I have a website with flash on it and I cant seem to get it to load fast enough. I need help with working with flash files that will not take a day to download. I see many sites that are 100% flash and load in an instant, even navigation menus. How do they do it? Help here will be grea...more >>

http://www.dcobbinah.co.uk/bridgette its not finished. i just want to know what you see with regards to the preloader and the main site. reason for me stressin is because the preloader is one swf. and the main movie is another swf file. ...more >>

The original discussion was "TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK". I've tried everything that was suggested and I'm still unable to find a solution to get the planet to revolve around the sun and become invisible when it rotates around the back of the sun. I tried attaching my Flash movie but all I receiv...more >>

thanks for reading. i was subcontracted 3 projects by a design firm earlier this morning (received the email around 7 am.), two site-mock ups (just images (2) of what the sites will look like, no functionality) and a fully functional flash web site. sounds fine, expect the projects are all suppos...more >>

I've a client who is afraid of using Flash in their site. Can you tell me if there's a fail safe plug-in detection system? I know I can create a Flash and non Flash site but that's my last option. I'd much rather build a site which uses Version4 SWFs and have a sniffer page which looks for that p...more >>

íå õóÿ íåòó øðèôòîô åáàíûõ Êèðèëèöû! ïîä MX2004 à ÿæ áëÿ õî÷ó íîðìàëüíî ðàáîòàòü.. ...more >>

Hi all I have a button which plays a movie clip on the over state. however if you come of the hit area the mc stops. is there a way of letting the mc play to end regardless of where the mouse has moved to, once it has started? thanks for any info as ever -- keen to learn @ hotm...more >>

I have just uploaded an edited flash template to my web space. When the web address is selected, the viewer is presented with the blank page only showing a link to the .swf file, which when selected opens up the web site as it should be. How the hell do I get it to load automatically? Help pl...more >>

I read the Flash help, which says to save Illustrator files as version 8 if you want to import them to Flash. I imported a test circle graphic with a gradient to see the results, and that worked fine. The file I'm now trying to import is a larger scene. Don't know if that would make a difference. Bu...more >>

I am wanting to reduce the file size of a few photos in my Flash file, and tracing shold do this, as i understand. I intend using the settings: Color Threshold: 10 Minimum Area: 1 pixel Curve Fit: Pixels Corner Threshold: Many Corners Is there somewhere in Fl...more >>

http://www.dyson.co.uk/game/ These are way cool, many levels, some seem impossible, I wonder? I am totaly stuck on level 9 on CLIC, working my way down, help! ...more >>

Hi, I'm a beginner user of flash.... having a problem need to be solved asap...thanks! I'm building a website that I wanna have a flash image included. Anyone know how to make a b/w image into a colour image "gradually"? start from the top and end at the bottom, its like the colour image appears ...more >>

Does anyone know or have any insight on how this was created? http://www.templatemonster.com/show.php?templ=3255&cat_type=cat&type=1&arg1=60&arg2=&order=date Its the most realistic wave motion i have ever seen and want to mimic it. ...more >>

Is this a problem for anyone else? I have undocked some panels and moved them over to another screen so I can increase my design space. What a hassle! It seems as though the Properties panel is not viewable if the Actions/Help panel is visible. Resizing panels is a hassle too. Is it me, my mach...more >>

I have been trying to figure out the solution to this problem I'm having for a week almost. Specifically, I'm trying to get a planet to revolve around the sun but not be visible in the back of the sun as it goes around it. I'm using Flash 5. I've tried having the planet rotate on a motion guid...more >>

Hello there again, If you take a look at http://www.macromedia.com, and right-click on the big advert (which is currently about some guy and MX 2004), you would only see "settings" and "about Macromedia Flash Player". What happened to the rest such as "play", "quality", "rewind" etc? How can they...more >>

Please can anyone tell me how this effect was done on this site (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/games/default.asp. I think it's some kind of masking effect. Please I ask again, how was it done? Can someone give me a detailed step (as a newbie) of how I can achieve this effect with 2 or 3 images....more >>

hi I tried to use the component color picker version 1.0. Basically, I want the user to select the font color for input text. I put an input box with an instance name of mytext and dragged color picker from the component window to the stage. The color picker asks for a handle. Wh...more >>

I have buttons on my page for navigation, and the words that I've typed on them are acting like text, not like a part of the image. Is there any way I can make it so when you scroll over the text, it just acts like any other part of the button? ...more >>

The creature is comming, hope you like it !! www.lacriatura.com Please write your comments, thaks !!...more >>

Hi, all. I'm pretty new to Flash, using MX. Please help me understand loading movies as opposed to loading scenes. I understand that they are both on-demand schemes, allowing the viewer to see what they want, which can bypass the need for a preloader. However, if you split a file into many swfs...more >>

hello, is it possible to have a .loadmovie variable and let it show on the screen, so i can manually move it around. When i had tried it before, it did not show until i could save it as a swf file. But the problem was it is in the wrong place. There was no way i could move it any place. I...more >>

