What would cause a motion tween not to work. I am using graphics for both keyframes and it is showing an arrow on my timeline, but its not gradually making it bigger. Just small, small, small, and then big all of the sudden. I tried doing the same tween earlier on the timeline and it worked f...more >>

Just wondering if there is any product that adobe sells which can convert videos into flash (flv) on a server for a website. I want to make a scuba diving website for my club in Montreal and i need some software which can convert users videos (avi) automatically to flv and put it up (something...more >>

If I write a flash application that sequences different sounds in flash, does anyone know a way through actionscript or a third party program to get flash to export an audio file?...more >>

Hello, I have a site that uses Flash just for the top header of the index page. When viewed in IE it is correct. When viewed in Firefox 2, the background image is there, but it seems to be covered up. Now I have seen other websites that don't have this problem. What is the resolve ...more >>

Ok, so after much help on this board and several internet tutorials, I've made some headway with this animated nav bar I've been working on. I've still got a couple of problems with it, though. I scrapped the idea of using button symbols and dove into controlling movie clips with actionscrip...more >>

hopefully the titles have said enough. i've placed 2 different sizes of the same graphic symbol on a stage. one is on the bottom left side of the stage, the other on the top right. i want to create 5, inbetween sizes from small to large and distribute them evenly on the center-line axis. is ...more >>

I'm relatively new at Flash, and I hope there is a simple answer to this question. I just found out how to embed flash videos into a web page, and I was hoping it would be just as simple a task to embed audio. Our site (http://www.usafacademyband.com) has lots of audio, and it looks much "sl...more >>

Hi All- I have this wmv (windows media) file. I'd like to have the ability to place some controls (stop, pause, forward, back, etc) on this video using flash. I cannot import this file. Is it possible? Thanks, Flash ...more >>

I've uploaded my page and all associated files (swf, images), but the swf won't play in my browser. Please visit - http://www.tbproductions.com/s&f/clients.htm There is supposed to be a swf Menu under the header and a swf in the body of clients.htm. I don't understand what...more >>

I had a QuickTime movie I wanted to play in this interactive CD that I've created. I used Flash 8 Video Encoder to convert it to an .flv and then I imported it into the flash file where I wanted it to run. It works great, but no matter what size I scale it or what vertical and horizontal dimen...more >>

I'd like to export, say, the current frame being displayed in Flash Player (or previewing in the authoring environment) to eps, ultimately bound for Illustrator. I know it can be done; Joshua Davis boasts about it in one of Adobe's showcase panels. Easy enough to do while authoring, but I'm ...more >>

Hi! I need put in the flash file an ALT??? thanks Nestor Aguilar ...more >>

I'm creating a self-contained projector file for CD-ROM. I want a gradient to be the background color of the projector so that no matter what size the user's resolution is, the gradient fills the background but nothing else scales. Looks like you cannot do that by selecting background color, s...more >>

For my links to work I have to click it twice. For some reason when I move my cursor over my web page a box appears around the whole page and my cursor turns into a hand indicating that the whole page is a link. Can anyone help me. Thanks. ...more >>

New to Flash. I'm assembling a demo for my boss of a marketing presentation to eventually be distributed on CD. Initially I published html on the three (many more to come) screens in the demo. I used the load url command to call up the separate files. On some of our PCs it worked fine, others ...more >>

I'm using flash MX and I am having a problem publishing my animation, when i view it in flash the sound is perfectly synced to the images but as soon as i export it or publish it the sound plays about 3 seconds too fast. Can some one help? Lisa AW ...more >>

Hi, a customer of mine would like somehting similar to this added to their website http://www.makro.co.uk/flash3/nonfood/flash.cfm?ID=371 Could any one let me know what software I need to create something like this? Many thanks Debbie ...more >>

Okay folks, im a graphic design student, and theyve insisted on us doing a small character animation. Now, what i want to do is based on a few animations we've likely seen before. Basically, i want a line drawn background to appear as if I'm drawing it. From what i can gather, I'd need to draw...more >>

I want to create a projector from Flash (projector.exe) that has my own custom icon and title text in the top window bar. This is something that I routinely do with Director, (by editing the icons in the projec32.skl file in Director's Program Files' folder), but I can't figure out how to ...more >>

