I have set the background color to black with some white text all on one layer and then seek to export an image in PNG format, but the background color turns to white. How can I get the background color to stay black upon export as image In PNG? ...more >>

Greetings flash Gods! I have one "base" movie ("index.swf") that i am calling other movies from using loadMovieNum("a.swf", 10); loadMovieNum("b.swf", 20); etc.... The question is ....the index.swf movie has only a small window to play these other movies inside of. When i call ...more >>

I have done this, so I KNOW it is possible (or else by some twist of fate I achieved the impossible).... but now whenever I try to import a bitmap graphic with a clipping path into Flash, it won't allow me. Can someone please help??? Thank you so much in advance for any assistance you...more >>

i know this is really easy, but.... i've made a flash movie that starts with a white screen and different elements fade in as the timeline progresses. when the movie gets to the end of the timeline, the screen goes blank. what do i do to make the last frame stay on the screen? thanks in adv...more >>

i know this is really easy, but.... i've made a flash movie that starts with a white screen and different elements fade in as the timeline progresses. when the movie gets to the end of the timeline, the screen goes blank. what do i do to make the last frame stay on the screen? thanks in adv...more >>

I'm a developer that recently moved up to Studio 8. I've been developing content utilizing some of the new features to Flash 8 (i.e. Filter effects). I've been experiencing some wierd feedback from some (web) published movies. I've let the website viewers know Flash 8 is required (in fact,...more >>

You can make linked panoramas fairly easily in Flash. Basically you have your strip in a movie clip, with invisible buttons for your hot spots. Put two of these strips together so you can move it back and forth without running off the end. I suspect many posts and tutorials are out there. ...more >>

Hey there. I'm having trouble with my flash documents playing on the internet. I've checked the files from different computers and only about half of the time the movies show up. When nothing shows up - you can tell the flash player loads, but nothing displays (occasionaly a symbol or two ...more >>

I am using the FLV component with progressive download. When I try to skip ahead to play in the middle of the flv it just goes back to the part that is loaded. It should stop, buffer, and then play from the place where I placed the scrubber, right? What am I doing wrong? Here is the link t...more >>

Hey, I'm having troubles with audio and video sync and quality. I'm creating a pretty in-depth interactive cd, with controls to view a bunch of short video clips of people in an interview setting. I've tried a bunch of different approaches for importing the video and audio, and different...more >>

I have created a loop for playback on a PC and flat screen. One part is giving me headaches. If you go here: http://www.redheadcompanies.com/CLIENTS/HarborEast/vue_dvdLoop/index.html Then click on the screen after the loading bar it will jump you to the problematic section. The individua...more >>

:confused; OK. Here's the first question. I know if you try to compress an already compressed image (like a jpg), that artifacts will result. So, when using jpgs in Flash, should you first optimize as much as possible in Photoshop then place in Flash and compress more, or keep the image...more >>

Hi I've recently launched a small Tetris like game with a highscore. I would like to make a RSS feed of the highscore that can be read by Flash and also printet in HTML. I don't know to much about RSS. But can the code below be processed by Flash? Should the encoding be UTF-8? Chee...more >>

Here is the issue: I have a flash file and with the flv playback component I selected the Mojave video control skin. When I upload this to the server, the video controls don't appear. What am I doing wrong? -Chris ...more >>

So the Intel Macs are out. What is the timeline for a Universal Binary for Flash Player? What happens right now when someone with a new Intel iMac looks at a Flash site in Safari? Does or will the new player run any faster? ...more >>

1.) Can a .exe or .swf play until the end and then open up a .pdf file? 2.) Will the .exe of .swf file close after finishing and opening the .pdf? 3.) Can a "skip intro" button be programmed to open a .pdf? Thanks!...more >>

I've been looking all over the internet for some kind of hint on how to control an MS Access database on my computer with a flash movie embedded in a form in Microsoft access. I wanted to have a completely personalised look to the interface, rather than just the boring buttons. All I want to k...more >>

I have a standalone projector made with Flash 8. I want to let the user download files stored on the CD to their computer via a "save dialog box". is that possible without using "Juggler"? I've tried "FileReference" but thats only seems to work on files stored on Internet. Is that so? ...more >>

When you have published your swf file from Flash you will also have an html file containing that swf. You need to edit the html page in Dreamweaver (or some other app) to position the Flash content (swf) in the middle of the page. Try using a table or better, css to position the swf file....more >>

I have two different flash files on my HTML page. Is there a way of one of the Flash files to control the other? ...more >>

Hi, Hope you can help with my problem, does anyone know if the flash video encoder supports importing of widescreen video? When the widescreen video is opened in the flash encoder it previews in 4x3 ratio, any resizing of dimensions with constrain proportions on still reflects the 4x3 rati...more >>

Thanks in advance everybody. I just published my flash project for version Flash Player 8. I tested in in IE6 with Flash Player 8, and it worked great. However, when testing the site in IE6 with only the Flash Player 7 installed, the site still loaded, but only loaded certain elements d...more >>

I put in integer values for the (x, y) of my movie clip but when I test the movie and trace the _x _y it comes up with a seemingly random value near the center of the clip (x value +9.25, y value +2.4). Does anyone know why this would happen or what I can do about it? ...more >>

i need to know how to name a text also if u can, can u tell me what a dynamic text is? ...more >>

i want there to be a timer but i dont no how to use please tell me if u know thank you for the time...more >>