How can I turn off the visibility of components on the stage? Changing the visibility of layers doesn't seem to work....more >>

I have a good looking jpg graphic in photoshop. Nice and smooth like it should be. Then I bring that graphic into Flash 8, do no resizing on it but simply change it to a "graphic." Now it looks like there was a one pixel shift in the middle of the graphic. If you look real close you can see a ...more >>

Hey, I was wondering if someone had advice on creating flash buttons, and then being able to link them to internal webpages within your site. I just got CS3, and I'm really lost. How would I go about linking the flash animated buttons I have already created to the pages I have already create...more >>

Hi, I am trying to decide between Flash and Windows Media to stream video content form a web server. I would like to go with Flash but do not want to do so at the expense of reduced video quality. My questions are: 1> Will Flash have an ability to show videos on Full Screen mode? If so, ...more >>

NOW ive only had my Flash MX trial for a few days (Don't ask where i got an mx trial in '07) and when i open it it says: "Failed to initialize security client. Error code: 202" If anyone can help,please reply! The big R has posted. ...more >>

Ok, I'm an experienced developer, new to flash. I'm trying to understand a flash app. I see that there are a bunch of ui components on various layers. What I can't seem to find is how you construct and navigate sub layers. If I click on the timeline and show and unlock the layer I'm interested...more >>

I fairly new to flash and I feel like I've got a pretty uneven education. I can make some of the harder stuff work (like ActionScripting) but there are some things, that seem like they would be fundamental, that just baffle me. Case in point... I need to fade between two movie clips. ...more >>

I'm having trouble exporting a Quicktime file from Flash. The file I need to export must be 533% larger than my FLA (its for stadium signage). I tmust be 15,30 pixels wide - huge, I know. Whenever I export to Quicktime with these settings, I get a MOV that only shows a poprtion of my FLA, play...more >>

I have imported a .mov file into Flash 8. I used the default settings throughout the import process, so it's creating it's own .flv file and using a video component for playback. But when I play the resulting .swf, it stops halfway through. If I manually move the slider a little to the right...more >>

Hello, I have a new WinXP computer with CS3 Master Collection and Quicktime 7.2. When I export a movie (file > Export Movie) the progress bar moves all the way to the end and hangs there. I never get my completed file. I can see a .dat file, but the process never completes to give me th...more >>

I inhereted a site from someone, and the client has a flash animated graph on it.. they'd like to "speed up" the action on the graph.. is there a quick and easy way to do this? ...more >>

These Adobe boards are not very useful with so little traffic (how many posts with 0 responses?). And having such noticeably little traffic keeps the traffic low -- why waste precious time posting as I have done with such little chance of assistance? Solution: get Adobe support people in m...more >>

I have downloaded Flash player 9 - the website tells me so - however it isn't there - a search only shows the installer - no doubt I am doing something stupid - please tell me what...more >>

hey guys, i'm new to flash and I feel really dumb asking this but..how to you bend the lines after you draw them on flash? I just can't figure it out :(...more >>

Hi- Basic (I think) question here regarding Flash video on a web page created with DW8. I am trying to figure out how to have several thumbnail images on the right hand side of the page link in such a way that when they are clicked they will play the corresponding Flash video file in a pla...more >>

Hi I have a problem with hit tests, if you make a object that is any shape other then a square it createds a invisable square around it and uses the as the edge for hit tests. I have a ship you move around rounded astriods and i need it to be exactly where you see the edge, and not where the...more >>

Hi there, I'm trying to build a clock with flash lite 1.1 This should actually not be such a big problem, but I'm just not able to get a leading 0 in front of 1-9 (like: 01,02 instead of 1,2) what am I doing wrong? sek = fscommand2("GetTimeSeconds"); if (sek<10) {sek="0"+sek;} ...more >>

I'm stumped.. I've found one t utorial but haven't figured out how to use it in conjunction w/ the media player component.. here is the link for it.. http://www.flashcomguru.com/tutorials/progressive_preview.cfm if anyone could help explain step by step on where to put AS and what to do so...more >>

I've been trying to edit a .swf document to change the logo from a website navigation bar but not having any luck. The file can be found at http://steevo.bravehost.com/navbar.swf. I'm trying to swap the current green/yellow logos to http://steevo.bravehost.com/logo.gif and would like to reta...more >>

I got an error in a text input. When i play the movie in Firefox or Safari, if i push Alt + 2, the text input shows 2 instead @ symbol. If i want to show the @ symbol i must to push SHIFT + 2. In other movies don't occurs. In I.E. Explorer (5, 6, 7 ...) the movie works fine. ?Anybody knows o...more >>

Hi everybody. First time writing in this forum. This is my problem, I uninstalled Flash CS3 simply by doing a search and throwing everything that had to do with it in the trash. And now when I try to install [i]Adobe CS3 Design Premium Suite[/i] I cant, because it says that it is already i...more >>

Hi- I have searched on the Web without luck, so again I have to turn tot he forum for help. I believe this should be simple and straightforward, but doesn't appear so. I have a simple little Flash video embedded in a plain old web page created with DW8. When the page is displayed in my web...more >>

I'm using the following ActionScript to load an SWF movie into my Flash file. This works kay but the animation appears in front of my text on screen. Can someone tell me how to get it to play behind the text? Thanks Stephen createEmptyMovieClip("anim",0); // create a new but empty mo...more >>

