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underwater refraction effect
Posted by bullfrog23 at 12/22/2006 11:51:06 PM
Hi! I'm trying to create a flash site that appears as if it is underwater. I want to give the logo that "underwater refraction effect." It's hard to describe in words but it's a wobbly, wavy, undulating effect that would be made by the refraction of light under the water. (I hope you k...more >>

Advanced Button Help
Posted by bullfrog23 at 12/22/2006 11:36:39 PM
Please check out the following: http://www.0162149.netsolhost.com/buttonTest/buttonTest.htm There's also a link there to the .fla file. When the mouse rolls over the big bubble, two smaller satellite bubbles appear and float around the bigger bubble. These bubbles stay visible until t...more >>

Flash Slideshow - do people usually create these from scratch or get one from somewhere which is editable?
Posted by Adriennee at 12/22/2006 10:53:46 PM
e.g. http://andbreathe.com/main/ and http://the-preps.com/ is there some sort of editable template you can download and edit/add photos to? or do you think those were created from scratch?...more >>

Detection Kit Help
Posted by Fish Stalker at 12/22/2006 10:41:14 PM
Hello, I having a tough time figuring out the implementation process with Robert Hoekman's flash detection tutorial...here http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/fp8_detection_04.html I'm trying the Flash Player Express install.... 1. I have published HTML and Flash files out of fla...more >>

Website - Content disappears when mouse rolls out of button ? How do you make it stay.
Posted by Adriennee at 12/22/2006 10:19:10 PM
http://mu.thesixthdesign.com/test/ See, click the 'about button' like you normally would (usually I click a button and then hover out), now click the about button but keep your mouse over the about button. I don't know why the content only appears when your mouse is over the about button....more >>

Problem following basic slideshow tutorial
Posted by bilbo--baggins at 12/22/2006 9:53:48 PM
I'm using the trial of Flash 8 professional, and following this tutorial: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/tutorials/flash/slideshow.html Unfortunately on the section titled "Set the pattern of the fade" I can only find Color Mixer and Color Swatches, and if I sent anything like Str...more >>

OT: hAppy hOlidays! (card)
Posted by dan mode at 12/22/2006 9:53:26 PM
Here's a little greeting card I drew-up real quick up for everyone. Happy Holidays! http://www.smithmediafusion.com/xmas2006.html -- Dan Mode ->Adobe Community Expert *Flash Helps* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?cat=11 *THE online Radio* http://www.tornadostream.com *Must Rea...more >>

Flash Frames
Posted by GRN_I_GDSS at 12/22/2006 9:48:03 PM
Does anyone know how to change how many frames are in the duration of a Flash movie? I am trying to make a banner of 575 frames and when i test the movie it is looping like I want it to but it is looping 48,000 frames! I just started using this program and it is very frustrating. If anyone kno...more >>



Multiple text scroll
Posted by blurrymurry at 12/22/2006 9:11:14 PM
I?m having a problem with multiple scroll btns. I have two dynamic text boxes both with separate instance names that load a file. Then each box has there own scroll btns also with unique instance names. The problem is the buttons scroll only one text box?meaning all buttons will only scroll on...more >>

Linking Text
Posted by 118ID at 12/22/2006 8:19:35 PM
I'm new to flash sites but I've been creating basic flash headers and ads. My question is: How do I link text to point to another page? Example: View Portfolio (I want this to go to my services/portfolio page. I appreciate the help. ...more >>

action for a button to open an .exe file??
Posted by alexandergre at 12/22/2006 8:15:52 PM
i wanna make an autorun for my applications cd. i dont know the action for the button. i want the buttons action like this: when i click on the button, then the program (ex. google_earth4.exe) open and installs. CODE? ...more >>

iexplorer versus firefox
Posted by Santiamen at 12/22/2006 7:46:00 PM
:confused; When I export the swf in iexplorer works fine but in firefox doesn?t. I don't know the changes I've to make to suit the flash in the web page for firefox' any help? aizqper@hotmail.com...more >>

odd blurring...
Posted by indigomontoya at 12/22/2006 7:21:42 PM
ok i just have a menue... and when i test it on my computer there is no bluring, but when i put it on my server and test it on the web there is an odd blurring going on on the right side of the menue.... www.tdifdesign.com/nav_main.html www.tdifdesign.com/nav_main.fla ...more >>