Hi everyone, How do I make a text field dynamically fit its contents? I have a movie clip instance, called "macromedia", which holds a dynamic text area, called "myText". The frame script in the mc says: myText = this._name; so when the movie is published, myText reads "macromedia". T...more >>

I have a scrollable dynamic text box which loads a txt file perfectly in the Flash Player, but when I open it in my browser, it will not load the text. The box is just blank! When I move my cursor over the box in the browser, it tranforms to the "text cursor", but I don't see any text. What's goi...more >>

hi there, I am new to the macromedia forums, I hope to gain some new insight into web design, and hopefully find out where I have gone wrong. my portfolio site is here http://www.grafichouse.co.uk I am very proud of the flash version it's only the second flash site I have made so far it taught m...more >>

Hi, I would hugely appreciate help with learning how to do remote or disjointed rollovers in Flash 5. (Meaning, I want to roll over a symbol and have a graphic or text appear elsewhere on the screen, then disappear when I move off the symbol. This is so easy in Photoshop and Dreamweaver, it must ...more >>

Ok, Prior to asking this question on the board I went around and found a few links about music compression but they were so vague i wanted a better answer and the only link i found was from 2001...... well my question is what is the best method to compress or have music play in a flash movie? i ...more >>

HI... I am trying to over lap 2 images on top of each other and want to fade from one to the other. The tricky part for me is that I want to have a gradient fading out from left to right erasing the top image to reveal the bottom image. I have tried masking and it works but the masking will have a s...more >>

I am new at all this and need to know which web hosts are best to support a flash web site. Also if anyone knows of a book or tutorial for taking a completed Flash site from computer to the web. (MAC) ...more >>

http://www.nofriendlydrop.com/test/nfdsite.swf i put up a test of my first flash site and the links (learn, etc.) don't work. even though i have all the proper swf's loaded on the server and it works perfectly in my swf player. i can't think of a reason why my site would work locally and not on t...more >>

Creating Outlines in Illustrator Question - Please Reply ASAP I have a logo that I have to animate in Flash 5, but I don't have the font and I don't know what it is. I have a Photoshop file of the logo. How do I transport it into Illustrator and create an outline of it so I can use it as an ima...more >>

i have been having trouble with shape tweening. WHenever i change the tween form motion to shape, i get a dotted line, not an unbroken one. Can someone help me out or give me .fla file that has a shape tween on it? thank you! ...more >>

Hello all, I created a dynamic text field in which there is a lot of text being loaded from a txt file. I drag and drop the scrollbar component onto the text box for it to snap to, but it doesn't snap to it, or resize to fit it. I also tried to put the text box into a MC, then snap the scroll...more >>

hi my portfolio site is finally complete. hope you all like it: www.fidgetbrain.com :) -- Martin Threlfall http://www.fidgetbrain.com ...more >>

I have buttons to where when you roll over them, an image appears an the opposite side of the stage. Half my buttons work to where the image only appears on the roll over state of the actual button. But half work that way, and when you roll over the area where the image would appear, as if the ima...more >>

is the re a way to have a button launch a fixed size popup, and then have the popup have a button which gives the option to print? Thanks ...more >>

Could anybody direct me to some simple Flash text tutorials? I am a complete beginner and have worked on the tutorials that come with Flash MX but I would like to work on some simple Flash texts for my sites. Thanks Regards Brian ...more >>

I am having problems with importing jpgs and gifs. I create a nice graphic with shadows in Photoshop. I want to be able to import them into flash MX and use them in my interface but i keep getting the white background and when i trace bitmap (which takes forever) it looks bad because i stilll get a ...more >>

Any one with good Flash Skills would be interested in working on a flash layout for a Fan site for Linkin Park called "[DLP]" (Digital Linkin Park). We are looking for people who would work with us cheap or for free. We will give out Linkin Park content to everyone who helps us with the site. ...more >>

this is neat how the head appears 3D like. http://www.oddcast.com/vhost/bush/host.php?id=1 I looked on Flashkit for anything similar but can't find, anyone have any FLAs of just the face actions? Thanks ...more >>

I need to know how to scroll text using flash 4, ive tryed looking about the net for answers but I cant seem to find a thing. It needs to scroll inside the site like http://www.rampage.dj/helptxtscroll.jpg If anyone can help me out with this I would appreciate it very much!!! ...more >>

Hi all! I have a very easy question for you (as I think :) ) but it is a little bit hard for me.. My request is : I want to hide the Flash ActionScript in my Flash movie.. so if anyone tried to open it by any program that opens the Action Script.. he can't do that.. My friend did that......more >>

look thi Graffiti sites: http://www.2destroyerz.com THAT'S GOOD what do you things??? hi ...more >>

Im a bit of a novice with flash and was wondering if there was anyway to get a ball to follow a curved line??? Thanks ...more >>