had an MPEG video that I converted to Flash 8 Medium quality FLV. The FLV is choppy compared to the MPEG. Tried it in different qualities with the same result. Any ideas how I can get it to be less choppy? I have a good pc. http://www.1320stompers.com/callout.html It's not due to slow l...more >>

I need to come up with something similar to this. I think it's being done with After Effects and then imported into Flash. Does that sound right? Click on the Flash trailer link (top button) http://www.djvolcano.de/ ...more >>

i have a swf that im loading into my main swf using loadMovie and i want to control a movie clip in the main swf based on the current frame of the loaded in movie. im decent with flash but dont know anything about xml or any type of data type stuff so any help is greatly appreciated! -Ryan...more >>

What is the best product to perform visual functions when an excel spread sheet value changes? ...more >>

Hi there, I've noticed that sometimes the browser blocks SWF files that I am testing or loading up - does this happen often. Thanks...more >>

I'm trying to decide if I want to publish in Flash 8 or Flash 6. There's a few nice features I'd like to use in 8, but is it worth it for an audience that might be significantly less than for player 6? ...more >>

:confused; Assume: I have four movieclips (instance names are A, B, C and D). C and D are on the same level within B B is within A Task: Drag C onto D Conditions: If C = D, then gotoAndPlay the frame label ?Slide_19? located on in the root of B. If C != D, then stop...more >>

Hi! everybody. I am a novice to Flash and am badly in need of your help. I have some flash movies in site http://www.tferdous.com but none of them are showing in IE. The critical part is that I have viewed those in IE just after I uploaded them but for some reason that i am not aware of it sto...more >>

I have made buttons where on the hit stage I've created an animation that I wish to perform before going to a URL. All seams fine except the action set for the button on release is getURL . This happens to quick and my animation does not have time to play (I only need a second). Is there a way...more >>

The image represented by "northLogo" is placed into the movieClip "logo" This code works fine if I publish the movie in version 8. But if I republish it in 6, it the image just doesn't load. loadMovie(northLogo,_root.logo); there are other loadMovie's that work okay in the same movie p...more >>

I'm sure I've forgotten something simple. Hopefully. Flash 8. I have a menu file which loads into each flash page. The menu has the getURL behavior. Works fine in IE but not in Netscape 7 or 8. What am I missing. All advice appreciated. Thanks, Doug ...more >>

Hey ho Probably a very basic question, as im just starting out, but how does one construct a scrollable image box? By this i mean a box in which you can place a jpeg which is bigger than the avilable space and use a scroll component to navigate up and down the image? Cheers Simon ...more >>

Sorry if this is repeat, but I couldn't find an answer on this. I have a simple form that I would like folks to fill out and submit with their name, email, message, etc. The form works fine when I export the movie that I created it in, but when I dynamically load that swf into another movie,...more >>

I have 2 flv components in one swf loading the same flv file. 1 is smaller than the other. When I upload and play it back, they do not play simultaneously. I wanted to see if there was anyway to get them to playback both at the sametime simultanously. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I have been asked to produce a floor plan of our school I have the floor plans all ready done in differenet formats what i wat to do is the following Display the floor plan and then when the mouse is move over an area it highlights that area/room in different colour there could be a few room...more >>

I really need to know how to do this...PLEASE, any help would be greatly appreciated I have been working on the code to scroll a dynamic text field. I've gotten buttons to scroll the text when clicked and I've gotten a scroll bar to scroll text when dragged. What I need to do now is get th...more >>

I am pretty new at this but I am recognizing this as just a bunch of photos put together in flash using blending. Can someone verify this for me. I would appreciate it. http://www.keurig.com/ Thanks Houston ...more >>

I have a Flash movie for my Splash page that is being mishandled in Firefox & Netscape , cutting off the top & aligning incorrectly? However , Explorer & Safari are fine?!?! any clues? www.matthiasrocks.com thanks! ...more >>

I'm encountering some strange activity with my version of Flash MX 2000. I'm trying to publish a file, and it starts the publish, but then doesn't create the .swf. This started recently as my file got larger and larger. Is there a size limit? ...more >>

I am working on a site in which I need Drop Down Menus. I looked at DHTML, which I do not know how to write, so I looked at So Think, Likno, and Deluxe Menu DHTML Menu Software, I sent out some image customization questions to the companies and have yet to get a reply, so I am looking at doin...more >>

i've been using flash for a while now, and i did some wiegth test on swf files using different types of images (psd png gif jpg) but i sticked with png, because of transparency... but now im not sure if thats the best type to use in flash... is it? i know some types loos quality more t...more >>

Hi there I have made a site out of several swf's which I access with Loadmovie command. It seems the loaded movies are not starting to play until the entire data is loaded, even though there nothing or almost nothing in frame 1-10. help needed ! anyone ? cheers ...more >>

I'm looking for a way to pause a timeline when a user clicks on a button which opens up a separate timeline. Here's the code I have on the button of the first timeline that opens the second timeline in a new window: on (release) { getURL("forms.html", "_blank"); } How can I m...more >>

Really bothering me. When you edit a symbol, movie clip or group, the stage behind it lightens. I know it's possible to turn this off... I've turned it off by accident before. I just want to be able to accurately sample colors from the background quickly and it's not possible when it lightens....more >>

i created a snow effect flash but when i insert it into my webpage the background of the flash will overwrite my webpage. Is there any way tt i can get rid of the background of the flash.Someone pls help me cause this is part of my sch assignment:brokenheart; THX ...more >>

sorry im pretty new in the flash world, im trying to make a web but i need voice recording for it, i was thinking in flash because i can design something nice, but i dont know if i can make a script or something to record voice. Thanks. :o i almost forgot is there an option to play amr on fl...more >>

