Consider me a blank sheet of paper when it comes to Flash. I bought CS3 Web Edition for Photoshop and Dreamweaver but I know nothing about Flash. Is this were I can learn? I want to wave lines...simple task? Not for me. Is there anyone who can get me started? A book suggestion, maybe? ...more >>

Hi, I imported a video as a flv and when I play the file it ends showing the first frame of the video. How can I get it to play and end, and show, the last frame. Thanks in advance!...more >>

Hey - check out --> http://ckdesigns.cc/ The site uses a really cool transition between images. Anyone know what component they use to accomplish this? Or if there's an ActionScript snippet I can use to achieve a similar effect? Thanks! ...more >>

Hey there I just got a new laptop with Windows Vista installed my Flash MX 2004 and whenever I try to import an audio file (mp3 or wav) Flash crashes. I'm able to open old files and the audio on them works fine. PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks! ...more >>

I'm working in Flash 8. I have a movie clip that is a drawer that opens up with some combo boxes on it. I entered 3 labels but when I publish my swf and open the drawer, the combo boxes are blank. I can click on the boxes to open them and see my list, but even when I select one from the list...more >>

Hi, thanks for viewing. I want to create an effect of a washing machine with a window (mask) and have a revolving image underneath. The image inderneath would be a jpg of a gradient mesh made in illustrator and would give a psychadelic effect. in otherwords a clourful mesh 3 times the size of...more >>

Hello, I use LightWave 3D to create a set of characters that are simple talking heads. Composited in Mirage and edited in VT4, it's all bitmap images. You can see a sample here: www.subversive-entertainment.com That version was intended for TV but isn't going to sell. I'd like to try...more >>

For some reason my flash 8 is not publishing swf files as it was - suddenly alpha fades are not showing up on published files, they are at 100% all the time. The publish settings are set at the default version 8 format using action script 2.0 so I don't know why its doing it? I recently instal...more >>

Does anyone know how this gallery is done? Is there a template for this somewhere? http://flaviovargas.cl/galeria.htm Thanks, Greg...more >>

Does anyone know how to create subscripts within text or insert Greek characters for mathematics equations? Using Flash MX 2004. This is all adobe has: http://www.adobe.com/go/1959eceb Does anyone know a workaround that isn't inserting a graphic file in place for the glyph that I need?...more >>

Okay, I'm getting really confused. Here's what's happening and my steps: 1) Created a new Flash document, 230x100 2) Made a box with a gradient fill on the first layer and locked the layer 3) Created a new layer with a keyframe at frame 1 4) Created a new symbol named banner1 5) Made a sim...more >>

Hi everyone, I had a gentleman ask me if I could fix a problem with a demo video on his website. The problem was that the video was choppy and stuttered. I re-encoded the original from dvd using Flash Video Encoder (cs2) and placed the resulting flash video in a web page on my server (to rul...more >>

I built a quiz from one of the standard flash templates, and I'm having a little problem. Basically, the answers for the multiple choice answers are too long to fit in the space alloted. They end up getting cut off. I know how to resize the checkbox component horizontally, but I can't get i...more >>

Hello, I need a little help, as I have made a site that seems to crash just about every browser not using the newest Flash-player. I believe it has something to do with shared fonts accessed through a shared library swf, but I am not sure. Everything is coded in AS3 in Flash CS3. Here is t...more >>

Hi, If you look at this template, you can the black shape which enters the screen in the middle. Does anyone know what its called? I think its just a shape tween, but I don't understand how they get the shape to come in the way it does. http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/136...more >>

Short and sweet. How do you make an "anchor point" in flash. Like the one you can make in Dreamweaver i.e. Jump to top....more >>

Hi, Quickie: Have 12 layers. Base layer has some text (mcWelcome) and a popup on layer 8 with some text plays over it. When I do a a href link to bring up the next mcTextfield combination on top of the layer 8 the new layer goes under all other layers even though its on layer 10 (it...more >>

I am working on my wedding website, and everything I have read says I can use the <img> tag to place images into text fields using HTML tags. I use loadVars to load HTML text into a dynamic field, and it puts space in my text for the picture, but displays it over the edge of my text box, shif...more >>

I imported a raw fireworks png file and now Flash is auto converting every thing I draw into a "Drawing Object" How do I get rid of it? Please help!...more >>

Tried this Acrobat forum first then it was suggested I try the Flash forum. I have a workflow which goes from Flash to Acrobat to Illustrator (all CS3). A perfectly smooth looking circular object in Flash becomes segmented into a series of straight lines when printed to the Acrobat 8 PDF dri...more >>

Hi, First of all I need do ask to all users of this group if I could participate in this NewsGroup. I'm a beginner in flash and in computer world. Recently I received a ActionScript code for a Button but I do not understand the lines of code that are bellow: on (release) { if (_r...more >>

Hello Can you help me with this issue - I publish HTML from Flash ME 2004 Mac. On Safari it looks OK I bring the HTML+SWF to a PC Double click on the HTML, on the explorer I get the expected message about the active X I "yes" it to allow. Then I see the square with ? "press spacebar o...more >>