I downloaded a trial for flash and I wanted to get started but all of the icons and buttons are a light shade and I can't click them. I looked in the help index and it says to make a folder and put a file in it but that doesnt' help.What do i do? ...more >>

Is it possible to export a linear, non-scripted Flash movie to a high definition Quicktime file? If so what is the proper export procedure? Thanks....more >>

I built this website www.999rose.ca and it works fine on firefox and IE for PCs but when I use my mac running OS X and IE (mac version) it doesn't show the client interview videos on the bottom right. You can hear them, and sometimes when I navigate around, when I leave the video page I can s...more >>

I don't think this is possible anymore for security reasons, but I just wanted to confirm. I have a Flash 8 movie running inside an IE window (not fullscreen) and my client wants to have a "Quit" button on the Flash interface that can close the IE window. Is this still possible or do all the...more >>

Is there a way to get a single frame within a flash video and save that image? This process needs to be automated as I will not view every file that has been uploaded. Thanks...more >>

Helo all :) I've prepered my site in the way descibed here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/articles/devletter.html so the flash content dont have a "active border" under IE browser. The animation code looks like this: <script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( '...more >>

I finish creating the banner in flash, couldn't find a way to make the finish project linkable to an URL address which is what the ad displays. Is it done in flash or dreamweaver,, I have studio 8. Is like, when you hover the banner the little hand comes up and by clicking on the banner, it w...more >>

Here we go, first I will tell you how to recreate the issue: 1. Create a new movie in Flash 8. 2. Enter the following code on the first frame of the movie: Code: [b]var testArray:Array = new Array(1,2,3,4,5);[/b] 3. Go to File => Publish settings and on the flash tab check the "deb...more >>

I've seen the post below on creating sound on/off toggle buttons but would like to know if there is a more up-to-date (and possibly easier) method? I want to add music on/off buttons to a website. By the way, if you use the instructions on the following post, music does not start automati...more >>

I have been trying off and on for three days now to download Flash. I am a Ubuntu Linux user and have tried unsuccessfully to have Firefox install Flash. I have tried repeatedly to download; again no success. I have a broadband connection and that size of download would normally take seconds. ...more >>

Hi I am trying to edit my flash site and I bought this template from templatemonster. I have a button in it that when you click it a screen pops up with text and some images.The code is: on (rollOver) { gotoAndPlay("t1"); } on (releaseOutside, rollOut) { gotoAndPlay("t2"); } on (rele...more >>

Whenever I do a text animation (motion tween, usually moving or scaling text from 80% to 100%, for example) the motion is very jerky, not smooth like I often see. I use Flash 8, 20 fps, and the problem is the same on all fonts I've tried. Is there something I'm missing? ...more >>

i'm completely new to flash...i'm looking for either a book or website to learn all aspects of flash. Most of the tutorials online only show me how to create different things seperately but to combine them together in one project is rather difficult for me. thanks ...more >>

A grey bounding box appears around movie when mouse roll over in Internet Explorer. How can I get rid of it?:confused;...more >>

i have a handful of movieclips in a symbol on a layer. i am not able to select them, not by selecting the frame, or using contrl+a or directly with the mouse, or dragging a marquee across the stage! i can get to the clips via the library, but the clips have commands on them, which are o...more >>

I am trying to build my first website. Looking back at it now, it seems like I need some Flash in it somehow. Maybe a banner or some Flash added into my logo. Can anyone here link me to a tutorial or maybe spice up my logo, banner or maybe even give me some ideas for my site? Any and all hel...more >>

im pretty new to flash and have not had any real problems until now. when i tried to publish my latest project i wanted to make a QuickTime .mov file, but when i went to publish a window popped up saying " An error occured beacuse a required QuickTime component could not be found." ive ...more >>

I am trying to make a cloud .mov slowly animate, and I can obviously do that by lowering the fps, but when I do so the movie just ticks along and it is not very smooth or attractive?:confused;...more >>

have made this external preloader to load my 2mb .swf, and it works but when u click on a button the wipe go across the screen but it doesnt change the page as you can see this on this link below http://www.nwmsltd.com/webtest/preloader.html but its supose to look like this example( if...more >>

i have imported a .MOV file into flash and ran through the import movie wizard and it created a menu bar under the movie with play, mute, etc.. when i go to export the movie to a .SWF file on the computer and run it, works fine. when i FTP to the server and run the SWF file, the movie plays bu...more >>

Would someone be so kind as to take a look at a pre-loader I am trying to make? I now have put the movie on a 2nd scene but I do not know how to name it. I think this might be the problem...??? Really bad a Action Script but trying to learn. View at http://www.deluxesites.com/index_movi...more >>

Hello, I would like to verify officially what the acronym SWF stands for. I have been given multiple variations on this meaning: Small Web File Shockwave File Format Shockwave Flash File I would like to official version. Thanks D ...more >>

how they create the seemless back ground for the intro page. www. http://www.mounttabor.org/ ive tried it using tables with pics as back ground but i'm not having any success with it running through the whole page. Please help! ...more >>

how they create the seemless back ground for the intro page ive tried it using tables with pics as back ground but i'm not having any success with it running through the whole page. Please help! ...more >>

Hello, I maintain a website that streams around 400 online training videos. We were looking to covert it all to flash kinda like Google Video and YouTube, because we have issues with codecs needed, and macs can't play the videos unless they have Windows Media Player installed. The thing is ...more >>

I have a flash movie as the intro to my website(www.arelevantministry.com) its relatively big (500K) and i wanted to know how to make it smaller because its using up alot of space. Im kinda new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

am trying to make a scroller which does not have a break when it gets to the end of the movie clip (make it a Continuous loop with no breaks)and also stop when you rollover it. Have tryed every thing i can think of but am new to flash and have limited Knowledge any help would be greatly apprec...more >>

Hi! Does anybody know of a program that will let me control a digital camera from my computer i.e, paning, zooming, capture etc. PC progam preferred but mac program could be used as well Thankyou ...more >>

I have a simple SWF that displays perfectly fine in the Macromedia Flash preview browser, but when I try to display it in any HTML format it doesn't work. I'm clueless. The project needs to be done within the next few days and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish. Here's the URL: http://e...more >>

Hi, I am creating a rolling screen for a plasma Tv which will be run from a Laptop. I seem to have done what I wanted to achieve however when the movie loops back to the beginning, the movie seems to play some frames twice? The fla file is http://www.35millimetre.com/Utility_Live_1024x76...more >>