:heart; i turn a mgp into a flv and when i do i lose all audio. is this happening to anyone else? i am going bonkers. please advise me!! thanks heather...more >>

Hello and thanks for your anticipated help here, I am a graphic/web designer trying to relearn flash for some new projects. I have extensive exp. in pshop and jazz, but need to start seriously learning Flash, its been a few years. I created 3 ads for a client, then was told after the final (...more >>

Hi I'm trying to create a memory game. I'm using individual buttons containing two movie clips. One movie clip acts as a cover and the other movie shows the graphic. When a user clicks on the cover, the button displays the graphic. This is where I have trouble because the graphic is dis...more >>

I know it's probably posted somewhere on here, but I just can't seem to find it. I'm looking for a tutorial that will show me how to make an interactive website, entirely out of flash. I want it to work something like an image map. but i want all the info/pictures/contact form, to show in...more >>

Hi, New to forum and flash. I have some simple questions, and I'll order tham from most important to least important (or, what I'm most tired of not being able to figure out to what I haven't wasted as much time with). I'm using the Flash 8 basic trial version. I thought I could switch...more >>

There used to be Flash templates when one would start a video project. It seems that in Flash 8, Macromedia removed them. In these templates, there used to be title safe and screen safe layer guides. Where can one find these. And why, oh why did Macromedia remove them. These were quite useful....more >>

I am able to stream external FLV video just like the Help file indicates. It works perfectly in IE6, but Firefox only plays the video - the audio cannot be heard. Please help!...more >>

Question for ya'll... I've seen a few post on this floating around, but I don't believe they apply to Flash 8. I've using the multiple choice learning interaction and I've swapped out the checkboxes for radio buttons. I've renamed all the properties to get the radio buttons to register and I...more >>

Not sure if anyone can shed any light on this. I've basically just followed this tutorial (at the bottom) : http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/Cool-Effects-in-Flash/8128 It works fine in flash, with the mask moving back and forth as advertised - but in a browswer it just appears as the...more >>

I currently have Macromedia Flash Professional 8 (trial version) and I want to edit my flash website files, just to move some objects to different locations and make some objects larger. A simple task is not as simple as I hoped it would be because the toolbars are all grayed-out so they are n...more >>

I'm creating a flash piece for my web page. Thus far I have set the stage with a looping video in the background and my title, text and buttons showing up. Here is what I don't understand how to do. Now that I have the stage set with all of the necessary text and buttons, I want th...more >>

You can view this site at http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-nofx1728 . Not nearly finished, just started on it yesterday. I have a few problems, but only one deals with Flash. I have a drop down menu that I created with Hmenu, because I still haven't figured out how to create these things on ...more >>

Hi , i was just wondering how i would go about adding a background picture into a 2d animation (when i try the picture i want stays in front so you cant see whats going on behind it ) Thanks....more >>

Hi, I found this site and was intrigued at how they were able to get this flash movie to encompass the whole window, but more specifically how did they get that "remix" button to function.... http://www.ikoncommunity.com/ Its almost like there are two movies overlaping and independent ...more >>

I want to learn Flash. I might go to ITT Tech to become a mulitmedia guy and learn it there. At Barnes & Nobles, what do I buy, a book on Flash 8 or MX? can someone enlighten me as to which road to go down. Seems like there are a few flavors of this Flash thing. Can I download a free trial so...more >>

My company is building a reporting database struture which will utilize a SQL database on a .Net server frame. I am in charge of building the user interfaces required to quiry data and provide reports. I will need to build out a "full page" site with navigation. I also want to be able to build...more >>

Hi , I want to duplicate a movie clip i made already in the library.The problem is when i duplicate it and when i make changes to the duplicated one, it also affects the symbol from which it got duplicated.I want the duplicated symbol to get rid from its parent.How could i do that? Please...more >>

I'm doing a web page for my good friend that wants a portfolio. I did a very simple flash file, with one scene for "Home", one scene for "Illustrations", one scene for "contact", etc. They all have only one frame each, with many layers (the first layer in each scene is "Actions" and contain th...more >>

