Hi. I have been experimenting with a timeline of 29.97fps, to coincide with .FLV's encoded from Avid source files. So far so good - but it's early in the testing. Is it cool to have a 29.97 timeline (to coincide with NTSC video), or should I make it 30fps, and go back and force my Avid ...more >>

I am developing a website that uses Flash for a navigation menu. See it http://www.embracethefuture.org.au/test. In order to let the user know where he/she is in the site, a pointer moves to point to the current topic being viewed. Easiest to explain if you see the site... Anyway, I need the c...more >>

im having a problem downloading flash play 8...I go to the download center and press install but the download box in the next page just comes up blanke with an X in it and no activeX bar comes up.....please help...this whole cant do anything on the computer because i dont have flash thing is g...more >>

Hello all. I'm trying to publish a piece that will be on CD-ROM (and CDROM only - no browser, with possible exception of including a hyperlink to a reference website). I'm newer to Flash (please forgive me), but I work with a number of Flash experts. We're all new to the new Flash 8 video c...more >>

Hello to everybody, first of all, i have to state that i have very little IT knowledge, especially when it comes to html and the like...however, slowly slowly i am trying to learn a little bit, as i am willing to design a little web site.... for the web site i am simply using frontpage, but ...more >>

I have a training application with thirteen objectives. Each objective is a different movie. On the first page of each objective, the student can click a simulations button and go to the last page of the movie and view different simulations. For some reason when I test the navigation fr...more >>

Not to complain, but I had what I thought was a really simple question. I could be really wrong, but all I wanted to know was how to adjust the quality settings of a flash playing back off the web.. I was able to do this a year ago and now I can't find the settings. I called Macromedia and wi...more >>

Greetings! And thanks in advance. So I've just built a new Flash component based audio player for my company website, and have found, in testing it, that I get no sound in IE, though everything works correctly in Firefox and Safari. I also have a progressbar (using the polled method) att...more >>

i have several pages with scrollpanes and movie clips inserts which are quite large, Ive tried taking out the export to first frame and changing the publish settings to frame 2 (or whatever), ive tried putting the MCs onto a frame that doesnt appear in the movie but when it all loads up the MC...more >>

I'm wondering if someone might be able to help me with a problem I'm having Publishing my progressive downloaded video in Flash. I give my video layer it's own keyframe, import my 30 second video, see the instance come up on the page, can scroll the playhead along and see that the Flash video ...more >>

I read a LOT of posts but I haven't found anything what I am searching for. Maybe some of you can help. I need to create a global function. I am of the mind that I need to make broadcast/listeners. CASE: All of our static screens in our applicaton are navigated via frame labels. In o...more >>

I'm having problem with publishd HTML code. I selected to have it detect flash, all of the code seems to work, however, when I load up the page in IE, I get a security error "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access...more >>

From the library I want to use one chosen button, copy it and use the copies for different functions. But that doesn't work, because when I add text (for ex) on one button on the mouse roll-over and then I go to another copied button the old text is there (still) too. So basically: how can I u...more >>

Hello, I have created a preloader in frame 1 but it does not work because I have too many bytes in frame 1. My scene starts in frame 2. I have no component, only a bitmap and movie clips, it is a very simple scene. I checked my library items and nothing is exported in the first frame....more >>

how do i get the fla file contents to be viewable here? i'm still puzzled as to why my file loops when i can't find anything that says such...more >>

The temporary fix in Flash Player TechNote http://www.macromedia.com/go/624850b5 did not work for me when I tried to view the home page at Comcast.net using a limited account. I did not attempt to make all the other registry changes that the note indicated might be additionally required as i...more >>

My finished flash is 915k ... this seems really big to me, but I have no point of reference? It doesn't do much, and doesn't strike me as something almost 1MB worth of file size... thoughts? ...more >>

I've created my final flash project, but when I view it.. it just keeps looping instead of STOPPING! Help?? ...more >>

I have a Flash file that queries a small XML file for a small amount of text displayed at the end of the movie. It is being hosted on a Windows Server 2003 (IIS 6). My problem is that the text from the XML file is not loaded into the Flash movie when loading an HTML page in which the Flash is em...more >>

I am working in Flash Pro 8 on a Mac. I want to create my own Flash buttons to use via Dreamweaver 8's Insert Flash Buttons. From the Macromedia site I learned that (A) I needed to create .swt files to do this and (B) to create such a file requires that I Export to Movie and then use the Gene...more >>

I'm working with video in flash. the swf is working well, with the component and the flv in the server, with the streaming and i've used progressive dowload. however, the loading bar of the web page (on the bottom), never gets to the end, it's always loading! why...? ...more >>

please excuse my naievite when it comes to Actionscripting - Im still learning. This is what Im trying to do: I have a photo that I want to zoom from 10% of its size to 100%. Im using actionscript to do that instead of timeline tweening because on the timeline, it stutters. So - This is t...more >>

