of the art that was created for their website and prepare it for a large (68" x 76.5") photo panel for their trade show booth. It seems that no matter what I do, the super sized graphics come out looki...more >>

How can I do the same effect as the banner from Studio 8??? I have a video file of somebody presenting something in front of a green screen. And I would like to cut-out this person and paste him in a flash file. Can anyone tell me how this is done??? Jay ...more >>

Hi, I seem to have problems opening up old FLA files in FLASH MX 2004 that I have created in FLASH MX in. Anyone having any suggestions?? Jonas...more >>

Hello, i am trying to download flash player and put it on a cd with my flash movie as a .swf file, for a client to view an idea for a website. It seems that flash player is downloaded straight onto the pc rather than as a file i can copy into a cd, but then when i try and open my .swf file...more >>

Ok so I've kind of posed this question B4 about butons but cannot get it to apply to functions for some reason - can anyone advise I have a textfield 'theReader" which is displaying four calls to functions (see below). The calls (should) launch four .doc files in the same directory This ...more >>

Have lost my master edit on some footage, and all I have is a very high quality flv file. Is it possible to rip and record into a differnt format?...more >>

I would like my site to have a small perminant button in the bottom corner that when you rollover , what looks like, a smaller screen appears in the centre on the screen! so no matter what page your on, it will stay in the background of the pop up! Is this even possible? I may have set my...more >>

My problem is i want to put on thumb nails that once you rollover puts a larger photograph in the middle of the page. Someone else has asked about this but i would rather the image appeared on rollover rather than going to another frame. At the moment i have the image in the over instance ...more >>

I've designed a CDROM completely in flash.. i need to place a link within the CDROM which will open a PowerPoint document (.ppt).. How do i do this? is there an application open function? I've tried it with a getURL link but it simply opens an internet browser window and nothing happens - ...more >>

Hello anybody, i want to know if there are any helplines you can ring to get help with flash? I want to know how a website i designed in flash can be seen on a PC that doesn't have quicktime or flash on it!!!!! Any suggestions would be fantastic x ...more >>

Hi, I am using the menubar IU component in FLash mx. I have made it this far in the actionscript coding: prod = myMenuBar.addMenu({label:"Products", instanceName:"products"}); var subStreak = prod.addMenuItem({label:"Washbasins", instanceName:"washbasins"}); //submenu under...more >>

:confused; Hello anybody out there who knows what they are doing with Flash! I have just graduated and have my first real freelance project to design a website. I want to send a cd of the site i designed in flash (it was fictional, and is not live), but i do not know how to save it so it...more >>

I've created a photo tour with flash and I have a problem. I have used a loader component to load an external flash movie for the navigation menu and another loader component to load the .jpg photos. When I run it locally I have no problem, but when I run it from the server, with Internet Expl...more >>

HI all I wanted to know if there is a way I can save to external data. I am an interface designer and I create simulations of consumer product displays, I am just starting to use external data to load all the settings and varables, this is the easy part. But I would like to have to posibil...more >>

i have created a simple text effect which squeezes a piece of text using a timeline effect. I would like this to happen once, instead of it looping through endlessly. Can anyone help with any settings which may need to be altered please? Many Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I have made a long animation in flash and it performs quite good in each scene. But when I play the whole animation, the sound become slower than images/animation in the last severval scenes. Do anyone know how can solve it? The swf file is played in local hard drive not on the web. ...more >>

Hi, I have a movie(a) that loads text externally into a text field. Then this movies is loaded into the main movie(b). Whever I play movie(a) in it's own test player it's external text does load. When I load movie(a) in movie(b) movie(a)'s external text dos not show. Anyone know why? Cou...more >>

hi, i've attached the uiscrollbar component to a dynamic text field. when different text fields load, the scrollbar doesn't return to the top but stays wherever it's at. how do i fix this problem? thanks! ...more >>

I have some general questions concerning flash. I'm using Flash MX2004 and I am working on my first document. I've tried finding a tutorial that covers what I need but I can't. I've also tried using the included help files but can't find what I'm looking for. If someone could PM me their ...more >>

So, I was wandering about the Macromedia site here and decided to finally have a look to see if Studio 8 is worth the upgrade. I clicked a link and I was prompted to download a Flash 8 player... an odd thing, I thought, as it hadn't been released. But, I did, thinking, "What could it hurt?" ...more >>

First of all, I just started learning flash and don't do much other programming, so forgive my n00binesh in this computing aspect (I'm real good most other places). I began to dabble with components, thanks to the tutorial regarding them, and am interested on using it on some of my websites. ...more >>

I got this header which I want to use for my website (I didn't design it, I bought it from EBay). The problem is when ever you open it up in Internet Explorer the Information Bar comes up saying it has restricted the file from showing active content that could access your computer. How wou...more >>