I like this effect, can someone point me to a good tutorial or explain how this is done? http://www.cosmotoronto.com/images/shizan.swf Thanks for your help. Bruce ...more >>

Does anyone know why I can't draw a perfect circle? I use the pencil tool, then choose the "straighten option" and when I draw a circle in the stage, it does not auto to make a perfect circle. I get what I drew.... ...more >>

Does anyone know why I can't draw a perfect circle? I use the pencil tool, then choose the "straighten option" and when I draw a circle in the stage, it does not auto to make a perfect circle. I get what I drew.... ...more >>

On the site I am working on, there is an OpenCube DHTML menu system that when moused over causes the drop down menus to overlay on a large Flash element. How can I make it so the menus sit on top of the Flash element rather than behind it? Is this a setting in the Flash file or do I need to do...more >>

I'm looking for a convincing shine or gleam effect...where a beam of light darts across a surface to give it a reflective look. I know the basic technique of doing a gradient and animating it, but I'm looking for a really good one, ...something a bit beyond the standard effect. Do you kn...more >>

Hi, I'm creating a flash application and need to be able to save a text file from flash to the person's hard drive. The text file will contain the name value pairs from the application. Any ideas? Thanks! ...more >>

HELP! Haven't had Flash running for a while - 9+ months. I try to install, computer goes through the install program but then recycles back to the installation screen like no installation takes place. When I try to reinstall again, computer just goes back to the installation screen over ...more >>

Can anybody help me out. I am new to Flash and have developed a quiz using one of the flash templates and a few added extras, print button and some extra text. Firstly can I send the fields from the results page to a .asp web page or database? Secondly how do I do it, what is the scripting? Th...more >>

Hello all I was wondering if anyone has any idea what this error means. "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items Do you want to display the nonsecure items?" If you click yes it still doesn?t load the movie. This error is only displayed in IE, but everything displays fi...more >>

Hi there... I have seen some SWF banners which contain not only flash-made animations but also "inserted" videos elements: like this website for example: some times ther used to appear a person saying "welcome, yes, I am going to show you this new Macromedia product..." or "we are the Macr...more >>

How good are the 3D capabilities in MACROMEDIA FLASH PROFESSIONAL 8, does it have special features for better ability to create 3D images and graphix? ...more >>

Hello! I am so fascinated by the flating product cube wound on http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/ which slightly turns as you hover over a product, and the product highlights as well. How on earth can I reach this effect in Flash, for it is flash, isn't it? It can't be a movie expor...more >>

Hi, I have some movies I created years ago in Adobe LiveMotion (yes, I know, I also bought an Edsel once). Now I work in Flash 8 Pro. Does anyone know if a converter exists for converting .liv files to .fla files, and, if so, where I would find it? Thanks! Bill ...more >>

http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/action script_dictionary120.html In the above link the activitylevel property of the camera object is described. This is said to be a number between 0 and 100, where 100 means that a large amount of motion is being de...more >>

It's been so long I forgot how to fix this. I updated a flash banner and now the dropdowns appear behind the banner in Fire fox. I added a wmode = transparent parameter so they appear in front when using IE. What do I need to do get them in front of the flash in Firefox? Thanks mark ...more >>

I have a flash NAVBAR in one FRAME (menuFrame) and want it to open in another FRAME (mainFrame). It works properly in firefox and in IE when it has flash player 8, however when using flash player 9 it consistenty opens a new window rather than opening inside the mainFrame. What is causing th...more >>

I am working on a project for my animation class, and through my animation i need to put different sound effects. I started doing so and as long as i kept it under two sounds files in my time line, the audio would play in sync with the animation, but as soon as i added a third sound file, the ...more >>

Hi, every single invisible button in my FLA shows a hand icon when I mouseover them and i'm given none of the usual options when I right-click them. Also, they don't show the usual light blue hit spot so I don't know exactly where they all are. This happens even with new buttons I create......more >>

Could someone show me where I can get the FLV playback component behaviors for flash 8 pro? I couldn't find them on the Adobe exchange. Thanks -mark ...more >>

I've got a php file, below is the code from it: <?php $dir = "photos/"; // Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents if (is_dir($dir)) { if ($dh = opendir($dir)) { $fileList = ""; while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) { if ($file != "." && $file !...more >>

Hi All, Just a brief overview of what i am trying to achieve. I frequently face problem of corrupted fonts in Flash files because some smart graphic people rather then selecting the font from the list of fonts type in the box which makes it corrupt. To solve this problem I have start...more >>

Hi all, I've just earned a freelance contract to develop a mobile phone game, & i've got a copy of CS3 Design Premium on the way, which includes Flash CS3 Professional. I've developed Flash games before using the Flash Lite 2.1 plugin for Flash 8 Professional, but I'm a little confused abo...more >>

I haven't played with CS3 yet, so I don't know if this already exists... but, are there any plans for full HTML support within flash for future releases? Basically, if I have a flash movie that utilizes a large portion of the screen, and I need to display some HTML content, I'm stuck. It's n...more >>

I can't believe that Adobe has been picking it's butt since 2006 on this FLASH 64 bit player issue. Someone needs to be FIRED to get this Flash 64 bit player rolled out ! "But the 32 bit players works in a 32 bit browser on a 64 bit machine" ... shut up already with that excuse. It h...more >>

I have a serious problem. I created a website using Flash MX2004 and have since upgrade to Flash 8. Now he wants me to update his website and every time I try to open the origional file in Flash 8 it just locks up the program. I really need to find out what I can do to correct this. Please...more >>

Let's say you have a symbol of a character with arms and legs in a certain pose when you drag him to the stage. You make a few keyframe movements and decide you want to go back to the original pose. After you begin animating him, is there a hotkey that returns the character to the ori...more >>

I have a number code to start with that has a fixed length, lets say AA32-BB32-CC129 basically what i am trying to do is increase the value of each number based on another number say 2. eg AA32-BB32-CC129 = CC54-DD54-EE341 i'm guessing i have to use the "++" operator but am not sure ho...more >>

Hi All: I want to create Bar and Pie chart in flash. The data will come from PHP dynamically. Is there any inbuild components available or do I need to create it? How can I create it manually can anyone help me ? Thanks & Best Regards Razzak ...more >>