Dear Tipsters, If you have a slide show where each frame has its own image, it's pretty simple to create thumbnails "on mouse over next frame", or the like. But if you turn those thumbnails into a movie clip, the action script needs to be modified. So I'm wondering what script to use to ma...more >>

I would like to make an exploding effect in flash such as the one here (http://intel.speedera.net/www.intel.com/viiv/viiv_intro.swf) except I would like to bricks of sort. Any idea of an easy, presentable way to do this? I speciality like to do it in 3D...I have swift 3D also. ...more >>

:disgust; I test my movie frequently to check for technical problems, and so far it is running fine in the "Test Movie" mode. However, when I run "Publish preview" the animation becomes choppy and broken. I suspect it has something to do with the included sound effects; I have only one s...more >>

Hi guys, I was wondering if there was something out there that can pause swf movies on the internet that I dont own. Or just a way of freezing the browser including the swf then playing it agin. Thanks, Matt ...more >>

Frustratingly simple question I'm sure. I have an instance of a movie clip on a time line but when the play head goes over it, it just blinks its first frame and doesn't play. I tried the "load" action script and then gotoand play frame (1) but no deal. What is staring right at me that I'm ...more >>

Hi all, simple problem with what I'm sure is a simple solution or bug. I have a 5 minute long flv file. the flv itself is perfect and never goes out of sync when playing as an flv. However, as soon as I import it into Flash 8 and export it as an swf, it goes out of sync, often by a sec...more >>

Hi-- I'm trying to setup a simple image changer which can use a series of images which exist in a folder online, so that when I like, I can simply change the images (giving them the same filenames as before), and have the animation work the same as with the old images. Can someone tell...more >>

On Flash 8 on my Mac, there's an extra option to export Quicktime Video rather than Quicktime. I cannot find that option on my PC, when I export on AVI my animation gets all messed up. I find myself preparing the file so I can export it on my MAC, that's the only time it works well. Is there a...more >>

When I try to install it it extract some files, but when the installation program is tolded to extract to "C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations" it cant cause I have no accses to that file "Downloaded Installations"... I am system admin... What should I do? ...more >>

Title: Flash8.ocx does not work in VS2005 C# Product Versions: MS .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727 MSVS2005 Version 8.0.50727.42 Macromedia Flash Player 8.0 r22 8.0.22.0 Definitions: FlashObj axShockwaveFlashObjects (flash8.ocx) Visual Studio Version: vs2003, vs2005 Language: C...more >>

I am using Flash 8 Pro on on Mac OSXTiger For some reason, after working fine, I am trying to save a new version of my FLA (just replacing the old one) in the same FLA folder on my internal drive (I have 2) on my Mac and it is denying me permission (This drive is not locked and it doe...more >>

I recently updated my Adobe Reader to 7.0 and since then the Micromedia Player on the MSN Homepage does not function. This is the upper right section of the MSN Homepage that plays the advertisements. I don't necessarily want any more advertisements but it's just that fact that it once work...more >>

Hi. I have a coloured image that i placed on frame 1 and another (e same one but grayscale ) on frame 10. I was not able to do the tweening from the coloured to the one in grey..Someone pls enlighten me on how to go about doing it. Thanks. ...more >>

I'm am fairly new to myself but have done this. What I did was to convert the video to a Flash Video FLV file using the Flash 8 Video Encoder which comes with Flash Pro 8/Studio. The first thing to consider here is how you want to deliver it. Embed (not the best option, Stream (to my unders...more >>

Hi. I'm new to flash but not new to development. I've built a flash that is very large - about 280 kb (see it at http://208.32.175.93/). Because of the size, I've built a loader .swf but this .swf causes the original .swf (the one above which is 280 kb) to speed up ridiculously fast. T...more >>

I'm looking for a verson of macromedia flash 8 or studio 8 for under $200(US), Is there an academic version? is there anyway i can get a discount? I got Studio MX 2004 academic at $150(US) last year, and i hope there is something similar for studio 8... also, i am prepared to pay up to ...more >>

Hi there, I thought I'd just finished off an OKish (for a beginner!) little effect. (Its a self indulgent flash intro for a work intranet site I've been working on, which is mostly a pretty dull database driven app). Basically there are 16 little squares, 11 of which fade in sequemtiall...more >>

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I'm using flash 8. After i finish using the line tool to draw an enclosed shape, the last last line i drew always remains selected and the Fill colour box in the properties panel always produces a red stroke through it indicating no fill colour is active. If i select the fill tool...more >>

Hi-- I now have a graphic at my site which I created in PS. It's blended with itself in the middle, so if the user widens the browser window, the graphic seems to seamlessly widen on and on. Is there some way to do this with a flash animation of nature pictures (your basic slideshow st...more >>

good day all, I am very new to Flash and am going through the help file tutorial, and I'm trying to create a basic rectangle shape with a light grey fill. I am choosing the rectangle tool, then draw within my workspace, but when I try to choose the fill from the properties box nothi...more >>

hello, I have scoured every flash resource site on the internet, and I have not found an answer to this question... all the tutorials or special text effects I've seen have all been with text based on the same straight baseline, and the text flies off, or flies in, or fades away, or curl...more >>

hi everyone I have a page with six rectangles drawn on, with rounded corners (like mini television screens). I want to be able to place photo images in them so that the image fits within the shape exactly, with no spaces showing. Is there a way of using layers where i can request that only...more >>

Alright, I'm not happy with Flash right now. When I chose the actionscript "Go to", Flash just quits. This is a problem. Also, my preview movie command doesn't work, but I can live without that. Any help is greatly appreciated. ...more >>