Hello all. This is a rather urgent problem seeing that I need Adobe Flash to finish a school project, and it's not working. I intend to buy it once my trial version expires (flash is awesome) but for my school project I'm using the trial version. Anyway, my problem is this: I downloaded the ...more >>

Ok so I used a motion tween to make an animation...but I dont get how to save it as an animation. can anyone help?...more >>

I have checked the adobe site, and the lynda.com site and still can't find a way to export from Photoshop CS3 to Flash CS3 so that all of the layers are imported into flash on individual layers. I have found how to do it with CS2 using imageready but that is no longer an option in CS3. Can any...more >>

I decided not to use a music (wav) file and want to delete it from my file. I deleted it from the library and also the layer it was on. I publish the file and the sound still plays! I have no idea how to get rid of it! ...more >>

I am working on a project that is in line with the 508 standards. Therefore everything must be working in a screen reader, I am currently testing with JAWS. Is there a way to force the reader to read something new that just pops up automatically. I'll give an example. If I have a multiple choi...more >>

This has been mentioned on a couple of other forums so someone surely must have come across this I'll try again I am on a PC using XP. I downloaded a trial version of Flash 8. It worked the first couple of times but now refuses to load at all. Occasionally it gets as far as the little ...more >>

When I visit a certain Flash chatroom and open the emoticon window, my CPU usage immediately goes to 100%. If I close the emoticon window CPU usage stays at the same level. When I close the related web page, CPU usage immediately drops to normal. CPU usage has also risen while just reading the...more >>

What all is needed for this type of Flash Design Studio. There are a couple of sites out there that use both flash and shockwave. I am looking ot get somethign like this started and need some help getting pointed in the right direction. here are some examples: http://www.uberprints.com/stu...more >>

These flash ads are truly awful, am I right? They're on every other site I visit these days, and they are the most annoying thing. Some of them are downright embarrassing. I don't want to see these webcam girls on myspace, or these little game-style ads, and I especially dislike the new iPod ...more >>

I am using a Blackberry Pearl and when I go to some web sites using the browser, it states that I need an Adobe Flash plug-in and then a download link. However, when I go to the site and go through all the menus in the end, it can not detect the browser type and thus I am unable to download t...more >>

I'm attempting to add accessibility to a web and CD based flash presentation. The HTML version of the flash project is accessible by screen readers. The standlone CD version, which is a standalone projector .exe, is not - there are no MSAA events generated that the screen reader can interpret....more >>

Flash CS3, this is good environment (tools, timeline, right panel, left panel), but I thing this too dazzled my eye (everything is white), can I change the color of environment ? or change the highlight of environment ? please help me ? thanks .. :smile; ...more >>

I am trying to move multiple keyframes across multiple layers all at once. If I select all the keyframes and all the layers in the timeline it only moves the keyframes in the first or last frame of the movie. If I select all from stage-same result depending on where the playhead is in the time...more >>

Does slicing a photo for use in Flash have any beneficial effect? Thanks....more >>

I am trying to email a flash animation to our sales force. I cannot seem to make this work. The only way that works is making it an animated gif. However, when I do this, it looks more like an illustration and my text gets all outta whack. I have read that you can put it on a server. I am not ...more >>

Hello. I'm not sure I understand what's going on here! I have downloaded a flash website template. When I change the size or position of any text within it and export, the text that I changed becomes blury. If I undo the changes and export its fine and there is no blur. I'm not touchi...more >>

hey everyone how do you get flash to play .avi or .mov files externally? i have tried using the examples below, but the movie files dont seem to show up when i open the swf file? why? how can i get this to work? thanks movieClip.loadMovie("movie.mov"); loadMovie("movie.mov"); movieClip.l...more >>

I wanted my buttons to be somewhat dynamic so I made 2 movie symbols to enhance them. One of them is a movie symbol of a glow that pulses. I put that in the Over frame and it seemed to play well. The other movie symbol is a pulse of rings that I wanted to have emit from the button whe...more >>

I have created a 38 frame .flv file (360 degree object rotation). I have imported it to the timeline across 38 frames and stopped playback at frame 1. I have implemented 2x movieclip hotspots with actionscript that moves the playhead backwards & forwards using prevFrame and nextFrame command...more >>

As we all know all kinds of objects will appear distorted in Flash when placed at non-integer positions, like X: 500.5 and Y 20.5. Always when I paste something (CTRL+P), Flash places it at non-integer positions. If this thing is a shape, with other shapes or texts inside it, their locations o...more >>

Hello! I've noticed that when I draw, say a square, in CS3, it becomes a "Drawing object" (like a symbol that doesn't appear in the library), instead of a pure shape like in Flash 8. But let's say I break a drawing object down into a shape, how do I convert this shape back into a drawi...more >>

Ok, so I'm working on a social networking community the entire UI is in flash and I'd like my users to be able to upload their photos via a java applet that shows their local folders/files ... instead of having them select 30 images individually with 30 browse buttons. Any ideas? ...more >>

Hi everyone, I have looked http://www.adobe.com/resources/richmedia/tracking/designers_guide/ but need to urgently find out if certain companies would have their own code or does this general code work for any banners in any company. Help appreciated Wendy ...more >>

Hi I have a button and I want to add a URL link/code to it that will take viewers back to the previous page they were viewing whatever that page may have been. I know how to do this in HTML with GoLive (Actions) and Dreamweaver. How can I do it in Flash? It's a pretty common web site f...more >>

Hi, Is it true that ClickTAG is no longer supported since Flash version 8? I created a banner for my client, and used Blur filter (Flash version 8) as an effect. Then, for the button action I used this code: on (release) { getURL(clickTAG, "_blank"); } But banner's action didn't wo...more >>

