Will using something like this demo "stream" the audio or will the user need to wait for whole the swf to load before it'll do anything? If not, would it possible to modify it slightly to do so? The file I'm testing is only about 450k so my connection's too fast to really test this behavior......more >>

Every website I go to uses the Macromedia Flash Player, and for the longest time, it's been great. As I was cleaning up my harddrive though, I accidentally uninstalled Flash (don't ask me how). Now, websites like ESPN.com and MLB.com prompt me to install Flash again. When I go to the site t...more >>

does anyone know why every time i go to download flash player 8 it says it is installed. but when i go to play the thing i wanted to it says "i have flash player 0.0.0 and flash player 8 is needed". if anyone could help me it would be nice ...more >>

Hey everyone. I have a simple question. What is the property of the combo box component that can change the RGB value of the roll over of a combo box to change it from the defalt green? ...more >>

Hi, ho can you free transform a corner of a movie clip, i want to add a perspective to my Flash effects...more >>

When I am in a scene and then double-click a symbol on the stage in order to edit it, it works except for that the background doesn't gray out like it should. It makes is more difficult to concentrate on my symbol so it is very annoying. Help? ...more >>

The help file says: To preserve the element's proportions (its width-to-height ratio) as you adjust its dimensions, Shift-drag the corner selection handle. When I SHIFT on the corner selection the HAND appears and not the size change icon...what gives or doesn't give? Thanks, --bill...more >>

I have a movie, but the stage is too big, i try to resize the stage to = make it exact size of my movie. but the size of the stage alters from = bottom right to top left, is there any other (easier) way i can get it = to match the the size of my movie? its a pain in the neck having to = repositi...more >>

I need to encorporate the .as sources and .fla file, into my build environment, to compile the SWF file. Right I have to Open Flash 8 to perform this and copy the SWF created through the compilation process. Compiling FLA and AS files to SWF file using command line is my main purpose. If...more >>

Hello, I have a simple SWF file with 1 linked FLV file. When I test the swf file on a local machine and in Flash version 8 it plays fine however once I upload the same 2 files (SWF file and its linked FLV file) to my web server and view it on-line I get a blank SWF file where the linked F...more >>

Hi, I am exporting my components on the second frame of the movie rather than the first so that the pre-loader works properly. But, I am running into a problem where when the movie loads and I go to a frame where there are components... they are replaced by white boxes with a a grey outlin...more >>

How can I reduce the CPU load of my Flash movie?...more >>

Hi! I have an uncompressed AVI file in PAL 16:9. My project that I want to use the video has an width of 674. The height then becomes 674/16*9=379. So, my question is how the On2VP6 codec behaves on this kind of resolution. I know that some codecs dont like odd sizes or sizes. 674*37...more >>

Can anyone tell me how I can take 600 frames from a rendered animation and convert it to a movie?...more >>

Hi all, I have not used Flash in a while and I am trying to do a motion tween (just move a graphic from left to right) and after the 1st frame, the image disappears until the last frame. I took a snapshot at frames (1,15,30) to show the settings and effect on the moving (the blue 'izzi...more >>

Hi, I'm a very new user trying out Flash 8, so my terminology will probably not be correct. I've created a Flash 8 movie (from a sample) to use as a page header. Has some links, a combo box, graphic and text elements. Several of the graphic and text elements are implemented as movie ...more >>

i keep trying to import pictures from photoshop to flash...even when i use the wand to highlight only what i want in photoshop it imports it with a white background in flash...how do i get rid of the background? ...more >>

on (press) { loadMovie("ccPort_41.swf","imageLoader2"); } something like on (press) { load.my_loader.my_swf...more >>

hi all, i want to know that how did the designer gave that 2d effect on moving people(http://wip.warnerbros.com/ascannerdarkly/). i know that for the still photo, they have used illustrator but what about the video. can after effect give that effect? gaurav ...more >>

If I take a FLA file and export it as a MOVIE (FLASH). Whether the quality is 100 percent or 10 percent the size of the file seems to remain the same...3.3MB in my case. How can I create a smaller and more reasonable size file to use on the web? Thanks, --bill ...more >>

Bear with me, I justed opened FlashMX and started crying after looking at all the complexities. What I'm looking to do is make a player in flash that will stream a live either wma or mp3 file being hosted from another location. (www.di.fm live internet radio stream) All I need to do is have a ...more >>

why aren't all my installed fonts available in flash? i just installed 14 new universe fonts. i can use all of them in photoshop, but with flash it just shows 4 of the 14. what's going on here?...more >>

ok so i am a some what a newbie and designed an animation in flash but i need to make my stage bigger and the animation isnt centered when i make it bigger. i have about 14 layers and 3 layers have mostly keyframes so when i try to move them it only moves one key frame. how can i center all of t...more >>

I'm hoping someone knows a way to download for offline viewing a streaming flash video found here: http://www.match.com/mfb/sizzle.aspx?lid=2 I'm not trying to decompile it or do anything else but just want to watch it offline. I read that using Firefox with VideoDownloader would do it, ...more >>

i downloaded a photo slide show online, i changed all the photos in there in the xml file of that photo slide show it says gallery timer="5" order="sequential" fadetime="2" looping="yes" xpos="0" ypos="0" and my images' size are not the same, i want to center the images in 800*600 ...more >>

hi, i want to know the purpose of jpeg quality setting in publish settings box. what's the purpose of that setting? and whats the difference between this setting and bitmap properties settings in library? the livedocs on macromedia states : NOTE JPEG Quality settings that you select...more >>

I have downloaded the trial version of Flash 8 but now I can't find where I can start using it. Any suggestions?...more >>

How I make animations of text (flashing text, text appear one by one character in a line repeatelly) like: http://www.1stcyprus.com/images/paphosvillas.gif http://www.1stcyprus.com/images/book_cyprus.gif [num][/num] ...more >>

What could cause an .flv to freeze up and not play in the flash 8 player? After creating a .swf flash movie in Flash Pro 8, it plays fine, then an hour or 2 later, it freezes up. I re booted my PC and it again plays fine. Anyone know what could cause my PC to not play an .flv until I reboot ...more >>

I would like to produce a FLV with transparent background which will be used in swf file. Who can tell me which format I should use for the mov and what's the setting when output to FLV. ...more >>