Can anyone help me or give me some links on how to make my scrollable text more interesting? I have text controlled by a UI Scrollbar and want some of it to be bold or bigger. Additionally, I would like to have images that scroll with the text. Is that possible? I feel like it must be. Can som...more >>

I am searching for someone who can give me direction or ideas on how the flash effect was created on the home page of this web site. http://www.savvycd.com/ I would like to create the same blurred overlayed effect but, haven't been able to figure out how the semi-transparent blurs were cre...more >>

I got a wierd little problem with an "fade" effect. Simply on frame one the graphic has an opacity of 0 and then on frame 20 it has an opacity of 100. I have done this many of time and never had any problems but now i do. When i export the movie the graphic just stays and 100% and does the res...more >>

i tired to install Flash Player on Internet Explorer, but it's always say " install fail or cancal" and i didn't cancal it. Flash player do work on my Mozilla Firefox. Please help! i used to have it, but still some website flash player doesn't work like bbc.co.uk/doctorwho game but i used to ...more >>

I've been told that a Flash navigation I worked on is not functioning in IE 5 for Mac. I know what you're thinking... who uses IE 5 for Mac these days? So anyway, I've been asked to fix it and cannot seem to find anything with my searches. Maybe I'm using too many key words in my search. I don...more >>

Hello to the person reading this. I have an HTML page that references a flash file module9.exe with an URL. The flash file is supposed to read a text file module9_source.txt when invoked through the URL, but does not. When I manuver to the directory with the browser and open the file modul...more >>

I have a flash video on my site, which I want to display a link at the end of the video in the player. In other words, the video plays, then it ends, then a link appears for user to get more info. I'm having trouble figuring out how to accomplish this. Any suggestions? Thanks! ...more >>

I was told that Flash CS3 will allow you to convert an flv to an swf. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do that. I know I can imbed the flv in a swf but I want to convert the file format. Any ideas? ...more >>

Alright, this is probably an extremely easy question to answer. I have created a flash file that has two frames (frame 1, and frame2). Frame 2 is a image from imageready that has lightning flashing. Since, I made it using the tween method in image ready, it has a stop point in its frames fro...more >>

Newbie Question... I have video that I would like clients to tag with their own text at the end (personalize) and then download and play as a SWF without having to load an XML or CGI from the web. Basically, they fill out a form, preview and then download a self-contained SWF for their use...more >>

Flash2Video is an easy-to-use flash to video conversion tool, which supports the conversion of Macromedia Flash SWF files into AVI (uncompressed/compressed using any available codec including DivX and Xvid), and VCD, SVCD, and DVD compatible MPEG files. This program also supports personaliz...more >>

Greetings Everyone! I'm sincerely hoping that someone has the answer for me. I'm a newbie, but trying so very hard to understand... :) I've read books, pages & pages of this forum, 'net searches - I haven't found a complete answer to my challenge so far - thanks in advance for any help ...more >>

Any input field (when typing arabic) should type right ot left rather than left to right. Does ANY version of flash/flash player support right-to-left typing in arabic or any other right-to-left language. I really urgently need an official answer saying yes or no. I can see that flash su...more >>

I am having "little problem" with the combobox. The comboBox is working perfectly when I click in directly in the original flash file. But the comboBox is not working at all (or unclickable) when I load the flash file with comboBox from another flash file. How can I solve the problem? ...more >>

Hi, I have been trying to figure out this. I am importing a video into flash, I have tried MPG and MOV formats. After I import the video I publish the movie and on my local machine everything seems to work fine, but when I upload all the files to the server (video.HTML, video.FLV, video.SWF, ...more >>

When I view my flash file on a live web server, the photos and colors look much flatter than when I view the files locally. same browser, same html file, same everything. is there a loss of quality from a web server in a flash file? i've never seen, or maybe just haven't noticed it before...more >>

I'm trying out the Flash CS3 demo - OSX. (Using OSX 10.4.10.) I've got a slightly complicated timeline with about 8 layers and some things alpha fading in and out, and a bunch of sound samples being used as timeline sound effects (forget the term, but attached to frames not streaming). No...more >>

I downloaded a FLASH CS3 trial version. On my project, I imported 30 jpegs into my library and converted each to a symbol. When I pr essed either CTRL+ENTER or PUBLISH, it works. When I added another 30 jpegs and converted to a symbol, both CTRL+ENTER and PUBLISH d id not work. When I t...more >>

Hi, Flash CS3 I've got a swf that contains html links. It's text links so I just selected the text and entered the correct anf full URL in the properties panel. The links work fine from the swf files, but when I put the swf file into a website or run the html file flash made, the link...more >>

I'm looking to recreate a slideshow similar to the flash version on the homepage of www.wnba.com. It shows 5 thumbnails in a horizonal row with a brief description and link next to the selected thumbnail. After a few seconds it shifts to the next thumbnail and so on... The main background ...more >>

Hi All, Has anyone encountered this problem where the workspace is stuck in the top right???? I can't move it with the hand tool and its really annoying.... Please help - is there a way to reset the prefernce file if its corrupted, like you can do in After Effects etc.. thanks in advance O:) ...more >>

I am a student learning the basics of Flash, so bear with me. What is the vegetable/term/tool used in Flash? What does it do? Your responses are appreciated....more >>