I have a group of graphics files called logo1, logo2, logo3, etc. There are 15 of them. When I choose "import to stage" and select the first file, I get a message that Flash will automatically import the other files in the series. This would be great. However, when I choose this, it only i...more >>

In MX, there was a feature nammed "Open as Library". It was very useful and convenient for creating new .fla without the hassle of waiting for the redraw of, sometimes, the large document I was using as source. I cannot find this feature in 8 Professional. Any turnaround ? Thanks in a...more >>

I am getting this error when trying to import an .avi file into Flash 8 Professional on a Windows 2000 machine: [Q]The source file stock_1.avi contains video in an unsupported format and cannot be encoded.[/Q] On another machine, the same video imports fine in Flash 8 Professional (thoug...more >>

Every time I try to import video into Flash 8, I get an error like this: "The source file *.avi contains video in unsupported format and cannot be encoded" The external Flash8 Encoder simply crashes on me. Would it make a difference if this was an unlocked (activated?) downloaded trial ...more >>

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I have noticed a difference between motion tweens created by the context menu ( ie right clicking on a PC and selection Create Motion Tween) and creating two seperate frames and then selecting motion tween from the Properties bar. These are represented on the time line ... both in blue .......more >>

Hi, i HAVE CREATED A FLASH WEB SITE WHICH WORKS FINE WITH SAFARI AND FIREFOX. HOWEVER, ON A PC WITH EXPLORER IT SHOWS AS A BLACK BOX....???? I HAVE EXPLORER FOR MAC AND IT WORKS FINE ON THAT. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I CAN TEST THIS WITHOUT BUYING A PC? ANY IDEAS ...more >>

Is there a way in ActionScript to make a button that when pressed will email a screen grab of the current flash screen? -kirk...more >>

Hi, I am working in Flash 8 on a PC. I have a cut out image of a person's head, that is sitting on a layer above a background graphic on a lower layer. When I look at the head image's bitmap properties, it tells me it is a JPG (I pasted it in from Fireworks). Q. :: How can the image ha...more >>

I've been playing with the cafe_townsend tutorial in Dreamweaver 8 as practice for learning the basics for building a website. So far so good. But I've been thoroughly stumped by my inability to find the source of the script that overlays the food slideshow that is just under the banner on th...more >>

Hi, i 've been doing the tutorial on Creating a Dynamic Playlist for Streaming Flash Video, found at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/video_player.html Basically they provide a working version to download as well as instruction and i can't get the "working" one to work. I can g...more >>

basically I have 3 buttons on an html page where I want each button you click on to go to a specific frame or frame label in a flash site. Right now it works perfect - I created this as the link button ../flash/home.html#live so basically added #live - live is the frame label in flash. It ...more >>

Hi, Please help, this has been an ongoing issue for me. Can anyone who doesn't have Flash installed on their computer play a SWF if they have the free player, or does it have to be online in order for them to view? I cannot manage to publish the file correctly so that it plays on systems t...more >>

Hi, I just installed FLASH today and read online tutorials just to figure out how to do the basics. I have a jpeg composed of 5 pictures in aligned horizontally and I am trying to make then slide accross the screen (like a filmstrip i guess) in a loop. I went into flash, imported my pictur...more >>

I have a flash object that is loading in a iframe on one of my web pages. I have asked two friends to preview the site using IE6 for me and both said that this page caused their browser to close. I have no trouble looking at this page in IE7 and Firefox on my computer. Why would they be hav...more >>

We have developed an interactive plot map for a home builder in our area. The application allows potential customers to navigate land plots and see if the land is available, size etc. The Flash ap draws its info from a database and worked perfect until a month or so ago. Now our "generating da...more >>

i understand that Microsoft recently released an update to Internet Explorer that changes how Internet Explorer handles some web pages that use interactive controls. i have downloaded the update and have included the java script on my site. and so far i have not had any issues getting this to...more >>

Ok ... for a review check of what i am trying to do: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=194&threadid= 1231534 and. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=194&threadid= 1235512 in a nutshell i am trying to get the header ...more >>

Lately, I have to save after every brush stroke and line I make because Flash has been quitting repeatedly. It is never after something big it'll just be at random times, such as I switch to the pointer tool or brush tool or something. This really sucks because I just lost an hours work and be...more >>