When importing bitmaps into Flash, when one has a choice of which format to use, which format is best and why? Or is there a "best"? I've seen hints that ..png is better, but if so why? A minor question I admit, but one I've had ever since I started learning Flash a few months ago...............more >>

Can anyone point me to either a tutorial or a packaged component that would help me to create the kind of navigation menu Adobe has on their photoshop site. You have to click on the blue Flash movie first, but then the navigation spins into place... its very slick. I'd like to duplicate this e...more >>

I understand how cool it is to import an .AI file, but when you import a PSD aren't you just asking for a long download time? I would think you'd still have to Save For Web in PhotoShop if you wanted to optimize as well as possible... No? ...more >>

I am trying to make a gradient mask in Flash 8. Is this possible? Thanks, smiller ...more >>

Hello, I have created an up and over state inside my main movieclip. The problem that I am having is that, if I rollover the button, it should go to the over state and also be able to go to a different scene. Somehow I got the rollover and out function working, so, when I rollover on t...more >>

This is probally basic to alot of you but a noob needs some advice. what is the best way to wrap and animate a text (clockwise)around a circular graphic. Having tried some different tutorials Its seems to be harder than it should. any suggestions or links? Thanks watty ...more >>

Hi guys...I have been using Flash for some time now....My problem is how to embbed a flash swf movie file in an HTML or XHTML page without the browser warning the user that this web site is trying to install ActiveX content on her or his computer....Almost all professional sites does not displ...more >>

When I use wmode = transparent I cant input unicode letters in text inputs. I've been hoping for bugfix in Flash9... :brokenheart; But it works as its previous versions. Does anyone know a way to solve this problem? ...more >>

i guess that's my question right there. i've got simple, static buttons, animated buttons and tween functions that end in buttons. does it matter what layer the buttons are on?...more >>

Hi. I'd appreciate any help people can offer regarding this problem. I am creating some animations using Flash 8. Some work just fine. Others give me the following message when I try to add a new movie clip: One or more library items exists in document. It gives the choice to replace or n...more >>

I am trying to edit my movie clip across all frames of the flash movie. I am doing this by selecting all the frames in the given layer by clicking on the layer, and then moving a symbol in that layer (which has several key frames). This is not moving the symbol throughout all of the frames, ...more >>

I'm working on a new flash document. At the end of it, I want a another swf file to play right after. If there a way to insert a swf file into my current document or is there actionscript where I can just link & play the second flash file right after the first one ends? ...more >>

I have noticed that whenever I place a .wav file into the timeline there is a hissing or "lisp" sound when the vocalist is speaking. Oddly, the music is perfect. I have tried using .mp3 and .wav files and still notice that spoken words with "s" sounds makesss a terible hisssings sshound. ...more >>

Hi guys, there's a problem that is haunting me since my first experiments with the Tween class. Have you ever had this experience: the tween goes on, but when the movement is finished, it suddenly jumps again to the beginning value? Let's say I tween the X prop of a MC from 0 to 100. ...more >>

Hello, RB (Raw Beginner) here again. Now that I have a successful movie in place, how do I create a 20 second delay before it plays again? I know there is a better way than creating 400 still frames at 20fps using F5 for every single layer! Thank you! ...more >>

http://www.carlos-sainz.com/ I need my movie to open full screen like on the link. How is this possible? Thank you...more >>

The other day my friend on his pc showed me how to import a jpeg image with macromedia flash and modify it by moving vectorial points. Today that i have bought my software and im so desperate now because i cant work it out how he did it and even worse i wont be able to be in touch with hi...more >>

Hello, Adobe says that the button to connect to Adobe bridge is in every CS3 application. I can find it in Photoshop, Illustrator, and even Contribute, a former Macromedia project, but none of the other Macromedia projects (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks) have one. Am I missing it, or is th...more >>

No sound plays from any flash objects in Firefox (so, that includes sites with flash videos like youtube or other sites like homestarrunner.com, etc). Here's what I've tried: --I can play music from my hard drive (so it's not a problem with my speakers or audio settings). Also, Flash works...more >>

hi to all! I'm norman of RP, I'm new in this program but I can already create a flash design but only a basic one. I'm so totally loved to learn more in flash bcoz I'm so amazed what d flash can do to a website. Write nw I'm doing a full flash website and I almost finish it but bcoz of ...more >>

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I thought I would post here to get some input before I submitted a bug report (or three or four dozen) regarding the new Flash CS3 IDE. First of all, to claim that it is new is really stretching semantics when to be honest it is the same interface with a couple of tweaks--most of which are no...more >>

Can anyone tell me how, via Actionscript, one can get an object to move via the press of a button to a desired reference point and scale up or down when it does so? This is probabably really basic but for a newbee like me it would probably be easier carrying this computer to the top of E...more >>

:confused; Hi Out there. Being a raw beginner I have downloaded a trial of Macromedia Flash 8 Professional. With this varsiom came a video tutorial about creating animated characters using the Cut out video method, which I am interested in. However although the trial is for Flash 8 prof...more >>

I installed Safari for Windows (AMD/Windows XP) without the options (no Bonjour) and found that it disabled Adobe Flash Video Encoder (tries to reinstall, can't find msi, can't reinstall from disk, 1 keeps asking for disk 1). Uninstalled Quicktime, didn't help. Uninstalled Safari, rebooted, st...more >>

Hi how can I programmatically duplicate a MC in AS3, as with the old duplicateMovieClip() function? Thanks in advance...more >>