I want my page to be a big opening book and on the page of that book will be a movie clip included broadcasting world news for example. I don't know how to accomplish it, because i can't map the movie to the curve shape of the book Thanks for your help ...more >>

This might seem like a really stupid question, but how do I outline text. I have some text that I want to have a black outline around it. I can't seem to be able to find out how to do this. Is it possible? If it makes any difference I'm using Flash MX (NOT MX 2004 or 8) Thanks for your hel...more >>

Well, very simple and maybe a little bit out of line, I am wondering how I can connect my computer to my television to open up a flash file before playing a movie in my dvddrive smoothly, like many televison programs you may be watching ?? Thanks in advance Pretisant T. Mummy ...more >>

I've asked about this before. Regardless of the format (PNG, TIFF, PSD, JPEG), upon import the image gamma and saturation get lightened. This isn't a "looks different than Photoshop" deal. I'm working on a calibrated system where I get the same preview from just about every app. The image ...more >>

I have a bunch of linked pictures that show up in a scroll pane. most of the pictures look fine. but a few of them are showing up really weird - the colors are all saturated and the image in not clear. However, i looked at the original images and they look fine. What's going on??? ...more >>

Whenever I upload my swf the stage, the background color disappears. Help!!...more >>

I'm creating a Flash site and I've used text-based buttons as navigation. The irritating thing is that the entire text box does not act as the button (which is odd because the entire text box does seem to act clickable when you make a traditional link to a button). Instead, only the exact fill...more >>

Is anyone using Audacity to edit their audio for Flash? I just switched to Audacity and am noticing a quality issue - sound is tinning and breaks up with static - not massively, but noticeably. I haven't changed recorders, or settings, or done anything differently in Flash, except upgrade fr...more >>

Okay I design a Button in flash, works great. I export the button as a movie to my root folder. I placed the button in my web page it works/rolls over well. This is the problem! I cannot assign a link to the button, when I click on the button it goes not where. OOPS! How do I assign a ...more >>

Has anyone come across such a problem with new Flash 8 running on win XP SP2? Flash 8 is working properly on ordinary file creation, etc, but crashes all the time when I try importing any video file, I have tested several video formats, all giving the same crashing result. Ideas? ...more >>

I can't publish my file... when I push the "publish" button it says: "no valid HTML templates are available to complete this operation" can someone please help me with this I'm using flash mx 2004 v7.0 ...more >>

Hi, I have have the following code on a single frame swf, in order to get all the movie elements always aligned. The problem is that I cant' trigger the alignment before some resize is done to the swf. Can anyone give me some hint on this matter? Here's the code: Stage.align = "LT"; S...more >>

I'm trying to use the new external API with a flash 8 file and a .net application. I can call functions, no problem. I can have the C# call a flash function, and return a value to the C#, no problem. I can't figure out how to call a C# function from flash, and have the C# return a value abck ...more >>

I am trying to do a very simple thing which is to refresh an HTML page from inside flash. I'll explain better. I have an SWF in an HTML page, and when the user clicks a certain button in flash, not only do I want that button to have a certain comand to change something in the SWF movie, b...more >>

Hi, I've been working on a webpage, some of the banners have been designed in Flash. I've noticed, checking the page on the internet, that on some computers the text doesn't appear. is that because that certain font is not installed in that specific computer? if that's the answer how can ...more >>

Hi - I am trying to emulate this flash scroller: http://www.klove.com/Ministry/Prayer.aspx but mine is really "jumpy" - tried various frames/second - any way to smooth it out? http://www.premierchristiancruises.com/gga-06/test.htm Thanks for any help! John ...more >>

hello ppl :) i REALLY need help! im not THAT good in action script so im hoping its not compicated... anyone can tell me hoe to make these banners? the ones that pop on the screen? look here: www.msn.co.il on the right top corner if u click it it will open this kind of banner.... about p...more >>

Hello all, I have been working on the code to scroll a dynamic text field. I've gotten buttons to scroll the text when clicked and I've gotten a scroll bar to scroll text when dragged. What I need to do now is get the scroll bar to scroll up or down when the up/down buttons are pressed. ...more >>

Hi there, Just browsing through flash projectors to create stand alone exe. files, but not sure what to go with. I'm looking for something to build a solid web application like the dedicated GUI for napster. I was wondering if any of the following have the capabilities to do this. ...more >>

I?ve looked at a handful of Flash & ActionScript sites for a tutorial on making a financial calculator for my web site. To be a little more specific I?m looking for a rate of return calculator. Has anyone seen such a tutorial or anything close? Will you please point me in the right direction! ...more >>

My task is to load and display a Dynamic Text field from a .txt file (loadVariables) and Alpha transform the loaded text. The Dynamic Text field loads and displays but I cannot get the Alpha effect to work. I used the transform timeline effect on the text field but the alpha effect doesn...more >>

Hey forum - mx2004 (but going to 8 tonight) I've done an animation and now the TV guys need it exported as a .tiff sequence. I was going to export as jpeg but I've noticed that interior animations don't show up after the export - for instance I've got a 5 frame walking loop that I mo...more >>

I am TRYING TO RUN ANY FLASH PROGRAM ON MY COMPUTER..... i have mx installed mx 2004 and version 8. For some reason all 3 of them crash when they try to run. Anything I try to open that resembles flash (even lynda.com tutorials) it says that macromedia projector has crashed. I am really in nee...more >>

I am using Flash 8 Pro and trying to play an mp3 on hit in a button. Everything worked perfectly in Flash MX but in 8 the action script is not working. Original script is on (press) { stopAllSounds(); } on (release) { play(); } now I get a message are permitted o...more >>