I know this sounds stupid, but all i want to do is have some simple text sliding into my flash movie starting off white and changing to red. Im adding the text to the flash file inserting 2 keyfames then on the first making the text red and on the final keyframe making the text white. If i do ...more >>

Hi, I've managed to create a 'jukebox' that has a selection of tracks. Each track is loaded into the swf using the following scripting: var my_sound:Sound = new Sound(); my_sound.loadSound("nuffnek.mp3",true); I have created a stop button which when pressed takes the movie to a point...more >>

I am not quite sure what is going on, and I have tried for several days to get this fixed. I can't find much on how to fix this except for the fact that the bug exists. In IE6 (on Windows 98SE, 2000, and XP), the flash file disappears after I make a call to a JavaScript function. I am curre...more >>

hi! i have a website for my band... http://www.theliftband.com. Now i want to be able to have a giant scrolling text box, which i have, with multiple buttons for other websites inside it. as seen on the tour page in other words, is there a way to have a button, inside a text box? plea...more >>

Hi there, I've made a button which plays a little mc at rollover. The problem is that this mc stopps running on rollout. I need the rollover-mc playing till it's end, even if the rollout happens before. Does somebody have any idea??? Thanx, Terry ...more >>

Hi, I did the DRAI course a few years ago (flash MX) but didnt get a chance to practice or use any of it.I have recently decided to work through it again and have run into problems while manipulating pushbuttons and checkboxes. I have created object instances, two of which need to be cl...more >>

How do I set the focus of the html page to the swf file embedded? Thanks in advance....more >>

HI, I have a looped audio track on the first frame of the first scene of my projects. This loop continues to play throughout all the scenes. Here is my problem. One of the scenes contains my motion-reel (which also includes audio), and i'd like the background audio to stop playing for ...more >>

I'm trying to put together a simple form in flash but have had trouble getting it to recognize the formmail.pl file in my cgi-bin folder. Do I need to indicate in the .swf file who the "recipient" is and if so, how and where to I type that information. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Th...more >>

Hi! I'm really frustrated with this, I am using the following code to stream my sound: onClipEvent (load) { loadSound("http://www.bestrangefruit.com/about/sf_launchsong.mp3",true); } The script contains no errors but it's not loading the sound at all. It actually worked when i direc...more >>

Hi, I have an idea for an animation that requires a layer to be masked by 2 different masks each in their own layer. I have tried and tried with no success. Is it possible to do this?...more >>

I've created a dynamic list of buttons. I want to reference the buttons because they contain info like links. I also have a next button that takes the current link and adds one to the number of the button and needs to access the next ones link. I have my variable set as this: newLink = ...more >>

What is the best software to use to animate text and bitmap images for use in a web intro? I have used flash, but its a real pain to replace images and text if needed. Has anyone had success with using an compositing application like After Effects or a n Editing Application like Final Cut, or ...more >>

I am a severe amatuer! I have 3 old fla's that I want to play sequentialy in one EXE. I have placed the command loadMovieNum("snazz200.swf", 0); in the last frame of the first 2 movies, I think this works. Now two questions 1. is there a better way 2 how do I publish all three to one...more >>

Hi I am loading a JPG into an empty movie clip. I then want to jump to a URL when someone clicks on it. I know I can change the jpeg to a button and embed it into a swf - but is there a better/easier way? Mark ...more >>

I don't use flash that often. Is there a reason why text inserted into flash movie doesn't appear on some browsers? Does text have to be converted in Flash 8? All images appear just fine - but the only text that shows was importanted as a jpeg. ...more >>

Dear all, I need to import a movie into a layer and position it to fit my layout. I am working in Flash MX. The movie I am uploading was a quicktime movie that is now a swf movie. (I no longer have the original movie or fla file). I need to import my movie into a layer and be able to c...more >>

My client wants a video on their website. I've gone the Flash 8 route, primarily because of the player's ubiquity on the web. Trouble is, the movie in question is over 5 minutes long. Quality is great, and playback is fine on my 8MB Broadband connection. However, lesser connections make playba...more >>

