I'm in a bit of a tough spot. My company wants to send me to school for a week-long crash course in Flash with an emphasis on ActionScripting. The problem is, the company computer I use has Flash MX 2004, and the only classes I see available at different Adobe-certified training sites are for ...more >>

I just finished taking a Flash Video class where I understood I could import an MP4 and convert in to an FLV using encoding tools that come with Flash Professional 8. However, I opened a new FLA just now and tried to import an MP4 (File -> Import Video), Flash would not recognize the sample MP...more >>

How do i get the objects in my swf to readjust as the window resizes... Here is an an example of what i'm talking about: http://www.steihlstudio.com/ You can see that the nav and main pic will readjust to their fixed positions based on the size of the window. Is there a simple way ...more >>

I've seen this image transition used on different websites and would like to know the program used to create it. I have a feeling it's part of a slideshow extension. Images fade into each other as a grid of squares sweeps across. http://www.haydonbc.com/ Thanks, Gary ...more >>

I've noticed in CS3, when I publish to a Mac Flash Projector the file size is enormous. I assume this is due to Flash publishing a Universal Binary. Does anyone know of a way to publish to only PPC or Intel Mac? The file sizes on the projectors are way too large now. I've seen several files no...more >>

I have been putting together this flash animation that is 29.7 fps and it is quite long. For some reason, after I have reached the 15000 frame, all of my frames stop showing up. They just appear as empty circles in my timeline, even though they show up on the stage. This might not seem like...more >>

im lookin to do a new site and the idea from southparks website is basically wat i want. if u go to http://www.southparkstudios.com and u see the hot topics in the top right (ish) when u move the mouse over the image it gets bigger and starts to animate. Basically im going to do it myse...more >>

I am a Flash n00b, so I could be asking for the moon here. I am developing an eLearning project with Adobe Captivate, but need to integrate an SWF file that does the following: A user sees a word on-screen with a missing letter. At the bottom of the screen are five tiles, each tile conta...more >>

I have 5 scenes in my fla so far. When I load my preloader the dynamic text shows the percentage and when it gets to about 60% (which is when the home scene is finished loading) it advances to the home page while still loading the following scenes. I need to figure out how to get it to load ...more >>

I am looking to make a rotating slide show like these: http://www.baysideonline.com/default.asp or http://www.acstechnologies.com/ Thanks for your help!!!...more >>

I have a client that would like a Flash animation that's 5440 pixels wide, to span 3 widescreen monitors for a tradeshow presentation. Flash won't let me make the stage any bigger than 2880 - does anyone know any ways around that limit? I Googled it and found out that you used to be able ...more >>

very basic question: i am inserting a flash file into dreamweaver and everytime i preview it (in dreamweaver) it is showing up blank. But everytime i preview it in flash it is showing up fine and you can see the entire animation. please any help will help. I am assuming the file is ...more >>

I have stumbled upon a problem that is causing me fits. I make simple banners in Ver 8.0 on a Mac. They work fine on all my browsers on the mac. I can use fonts to my hearts content. But, when I test my creations in IE 7 on my wife's Windows XP PC, the text does not show. I can work ar...more >>

Hello Gurus! I have a SWF file that has no ActionScript in it and consists only of a series of JPEGs (350 frames from a 3D Max animation) inserted into the main timeline. So, when I play the SWF, the 350 frame animation just plays and loops over. Works as expected. The size of the SWF ...more >>

Been using CS3 for a week now and the one very useful tool that seems to no longer work is the Check Syntax button. Usually if you click this at author-time then it can pick up basic errors such as assigning a string to a number var myValue:Number myValue = "abc" This isn't picked up...more >>

ive been making a car racing type game, and ive managed designing the levels, made character, added if (Key.isDown(Key. -x-) statmentsd to move down and up and ive added rotation for left and right? it all works perfect ( no syntax errors) but when using up and down keys it uses the default ...more >>

has anyone encountered bugs with IE6 and flash not displaying text? I have a client who some how they are unable to see the text of my menus and im not sure why......more >>

Hello, I seem to be having trouble with Tweening. I have a group of symbols hat I moved from one location at the keyframe 10 to another location at the keyframe 20. When I create a motion tween, some of the objects move fine, while others disappear during the frames 11-19 and then reappear...more >>

Guys, Could anyone tell me what the use of Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit is? Any tutorial link is highly appreciated. Regards, Anton....more >>

When I place a flash object inside a div (with a high z-index) and absolutely place it over other content on a web-page I'm having rendering issues. 1. When the user scrolls most parts of the flash disappear and the background shows through. Motion inside the flash causes the moving parts t...more >>

Hi there, How can i make sure, the visitors view the latest swf on the server and not some old version from their browser cache? Thanks...more >>

Hi There, I am in need of a flash media player, but I need it to be quite powerful: Create or accept some sort of play list from my code. Have control over the movie time (pause it, play an advert and then after the advert continue playing from where it left off). The time period at whi...more >>

OK - basically I'm building a personal web site portfolio: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~motiv8/AlexBimpson/AlexBimpson%20New/index.htm If you go on the site, you see there are 4 pages which are child .swf files loaded into the parent .swf which brings them all together, using the loadMo...more >>

Hi everyone, My Flash 8 programme is creating problems. Whilst working on an fla, I save my work every five minutes. However, after some time, I get the following message: Could not save as abc.fla. The file may be read-only or is already open in another application. Save using a differ...more >>

Does anyone know whether it is possible to make the edge of a mask anything other than a crisp line? I have some smoke that I have drawn and it comes up from something and can be seen through a mask. I want the top edge of where the smoke dissapears to be a gradual fade, and I can't get the m...more >>

I know if there is an answer to this one of you guys will have it so thanks in advance! Is it possible to goto a specific frame label in an external swf? I have my "main.swf" and I want to goto the frame label "images" in the "about.swf". Is this possible? If so, do you know how I can d...more >>

ive been making a car racing type game, and ive managed designing the levels, made character, added if (Key.isDown(Key. -x-) statmentsd to move down and up and ive added rotation for left and right? it all works perfect ( no syntax errors) but when using up and down keys it uses the default ...more >>