I've been working on a lengthy animation project and last night my version of Flash (8) crashed on me, but wouldn't close down. Everytime I attempted to close it down, it prompted me to save the file, which I did. On about the fith attempt I Ctrl+Alt+Del to close it down, which worked. How...more >>

This is driving my crazy. I've been swapping symbols in Flash for months and all of a sudden it STOPS WORKING! Let's review: To swap a symbol, all you have to do is highlight the symbol on stage, click "Swap" in the Properties palette and select a new symbol from the library. Simple, right? We...more >>

There are two flash galleries on CS2 Photoshop but I was wondering is there anywhere that I may be able to download more templates? I have had a look around but cannot locate any. Any one know of any I can download? Thanks ...more >>

Hi! I have a problem with importing images: when importing to stage a picture (bmp;jpg;etc.) to a new flash document I only see the frame but not the picture. when importing to an existing .fla though ( from flash samples) it shows the pic itself in the layer. please help me! ...more >>

I wanted to make a cool presentation with Flash. So I made an Image and decomposed it in buttons. That way one could access any character. The trouble is, I wanted to make that each time you pass the mouse over a character, the image would grow. I can make it grow...but I can't make that the ...more >>

Hi, I have flash Mx 2004 and I don't know how to active an action for a symbol in this version. I tryied to add an action but it keeps telling me error.......more >>

How does one pass flashvars to the standalone player? The executable doesn't seem to take any arguments, doesn't parse URLs with variables (e.g. file://movie.swf?var=value), and doesn't make use of any environment variables I've tried. ...more >>

I have a website that uses setInterval but on a Mac Safari it doesn't always work. It usually but fails like 30-40% of the time. Are there any issues with Flash in Mac Safari? I tested 6 browsers under Windows and they all work fine. ...more >>

Hi all, I have a couple of SWF movies in the page http://www.gottservices.com/home.asp and I'm trying to get the page to pass at level 2 for accessibility in Bobby Watchfire. I'm getting the error reported: 'Provide alternative content for each OBJECT.' for each included SWF file. Coul...more >>

Is there any way to extract pictures with full quality from a flash .swf? I have some... personal... pictures I would like to save onto my computer....more >>

I recently posted this on the Flash Player forum but I thought it deserved to be here as well. I encountered another disturbing "Adobe Player" download experience the other day. I was on a site that required I download the latest Shockwave player. After the download was finished I got a ...more >>

Hello all, So I made some small SWFs with the alpha level of text changing(tweened) to create some fading. Whenever I "preview" it in flash, it looks fine, but once I export it to an SWF, it doesnt show correctly....the alpha goes from 10% to 100% in one frame, with nothing for all the res...more >>

I have a animation in flash but its to small. Is there a way to make all frames bigger so that I can see them fit on the stage..and not with the magnification tool....more >>

I have a novice question. I have an animated symbol that I created in flash. It sits right in the middle of the flash document. The document is 372px X 253px and there's a lot of white space. When I embed this flash object in my web page it is way too large because the document size is too lar...more >>

Hi, Is there a way through java script or action script so that if the user click No on the message to update the browser player to version 9 then I can do a redirect or something else ?....more >>

how do i bend an image in flash i really cant figure it out cheers warby ...more >>

Hi all, I am new to Flash, and I'd like to be able to control the flash video I have imported programmatically, I just need an starting point, any article written on the subject? Ideally I'd like to control the movement using mouse movements, but just need to know how do I access the flv...more >>

Only once has hitting the F12 key ever brought up my browser (IE7..is set as default browser) in Flash 8. The instructions for setting the default are described for Flash MX at the Adobe/Macromedia web site, but not for Flash 8. There is no "browser" folder in Flash 8 either, nor anything I ca...more >>

Got a problem! My flash site look's great in Safari, Firefox and I.E at work, yet when the person that the web site has been made for opens it up in her I.E it's half the normal size? Any one out there got an idea? ...more >>

How do i launch applications from flash. Like those CDs from Maximum PC or even for studio 8, the installers are launched from flash, i am sure. how do i do that? Also how do i open PDFs? HTML etc? So for example, i have a few installers, a VB app i created myself, a HTML or PDF documentation ...more >>

Hello I am a multimedia designer working for a company. I currently use Flash and the company wants to go down the route of using a software development tool, that has ease of use, so that all trainers can build their own e-learning material, and were thinking of using Atlantic Link's Con...more >>

Ive noticed on a few websites where the have an effect where you can click and drag the bottom of an image making it look like its a real magazine. some people call it the turn over effect. How is it done? ...more >>

Hi all, I am making a web site like youtube.com. In youtube videos are first converted to .flv. The conversion is made with a resolution 320x240 pixels max. Either width or height can be smaller than this as youtube retains aspect ratio. Aynway... When you click a video link to see vide...more >>

Hi everyone, Nathalie from France, using Flash 6.0 std with Captivate 1. (i can't find where to post this problem except here, i had no answer in Captivate forums :brokenheart;) I'm playing a captivate swf in a flash swf file container, using Flash' loadmovie. Everything is going properly,...more >>

What's a good site for those sound effects such as thuds or gunfire and explosions or bounces or cracking ect. (note the site doesn't need to be only "violent" sounds as I will need simple sounds too) ...more >>