Static movie size
Posted by edwinallenz at 12/22/2006 5:33:40 PM
Hello everyone, I have a dynamic font element and I need the font size to stay the same even if I make the movie bigger, how can i do this. best regards...more >>

Where to start, dynamic charting, Google/Yahoo Finance
Posted by us7892 at 12/22/2006 5:33:34 PM
Where would a .NET developer start if they desired a simple flash application that plotted a simple line chart, and used client-side requests to retrieve additional data points to plot when the chart was dragged? Something much less ambitious than Yahoo and Google Finance, but still similar...more >>

tutorial help (cafe townsend)
Posted by Peaceinternally3 at 12/22/2006 5:06:44 PM
I started to do the cafe townsend tutorial, but today, I can not find how to get back to the tutorial I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...more >>

Flash Detection
Posted by Fish Stalker at 12/22/2006 4:56:56 PM
Hi Folks, Wondering if anything new has come about with better flash detection practices. I still have a hard time with it and am wondering if it is possible to have a nice flash site plus giving a user with no computer knowledge an easy way to upgrade. Is there a way the detection and upg...more >>

Flash preloader that looks like a circle drawing itself
Posted by uogecko at 12/22/2006 4:50:12 PM
Hi everyone - I'd like to make a simple preloader that looks like a stroked circle is being drawn - when the circle connects with itself, the loading is complete. It sounds easy enough but I'm not sure how to mask off the circle. I tried using another circle as a mask and rotating it into...more >>

please somebody help me
Posted by svarmuza at 12/22/2006 4:38:10 PM
Please if somebody could help me, I thought this is going to be easy and now I spent half a day trying to figure it out. 1. I created the text and converted it to symbol-graphic. then I created the motion tween for that text to move it from right side of the movie to the left. 2. then I ...more >>

Urgent: FileRefernece + ASP + FlashPlayer9
Posted by kinetic at 12/22/2006 3:23:01 PM
We seem to have an issue with the new Flash Player 9 in combination with FileReference and uploading through ASP. We tried the following scenario's Flash 8 Player -> PHP = OK Flash 8 Player -> CF = OK Flash 8 Player -> ASP = OK Flash 9 Player -> PHP = OK Flash 9 Player -> CF = OK...more >>

Increase size of object/button in Flash 8?
Posted by Adriennee at 12/22/2006 5:34:22 AM
Okay, well, I have a button link thing (the whole .FLA is a website). The button has up, over, and out frames, and the button is supposed to animate up when you hover over it and animate back down when you roll out - I got that part okay, but the animation gets messed up sorta and goes up and...more >>

Flash - Mov files on You Tube
Posted by FlashAcesDesign at 12/22/2006 4:18:05 AM
Everytime I upload a mov file from Flash it never plays on their web site. Plays fine in Quicktime and AVI format works but much larger files sizes. Anyone else have a problem getting exported Mov files from flash to play on video upload sites? ...more >>

Urgent Media Component Help
Posted by chavite at 12/22/2006 2:58:46 AM
I am using Flash 8 to try and place an audio online. A media controller component comes with flash 8. My audio is an MP3 file but I am not sure how to get it to work with the media controller. I desperatly need step by step instuctions or a good tutorial on how to do this function. This is...more >>

Export to FLV very slow
Posted by symlink23 at 12/22/2006 12:01:51 AM
I'm just starting to experiment with FLV export via QuickTime (from iMovie/Final Cut Pro) and am kind of baffled by how slow it is. On a 2GHz G5 iMac, a 15 second DV clip takes almost 20 minutes to export to FLV, using the default settings (on2). I must be doing something wrong / missing so...more >>

Newbie question: Hints not working
Posted by Mosh at 12/22/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello all I am making a short Flash animation. There's a sentence (I already broke the text apart, so it's now curves) whose first letter will rotate to the right from its bottom-left corner and then it will crash with the next letter, bounce back and fall to the "floor". I want the letter...more >>


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