In every version of Flash I have used (always on a Mac), including Flash 8, I can't use the scroll wheel or track pad to scroll up and down (or side to side, now that I have a MacBook pro ;-) in the time line window. Instead I have to stop what I'm doing and drag the scroll bar with the mouse...more >>

Hi there, I have a Flash movie published to exe file. One of the elements in the project is an FLV. The FLV appears to work fine, however occassionally at random times it crashes? The file is local and will be accompanying the exe file on CD-ROM. Last time i published the file i got to 8 m...more >>

On the PC the path is: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS3\en\Configuration\Commands Can anyone with a Mac and Flash CS3 tell me what the path is on their machine? Greatly appreciated for your time. c -- Chris Georgenes Animator http://www...more >>

Hi, I'm getting back into Flash after 3 years and am always looking for easy shortcuts. There's a web service called http://www.veotag.com that lets you create clickable menus for a video that's playing. It seems very doable in Flash while playing video, but I'm wondering if there's a tool t...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to have a flash site stream a movie from a URL provided by the user and show the video in flash regardless of what format it is in originally? For instance www.someblablasite.com/myfunnyvideo.mov or ..avi or .wmv or .ra or whatever they are called these days....more >>

I have created a navigation that includes 5 buttons, each embedded into 3 sprites. Each sprite affects various stages of the button. On rollover, I want to expand the rollover area to include a multiline scrollable text box that is beneath the button. When the mouse rolls over the arrows on...more >>

im creating a site that uses xml...right now the images are in a carousel affect, and when you click on one of them, the rest disappear and the one you click slides to the left and some text appears (all from XML doc). Instead of the text showing up, i want to pull in either quicktime or .flv...more >>

My sound layer is not audible when I scrub the timeline, but it is fine when I test the movie. What settings do I adjust to correct this? Also, is there a way to lower the sound over the course of a few frames- like an audio fade out? ...more >>

Hi All, I have several clients who have to double-click on a flash menu, where I only have to click once. Would someone please go to this site http://seemywebdesign.com/vpsol.htm and see whether or not anyone else has to double click? Many thanks! ...more >>

Hello all, I'm a completely new Flash user, but am an experienced user of Adobe Photoshop. My question has a few parts. I'm actually starting a design business but would like to create a Flash based web site, but I'm starting from the ground floor when it comes to both creating a web site...more >>

How do I create an autorun CD presentation from Flash MX? ...more >>

when i import an .swf file, it shows the frames and the visual motion but i doesnt play any sound. why does it only import visual frames but not sounds? thanks in advance...more >>

I want to create a SWF that is all raw vectors, so that if this SWF is imported into an FLA, there won't be a series of symbols in the library. When I'm in an FLA and break apart frames of animation, I find that the layering gets messed up. So, does anyone know a way to globally break apar...more >>

I have a movie that started out as an mx2004 movie. It has since been saved as a flash 8 .fla I now wnat to add a few components (in flash 8) to add fucnionality. However, i get no preview of the components and their content doesn't apepar in the .swf. The components work fine in new flash...more >>

Hi all, Anyone knows how can i transform a fla movie to a mpeg movie, and keep the quality of image and sound? I tried pass into a DivX movie but have a problem with codecs, because not all person has codecs in her PC. Ideas? Greetings! ...more >>

Can anyone share some insight as to the portability of the .wfx keyboard shortcuts files? I'm planning on making the switch to Flash CS3 (v.9) from MX Pro 2004 (v.7) and would like to migrate my extensive custom keyboard shortcuts rather than have to rebuild from scratch. One big reason I held...more >>

i installed the demo version of flash pro 8 and it caused my computer to restart randomly why is this? ty...more >>

I've created a complicated movie clip in my library that contains about 500 frames and 25 layers. I'm now thinking I should have made it as it's own swf file a imported it into my main movie. How can I take my movie clip in the library and export just that clip as its own swf file? ...more >>

hey guys, i have this animated gif that i created, i wanted to add it to my site but it doesnt look very clear. I now i could use swf and html files together but unfortunately the server i have i cant use that to create my logo. Is there any way i can make my animated gif look somewhat better?...more >>

I?m struggling with a problem that I haven?t been able to get an answer to sofar. Here comes. I have created an html file containing a table for swf navigation and an IFrame. Triggering the Flash navigation is suppose to open the IFramefile in the iframetable with the triggered anch...more >>

Posting this for a second time - If I change the background color of my document, I can't see it, nor can I see the different fill colors of any symbols I add to Scene 1. The colors show fine when I run the movie. It is using the outline color to display all the objects on the work area w...more >>

It did this in Flash 8, so I was hoping that CS3 would fix the issue, but apparently, it doesn't. Whenever I use the Bandwidth Profiler when testing a movie, though, it seems to have an effect on the Stage size and thus anything in my scene that is based on the Stage size. The example co...more >>

Hello, I'm new to video with flash so I'd really appreciate some help. My client wants to be able to load a quicktime onto the flash stage but still allow the end user to download the .mov file, basically maintain the quicktime functionality. It must be streaming video as well. We don...more >>

Hi All, How to Find the Flash version in client's PC? We are developing Flash chat application, in that we have to check Whether the User having Flash when they access our chat application, So plz help me how to find the version. Thanks in Advance ...more >>

Hello, I am new to Flash development and I've created a simple flash website with links/buttons on the left and on the right a content box. My question is how to make transitions or effects after you click one of the links on the left, to make the content part load up into a special effe...more >>

I have an embedded flash file in an ASP.NET page. This flash file passes a FlashVar to tell it what video to play from the database. This works great on my localhost (PC) when I'm testing the app. When I upload it to the server though the flv file that is accessed won't play on my webhost. I'v...more >>

I have about 5 photos on top of each other. I want to create the effect of each one being ripped off one at a time ( to reveal the one below). The effect is similar to this: http://flashfugitive.com/stuff/page/page.swf Any ideas? Thanks in advance. ...more >>