Hey guys, im working on video for a client with a vendor that does lots of flash and we're having a problem with movies when they play back on a PC. this is going to be used from a data DVD that people will put in their PCs or macs, although the problem with the video seems to be PC only. the ...more >>

I didn't leave enough room in my timeline and need to move almost everything forward. The buttons frame refs (example: on(press) {gotoandplay(60)}) still stay the same and are then wrong. Is there an easy way to get the numbers to change automatically when i do move everything? Thanks! ...more >>

Seen posts on fixing WinXP Pro with this topic but could not find anything with winXP Home. Have tried several time to load flash player (version 7 or 8 or 9) without success. Running winXP Home SP2 and IE v6. I have uninstalled flash several times and tried to reload. One of the topics it tal...more >>

Hey all I'm just starting with all this Flash fun, and I'm finding a few basic things frustrating and confusing. First up, this is Flash 5. I have the option to use MX at home, but at work - 5 it is. I'm pretty good with fairly advanced Photoshop and Illustrator - so, imagine my fr...more >>

Someone point me in the direction for getting rid of ALL the borders on a flash page, this one http://www.stclairecreative.com as you can see no border on the left, great! But there is a border on the right, bad! I want it to look as if the red box is running off the left AND right of the sc...more >>

I want to rotate a 2D image in 3 dimensions. Much like taking a layer in after effects and rotating it around the x,y, or z axis. anyway to do this in flash?...more >>

I have a client site I'm working with right now and when I vew content with FireFox it takes about 10-12 seconds to load. When viewing from IE it takes a consistant 20-24 seconds to load. IE seems to always be 10-12 seconds slower. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? I'm using th...more >>

Hello Everyone, A few years ago I had made a nice animation in Flash. Unfortunately I have not saved the FLA file, which could be very easy to export the project into a movie. All I have now is the SWF file. Is there any functional SWF into Movie (AVi, MPEG) converter out there? I have g...more >>

I've verified the javascript works. I verified that my ActionScript works - at home anyway - in Firefox and IE6. When I brought my code from home and ran it on my work computer, the Javascript function fails to execute in Firefox! Firefox! Then, the JavasScript function fails to execute i...more >>

In a Flash project, I have a 'Movie clip'-type symbol which is a butterfly, animated so that its wings beat. On the main stage, this butterfly clip is animated to move along a path. This animates correctly in SWF, but when exporting to video (.AVI), movie clips only show the first frame. ...more >>

I like this site www.eyeblaster.com , and am designing a set of pliers that has some tools that open from it, like a"Leatherman" tool. I need one tool to open on a mouseover of a word, and another different tool to open on mouseover of another word, etc. All I get is all tools opening onmous...more >>

I have a really nice flash button designed (see previous topic). Is there a way to make the background color transparent in Flash. My page design has a graduated background and I don't want a block around my button. ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to embed a youtube video on a page of mine, but I want to have it start automatically when the user views the page. Here's the code that youtube provides: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FwvEjeWX-9s"></param><param nam...more >>

I have an input text field that when a user types in it the word shows up in a dynamic text field to the left. What I'm wondering is if I can get the text in the dynamic text field to be arched somehow. I have heard it is possible with cs3 but I'm still using Flash MX and can't afford to up...more >>

When I double click my.fla source file, I get the following error message: "Windows cannot find my.fla. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again..." The flash 8 editor application opens, but the my.fla file is not opened. So I have to use the file/open menu to open it...more >>

I want to make a simple round button that glows when you mouse over it and depresses when you click it. Apparently to do this I need to use Filters to make the glow and bevels. But Filtersonly work on movie clips, buttons and text. So I make a circle and convert it into a button symbol ...more >>

hello I have been trying to create a simple looping background of a road - so a car will be placed on top and give the ilusion it is moving on it... The problem is: I was able to follow the instructions from http://www.jimmcneill.com/loopdemo2.html and it works fine, however, it only works...more >>

on my project I've imported an Mp3 file and animated to go with the music. but when i test the movie or publish it the animation is a few seconds behind the song. is there any way i can stop this from happening? if so please respond or email me at Dance_4_Doom@yahoo.com thank you, ...more >>

I used to be able to watch videos on Metacafe and Youtube. I, using help from other websites disabled a few services. after a long time from doing that I went back to youtube and it said: 'Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the ...more >>

I would like to have a button in a movie that, once pressed, will resize the height and width of the .swf movie, but I don't want anything else on screen to be scaled to reflect the change in movie size. For example, if the movie dimensions are doubled in size, I don't want a text box to...more >>

I just download the Flash CS3 Trial and I never had the chance to try it because of this message «Problem with trial» (http://martinc.biz/trialproblem.jpg). I really don't know why... I just format my computer, never try to change the date of my clock or illegal unlock or whatever! I run the...more >>

When you right-click on Flash movies a menu opens up containg setting and other items. i want to add items to this menu like a company title or copyright statement? like th one in: www.thefwa.com What's the solution? i appreciate for any help? ...more >>

I created a fullscreen Flash movie containing a Link to a website. When i click on it the browser window opens behind the full screen movie and this confuses the visitors. is there any code or trick to open the browser window on top of fullscreen movie? i used GetIURL and tested all target mod...more >>

I see a great effect that could be used for a variety of things at http://www.burberry.com/AboutBurberry/History.aspx Any ideas how this is acheieved?...more >>

Could anyone give me the code for an MP3 player for Flash CS3? The back-end actionscript code. Or could anyone give me a brief tutorial on how to setup an MP3 Player?...more >>