Hi there, I'm working in a large (Flash 8) file using 15 fps. I have clouds (in a graphic symbol) and a boat (in a graphic symbol) tweened across approx 1000 frames to make it appear to move slowly across the stage. The probelm is the animation is now jagged vs smooth. Is there another way...more >>

I am not able to figure out how to fix a frame appearing around the flash elements in IE on PC. Once the pointer is one the flash animation, it has a message from the IE "Click to activate and use this control" once clicked the frame goes away, but comes back every time the page is open. I...more >>

I've come across loads of tutorials on how to create a email form from within flash that would let the visiters email me their comments etc. but they have been incredibly complicated. I looked up Flash Kit and i couldn't seem to find one that i could simply drop into my site, re-design and ch...more >>

I have developed large series of animations in flash based on 24 fps. Now my client wants all that in 12 fps, so that's a lot of time that I should invest doing all the changes to keep the animation going well and not slow. I would like to know if there is a simpler or faster way to change t...more >>

Dear all, I know there have been said a lot here about the 'can't open fla' problem. But most of that seems to have to do with either corrupted files or different versions of flash, and mine doesn't.. so I'm hoping someone help. All the .fla files I create on my computer in mx 2004 will ...more >>

Can I add an image to a layer that already has an image on it? My first image fades in and out and I want to add a second image to do the same afterwards. Greg...more >>

I need to create a web stats and tracker for a new site. This will be all flash so I need it to know which sections of the site are being accessed. I thought of writing to a text file with varibles but the only way I know to do that would be access the txt file when you come to a section and add...more >>

Ok well I am making buttons with mouse over to play a song but can someone tell me how to make the song end after you take the mouse off so it doesnt play songs over and over and doesnt stop untill they end? ...more >>

i can't find it in dowload section... where can a download it?? help plz!...more >>

Hey everyong, I just made a document (850x150), and its has two scenes. scene "loader" has a peloader and "a" has main content (song in library, titles, pictures, etc...). Now, whenever i try to load the movie, i get the default background color (i made it green so I could see any "holes" in t...more >>

The past THREE presentations I have created have resulted in publish times of insane lengths. 30-40 minutes to publish and the master file is only 5 megs and it isnt complex in the least bit! Flash just hangs when i click publish and my processor stays pegged at 100%. No other Flash file ...more >>

I have a Flash Web site for a small literary journal and am trying to switch over to my hosting service's mailing list manager for sending out newsletters. I see the HTML code for setting this up (available from my host), but do not know how to get it to work in my Flash site. (I did not build...more >>

Hi, After importing my video into flash, I selected my video wrapper and although the video publishes fine, the wrapper disappears... Any thoughts on this? I'm using 8Pro. thanks, jake....more >>

Hi everyone, Im using flash 8 pro (well learning it only been using it for a few days) and im having real trouble getting an image to rotate 360 while fading out. I can do it with fade in but it really doesnt like it for fade out. Any ideas how i can get this sorted? Thanks. ...more >>

Is it possible to pause an external movie in flash on the last frame. as the way i have it now at the moment, it plays the movie and then after the last frame, it goes to black. i know i can embed the movie and have a stop action on the last frame but i'd rather not embed it. thanks ...more >>

In the porfolio section of this site http://www.firstflash.net/ when you roll over a button an opaque floating window pops up with the description in and follows the mouse. Could anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial showing me how this is done? Or give me any pointers?? Thanks fo...more >>

How Bidz.com's LiveBid auction system and AutoBid system works. (site side - server side) http://www.bidz.com http://www.bidz.com/ht/help?page=livebid http://www.bidz.com/ht/help?page=autobid Thanks.. ...more >>

Hey Everyone... I new here so bare with me... I cant seem import video files to flash document using flash 8 pro. It prompts me for directshow 9 and quicktime player. I cant seem to find directshow 9. where can i find it... Is there an alternative? ...more >>

Sorry for the double post, but no one seems to check the other Media Server board, Does anyone know of an application for Linux that can batch process video files, or better yet 'watch' a folder for video files to process, and convert to FLV files? I know that Sorenson's product has th...more >>