Hello, In the publish settings on the HTML tab I have unselected loop playback and when I publish it loops my .swf file. How can I turn the loop playback OFF? TIA ...more >>

Hello, I want to create a tween effect on frame 2 so I put this code in frame 2: mobileBlackBar.onEnterFrame = function () { var tw:Tween = new Tween (this,"_y",Elastic.easeOut,100,185,3,true); } This works with the onRelease event correctly but with the onEnterFrame event, the bla...more >>

Has anyone run across the following Flash 8 (Windows) issue: (Note - I have been using this method for years before Flash 8) 1. Create a text element on the stage with the "Dynamic text" setting In the Properties panel. 2. In the Properties panel Put the variable in the Var: location _root...more >>

I'm loading .jpgs into a movie clip. Rather than using Photoshop and put a border around each .jpg, I'd like the border to be placed around it when it is loaded into the clip. Any ideas out there???...more >>

Hello Everyone How can i rotate the world by using flash or where can i go to see nice rotation and crisp one thanks Guruname ...more >>

having real trouble with this script. basically loading in an external jpeg into a new movieclip called 'mc?'. all mc's are loaded into the movieclipholder 'mc_x' . path = "character/"; filename = lastTrace+".jpg"; var counter:Number = 1; mc_x.createEmptyMovieClip('mc'+counter++, mc_x....more >>

Hi: In the latest ipdates of IE6, I am constantly being asked to click on Flash movies to activate them. Why is this and how do I turn this off??? Michael...more >>

hi i want to check when i attach movie clip on root by code _root.attachmovie("cirlce","nc",1); circle is a linkage of my library movie clip. another movie clip is duplicate movie clip of nc which created by code. _root.nc.duplicatemovieclip("nc1",2); when i click ok bu...more >>

This is really strange I'm both at my wits and googles end at finding a solution. I hope someone can help me. I've made a site that works perfectly in IE and Firefox, but failes in Opera. I've tried alot of different solutions, and I think I have narrowed it down to have something to to wi...more >>

I have a flash.txt file from which I am reading several variables. For some reason, it reads the first 3 and then repeats the first one for the fourth. I tried it again, and it reads the first variable 4 times. Can someone help me? Where in the program did I mess up? I can't find where it...more >>

When it is time to export the fla into swf, do we need to compress? I notice in FILE>PUBLISH SETTINGS there is a "compress movie" checked ON by default? Most everything I do is photos which i compress manually in CS2. So do I want to uncheck this compression feature? I don't want any more...more >>

Hello, I have a page with a series of thumbnail images that needs to display a full size image when rolled over. How can I do this? Currently, this is what I have - http://www.websuperette.com/gary/weddings.htm. Each image is on its own layer. How do I activate this as a rollover and t...more >>

How can i make my blur effect reverse playing... normally blur effect will from clear to blur.... but now i want from blur to clear... how can i do that? thanks in advanced....more >>

Obviously, 8 is the latest version. But what are the major differences between MX/MX2004 products and 5 - 8 products? As they are all for web design, why Macromedia has two kinds of Flash products?:confused; ...more >>

I'm looking for someone to hire to create an online dating serive in Flash. It'll need to communicate with the backend Perl application via XML. I'd like the site to look like http://www.zfort.com . I have a spec in MS Word for you to look at to see if you're up for the challenge. However,...more >>

Hey everyone - Here's my situation: I have a header that is an swf. Within that swf there's a bunch of code that decides based upon the ID within the URL which image to load. When I was using JPEGS everything loaded just fine. Now that I am using PNG files, nothing is showing up! ...more >>

Morning, hoping someone outthere feels like helping a flash newbie :) I'm trying to import either a single multi-layered scene or multiple multi-layered scenes into an existing fla document. I've tried selecting all the layers, copying and pasting all the layers into another scene b...more >>

I have a project that uses several video clips. I'm delivering it on CD using ..flv files in the media playback component. The video takes a couple of seconds to load in and parts of what I think is the media playback component show up on the screen as the flv loads in. These parts are empty...more >>

I have a html file with twenty links and one swf. I want when someone clicks on one of them, sounds a mp3 file, different for each link, but with the same swf. Is this possible? Or it's necessary to do twenty swf? Thanks for all. ...more >>

I have been programming Flash apps for 4-5 yrs, but these apps have primarily been banners and small animations stuff. But now...I want to make a complete flash site that can be used for login and other stuff. For this purpose, I want to use flash for login(database on server). Thus how do...more >>

is it possible to make my flash with transparent background?...more >>

I have a Flash 8 projector (Windows EXE) that calls a remote web services and plays local filesystem SWFs and FLVs. I understand that this setup does not work for SWFs. However, for Projector EXEs, it was my understanding that these restrictions go away. The problem I have is that the ...more >>

Plz help how to make flawlesss gradient and transparent animated gifs in Flash MX:rose;...more >>