:sad;Everytime i try to install the flash player 10 on this site, or i go to a flash game i get this error message: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8293/errorac0. jpg[/IMG][/URL] It's so annoying because i know that Adobe is a wondeful company but this erro...more >>

Is there a way to make a tween so that text changes color from left to right instead of all at the same time? Similar to how a karaoke machine highlights the words as the song plays. Thanks!...more >>

I attended a Flash Seminar at the DGA (Los Angeles) building last month. Sadly, I can't find the notes that I have on the people that showcased their sites. We are looking to contact the developers of three particular flash sites, namely: 1) The site that opens with a shot of earth, a lou...more >>

Problem controlling the appearance of DataGrid If I provide my DataGrid with data from an Array as below I have full control of the appearance. var myDP_array:Array = new Array(); myDP_array.push({Name:"Ted", Score:"1000"}); myDP_array.push({Name:"Bob", Score:"1250"}); myDP_array.p...more >>

does anyone know how the text effect seen on http://www.addition.com.au/#welcome (under the details section) is made? Also, can it be made by loading an external text file? if anyone can help or point me in the right direction of a tutorial, it would be greatly appreciated. thanks- ...more >>

I can't find any documentation about which shortcut keys are available and active when a Flash Windows projector file is running. I do know that Ctrl-Q will exit the program, but what other shortcut keys are active for a projector? ...more >>

I have a Newb problem. I think the main advantage to created a movie clip symbol as opposed to doing the animating in the main stage and timeline is that it can get very cluttered very easy. But I am really frustrated that you can't see the animation of movie clip symbols when scrolling t...more >>

whether i am using premier or final cut, exactly how would i encode and save an alpha channel (to use in flash) in my video before i import the video into the flash video encoder. what setting(s) do i use in these programs? i am shooting the video with a green screen background. thank you. ...more >>

Newbie question: Is it possible to download pictures or photos from a Flash Player? If yes, what application, etc. is required? And, what is the correct process to download pictures, photos, etc. off of a Flash Player? Thanks, dr.don@att.net ...more >>

Hello there, Does anybody know how to create a button in which when the user hovers over it, it fades in and when they remove the cursor from the button, the button fades back out? What I want to accomplish is something similar to the menu buttons on the following site: http://www.storyvil...more >>

OK I have 3 photos lined up horizontally in a row. I have 2 buttons on the screen: a "next" and a "previous" button. I want the "next" button to make all photos shift positions to the right and the "previous" button to reverse that process. I also want the picture in the middle to always b...more >>

I'm building a site with several flash buttons and a couple other Flash elements in it. The buttons and links work fine when tested on Safari, Netscape and Firefox, but don't work at all in IE. Also on some PC's I checked them on, the type does not appear in the buttons, and on another PC...more >>

Hi everyone. Sorry, I know this is probably a noob question, but has there been any news regarding true 3D support (like including shockwave 3D ) or hardware acceleration support in the current (9) or upcoming flash releases? In not, is there any way to manually add HW acceleration using ...more >>

I created a simple shape (similar to a triangle) in flash. Since it's a mask that I've created patiently, I wouldn't like to recreate it just because I need a new anchor point to it. In Flash's help text, it says: "To add an anchor point: Click a line segment with the Pen tool." However, if I ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out why my SWF created in Flash Professional 8 works in the application (Enable Simple Frame Actions, Buttons, and Live Preview) but not in the published or tested SWF itself: http://www.tomhanser.com/druxman/ The gallery and bio links use goto and play, and I have Scene...more >>

Hi, All I am trying to do is have an empty text area where the user types a message, the user then presses a button which prints it out. How would I go about doing this? I am still at the stage that I do not know how to get the message that has been typed. I am trying to get the message to...more >>

im just wrapping up a film for a client. its a cinematic short and will be transfered on to film ( i dont know much about this) however the resolution they asked us to work in was 2048 x 1536 (which i think is a carry forward from the usual) 720 x 540 now my question is - is this the right...more >>

I have have imported a map exported from a CAD software, but in my imported file there is a lot of text containers (2000). Is there a simple way to remove/clean up this text containers, cos i don't need them in my map? Is there a way to search and select text objects and then just hit delete? ...more >>

Hello, Ive made, what i call, a 'mini site' in flash. I want this mini site to be opened up from a flash front end, so when the user clicks on the "lauch site" button, the mini site opens up over the front end page, and also, so the the mini site's pop up window size is constrained so t...more >>

I need help renaming an .xml file used by a Flash movie. I have created a series of animations using a template provided by the client. This template consists of a "master" file which contains logos, stop/pause buttons, sound slider etc., plus 3 .swf files that are launched when one of the ...more >>

2 make a "flash" website, do you do the whole thing inside flash? Or is it jus a regular site with flash object inside it? Can someone please help me out id realli appreciate it. thx...more >>

confused; how do you clear the Stage area w/o deleting the library item you just finished editing. Or is there a easier or better way to edit Library items. I hv been dragging thme onto the Stage and editing them which is working fine, but hwo do you clear it from the Stage w/o deleting ...more >>

I just upgraded to Flash 8 pro, and I have been trying some tweening of text and other things. 90% of my text is missing and it doesn't fit on the stage (it does when setting up the fla, but the swf cuts it off). This is really bugging me. I thought I had all of the updates off of the web, ...more >>

I am new to Flash & flying by the skinof my teeth. I have converted avi files to flash & now I have an mpeg4. I have issues. After converting an avi file into flash... I have figured out thru the tutorials how to insert a flash video into the actual page the video will be playing in. (I us...more >>

I have a button that contains a frame-by-frame animation inside a movie clip. I've set the movie clip so that it stops on the first frame but loops properly without stopping. I want to make the movie clip play when I roll my mouse over the button, but the movie clip won't respond to the play...more >>

Hi everyone?? I need to keep the things working in the same way if I have a second click. In Director there is a command called "nothing", that makes exactly nothing when needed. Is there something similar in flash?? Thanks everyone!!!!...more >>

I am trying to make a clickable map where you can click on small areas and be linked to another page.... I can of course break the map to 100 pieces and make 100 buttons and put them together... But this is so time consuming and I am sure there is a more convenience way to make a map clickable...more >>

I am desperate for help on this one as its my Final Flash class project and I just can't get my scenes/movie clips to play in the order I want them to. I have Scene 1 (movie clip 1) that plays and then Scene 2 (movie clip 2) plays. The problem is that Scene 2 (or movie clip 2) repeats itse...more >>