i have no clue what to do. i was suggested to re-instal IE, and i did, but it didnt help. i've tried reinstalling flash itself, and that doesnt help. does anyone have any idea what i can do?...more >>

How do i stop my animated gifs from coming out slower than i created them? I think it's coming out as 12fps no matter what frame rate i set it to. The only way i can see to do it (the very, very hard way) is to have half as many frames, which is a big process to go and take half of the frames ...more >>

For the past week i have been having a problem with flash player. Different sites said i needed to upgrade to flash player 9, so i did. It said it was installed, but flash wouldn't be detected. So i decided to uninstall it and try to reinstall it. I reinstalled it and it said it was successful...more >>

I thought I read recently in one of your articles from one of your experts, not to use gradients on a website due to it being hard to process for the end user? is this true or is it ok to have several gradients throughout an entire site as I've seen frequently on the web? thanks dmc ...more >>

I'm using flash 8. When you draw something or import a picture flash 8 puts the blue border box around it. Well mine is gone. If I draw something and click on it it is a broken shape. How do I get the blue border box back?thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a project in Flash 8 where I am making a quiz. However, the quiz needs to have more features than the templates, and I haven't learnt enough about Flash to code it myself. Here are the things I need to do: [b]1. Set a time limit so that the quiz automatically ends when...more >>

I have several flv files. I want to create a list of navigation buttons that, when one is clicked, load the corresponding flv file into the player component on the stage. How do I do that? Thanks...more >>

Hi, How do I enable the method in which I drag the playhead in the timeline so that I can hear the sound in "slow motion" as to sync up graphics perfectly? I can't find where to enable that feature...did it a year ago! Please remind me! Thanks! ...more >>

Hi. I had my dear Flash 8 installed and everything was working fine till I decided to install the Adobe Lab's Flash 9 AS3 Preview Alpha. Since then, inside Flash, every time I publish a movie and do "ctrl+Enter" 2 times to simulate download, it gives me some kind of error, not showing th...more >>

If anyone has an old (pre-6) version of FlashPlayer, would you check http://www.braveboat.net to see if the flash detection is operative? Thanks.. ...more >>

Hello- Typically I keep very current in my software versions, but have not upgraded my flash from MX 2004. I would like to now, however I am concerned that Flash 9 will be out soon. Does anyone have an idea when the next version is expected on the shelves? Thanks! ...more >>

Hola for all. im looking for this a long time... today has some sites that when u upload your movie it generate the flash video for can be played in flashvideo player. Anyone know how to do it ? What programm or what may installed in host to work and how do it work ? one tutorial, sample or ...more >>

Am i able to put a bit of scripting in my flash so that it will load infomation (text, rss feed) from another source, would i use dynamic text. I have seen someone use notepad and xml. any ideas or link Thanks liam ...more >>

Hello ALL, your help is greatly appreciated Im trying to get a flv video to go to and stop at a cuepoint when the video ends. Im trying to just have the video end on a frame in the middle of the flv. Im having trouble finding actionscript to do this. Is there another way to choo...more >>

I am building a Flash-only website, so the navigation and everything is contained in the.swf file. I have standard navigation buttons (e.g. About, Contact, etc.) that I currently have setup to change colors via the Up, Over states. My question is this: Assuming that the movie at load defaults ...more >>

:confused; Hi As I posted a little while ago I am re-designing my website in Flash and I'm a bit confused as to how I create a photo slideshow. Do I design it with a normal flash document or do I have to start with a flash slide presentation document? I have so far designed a preload...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm using flash professional 8 on the Mac (OS 10.4.8), and boy am I having a devil of a time with this animation. It can be seen here (there is a loud sound at the end of the animation, so adjust your sound accordingly): http://ftp.popeinc.com/flash/index7.html Anyway, ...more >>

Please help with exe! I am creating a presentation that will be projected on a large monitor from a PC. I've published my exe and everything is working ok except I want to get rid of the desktop in the background. I'd rather just have a black or white mat around it that takes over the whole sc...more >>

hello everyone. i'm a student and i have a project for my uivercity. I have to make an application for a mobile phone, but not a real mobile application. I want a flash file, playing in a pc, simulating the application just like if it was playing in a mobile phone. So i need a mobi...more >>

This website is stupid all i wanted was a working demo version of flash MX not about 5 extra links and an error message why can't i just get a demo file... I appreciate flash MX is very good i would have like to try it out but why only restrict it to one god damn mirror. Regards Pad...more >>

I can open my fla file, view it by using the 'publish' functions, but I can't see it on the stage area, what option(s) do i need to click so that I can view this file in the stage area and subsequently work on it. ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to find a tool to generate online media that can allow an end user to view a powerpoint or PDF slide set with back ground audio; however, we don't want users to save the file for future replay. I am considering flash ( or potentially ) other Utilities for this. I have not...more >>

Hi There, I've been using director mx for many years to create cross platform enhanced cds, and was wondering is there ANY way of linking an external file (MPEG1/4, etc) rather than re-encoding an already encoded file. When building an E-CD in using director exes, both mac and pc runtimes ...more >>

I can navigate down to subfolders, how do I navigate back up? loadMovie("products/village/3942.swf", 20); from 3942.swf I need to access something in my main folder. Is it "//"? Well, I know it's not, I tried that. I don't even know what to search for. My head might explode... than...more >>

I'm sort of a flash newbie, but have a pretty good understanding of several other graphics programs. I know how to create the starburst effect shown at this http://www.girlcrush2040.com/images/bg_burst.jpg in gimp and photoshop, but I haven't been able to find a tute that shows how to do ...more >>