Do you have any digital imaging software? If so use the compression features to remove quality and compress your image sizes. I am assuming you are using digital pictures. 90% of the time you can cut an image size in half and not lose one bit of noticable image quality. Also are you loadi...more >>

The story is this. I have succeeded to find a nice stream player: MyMP3Stream. The problem I have is that it only accept XML-playlists. I am going to use a free site where I can store my songs for streaming. This site produces playlists in m3u-format for wich I can download. I have some c...more >>

Hi I am a complete newbie and I want to be able to do this on my site. On this website the picture at the top loads and has the writing accross it. I was wondering how to do this rather than inserting a normal jpeg. Site is here http://www.ribcraftusa.com/home.htm Thanks ...more >>

Hello and thanks for reading my entry! I recently upgraded to MX 2004 (no, not the Studio Suite ~ yet) My dilemma ... I was accustomed to the usual procedure to assign an action. For example ... when assigning an action to a button, I would: 1. Create the Symbol, select button 2. ...more >>

Hello Everyone, Hi, I have a very simple question yet I can't understand why the flv from our server can' t loaded in my .swf file here's the scenario. I create a simple swf file to load a progressive video from our server. but when I test my movie the movie can't be loaded, I check th...more >>

Hi, I have an SWF file that has data displayed through the UI DataGrid Component. When I upload an updated XML file I have to clear my cache before viewing. Is there any way around this? How do I get it to update every time the swf movie loads? Thanks in advance. -Mike. ...more >>

I'm totally new to Flash. I have Macromedia Studio MX 2004 and want to build a flash driven navigation bar that will go accross the top of the site. Can someone point me to a good tutorial that will walk me through the steps in building one? I've searched Macromedia for one, but can't find ...more >>

Can someone please help?! When I try to download Flash Player, all I get is that "Triangle, circle, square" icon on the top/left corner of where the flash thing is supposed to be. Can someone PLEASE tell me what could be the problem and how to solve it?? ...more >>

I need a web host that supports FLV?s and CFMX7 for a reasonable fee. Is anyone using a host set up for progressive FLV loads or Flash Communication Server plus MX7 that is working out for you? ...more >>

I believe that Flash will allow me to record my actions as I use software. I want to record training videos for my students and have seen flash used in this way; though it may have been to tie video and sound together. Is this possible within Flash or what software should I use to record mou...more >>

Ok, here is the deal. I want to make a simple animation where people can enter their height and weight and as a result their get their BMI value. I have two input text fields, a button and an output text field. I have tried to work with variables and operators, trying to convert strings to...more >>

Hi, i've got a copy of flash MX and before purchasing the upgrade to flash 8 i need to know if it will allow exporting as vector based eps files with CMYK colour rather than the current RGB. I know flash isn't specifically used for print work but i only ever re-create simple vector sha...more >>

Hi wish u all havin a good day. I downloaded a really nice preloader but the problem is thgat it shows the loading when it's 50% It goes like this: onClipEvent (load) { // get total bytes // this in a load event because you only need to get total bytes once tkb = _root.getB...more >>

Hi!.. Can anyone help me with this?: I have a drop down menu with a lot of buttons and I would like to insert a scroll bar so when the menu opens, you don't see all the buttons and with the scroll bar you go through all of them... I try to insert the scrollbar by data component, but I do...more >>

Deco, a really easy way to have your game perform the way you describe would be to have a single timeline, with 14 frames and 3 layers (top layer for action). The first frame of the lowest layer would show all 12 cards face down, placing a blank keyframe in frame 14 of the same layer so that y...more >>

There are plenty of means to convert a .ppt to swf; this I know. What I would like to accomplish is have the show not only converted to .swf, but in doing so, I would like the show coverted to individual slides and named (like, slide0; slide1;slide2, etc.) with just one effort. Currently, my ...more >>

I was wondering if it was possible to hide and show layers of a movie clip while the .swf is actually playing ... not during authoring. I hope you understand my question. :confused;...more >>