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all groups > macromedia flash sitedesign > october 2004 > threads for october 1 - 7, 2004

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Smeared Images - please help!
Posted by Wertwog at 10/7/2004 9:08:15 PM
Hi On some of my flash sites, some, but not all, images (pngs) appear completely blurred out, smeared with lines through them.. This only happens on certain PC machines and not others...browser issue? version issue? video cards? Don't know. The builds have been in MX 2004 exported as Flash...more >>


Loading screen
Posted by Matthew Kelly at 10/7/2004 10:40:52 AM
i'm looking to produce a simple loading screen for my web site any help would be greatly appriciated cheers!...more >>

linking from one flash document to another
Posted by eclecticelectrix at 10/7/2004 5:14:16 AM
okay, i have one flash movie that's like a start page with buttons to go to the other sections of the site i am building, and those other sections are in another flash movie in the form of slides. i am very new at this whole thing, and i am sure that there is an obvious answer to my question, ...more >>

Please,show me use Motion guide !!!!
Posted by hhdtrang at 10/7/2004 3:56:34 AM
Hello ! I have a picture .I want to have a effect on the picture . For examples : a car or a line run on the street . Please , help me Thanks a lot Best regrads Doan Trang "I can't upload my picture to everyone see.I don't know why " ...more >>

Keep Flash from Palying again
Posted by malonzo2 at 10/7/2004 3:20:07 AM
I'm trying to stop my flash into header on my webpage from playing all over again when I return to the homepage within the site. I don't want the user to be bombarded with the flash intro again once they go back to the main homepage. Unless they hit Replay of course. But I would only want it t...more >>

check box verification
Posted by pivotalhorizon at 10/6/2004 7:40:27 PM
Hello everyone. Thanks for taking a moment to look at my question. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Simply speaking, I have two checkboxes and a button. I'd like the user to be able to advance to the next page by clicking the button, only if both checkboxes have been checked. If th...more >>

Flash Menus
Posted by Galashiels Web Design at 10/6/2004 5:11:25 PM
Hi, Ok i'll admit it i have no idea what to do when it comes to making flash menus. After all i am only 13, but still, i have my own company. However i would really apprecieate it if you could give me some advice on making them. I would be even greatfull if you could maybe make it for me...more >>

disappearing buttons?
Posted by robophonics at 10/6/2004 3:29:45 PM
Hey can any one help? i made a simple audio player with a play and stop button. It has a little animation next to the buttons where the word "listen" fades in and out. when i insert the movie into a page in dreamweaver only the animation shows up. the buttons only appear once you roll over...more >>



frame speed question
Posted by Nate Kadlac at 10/6/2004 10:26:38 AM
I don't have a dial up connection to test this, but I was curious if I have about a 30-50k file, and I set the FPS at 24, would it play smoothly or should I be careful in coding the movie to play at only 12-15 FPS? ...more >>

gradient fill looks blurry
Posted by smiter at 10/6/2004 6:08:55 AM
Hi all, I created a background for my movie with a gradient fill (in flash, not a bitmap), but it looks blurry / pixelated in my browser. Is this normal? Is this only on my monitor? Is there a better way to make nice smooth gradient fills? http://www.ronaldvangelderen.com/RVG_flash/ ...more >>

flash header
Posted by lewis2 at 10/6/2004 5:23:12 AM
I need to learn how to create a flash header in less than 24 hours, can anyone suggest the best and easiest way for me to do that? I am literally stuck....more >>

Newbie help please
Posted by kenshejoe at 10/6/2004 3:56:47 AM
Take a look at this site www.nike.com. I'm trying to create this affect and I'm having very little success. I can't get my images to fade accross smoothly. My pictures are choppy. I can't figure out if they are using one picture or a sliced picture timed very well. This is my first flash...more >>

Cloud effect gone array
Posted by ekora at 10/5/2004 11:33:07 PM
Need some help with something. I made a cloud effect on a site I'm designing...but it seems to shift the fps to aroun5.0 when I have it set to 24.0....I tried doign a motion tween at first, that's when I first noticed how sluggish it was...then I used the following script that I found: on...more >>

Scrolling Text
Posted by StargrrlGrafx at 10/5/2004 6:48:22 PM
I have a flash movie that contains scrolling text. I don't seem to be able to edit the font or the size, only the color. Is this normal? http://www.antoniomusic.com/schedule I'm just about to post it. I want this font to be arial and at least 12pt size. TIA Amelia ...more >>

Hello People .. Guess what I need some advice LOL
Posted by DJS2C at 10/5/2004 6:42:33 PM
Hi I am a print designer who has never done web work , but in the spirit of bravado I have around 10 months to produce a smashing e-commerce primerily with internet only tune downloads (for a charge), and lots of things to buy. Also free streaming movie and much more.. I like Flash sites so I ...more >>

site check pretty please
Posted by Bionicegg at 10/5/2004 4:37:39 PM
Can you guys please look at these two layouts and tell me which you prefer? http://www.bionicegg.com/bg/index1.htm http://www.bionicegg.com/bg/ ...more >>

Site Review
Posted by Adman2004 at 10/5/2004 4:17:25 PM
I have just uploaded the home page for my new company web site: www.DavisAdvertisingInc.com I also uploaded the other basic pages as jpeg's at: http://davisadvertisinginc.com/images/ For now, it only shows a simple animation. and there will be more later, as well as other pages. I ...more >>

Help with buttons!
Posted by Chino86 at 10/5/2004 4:06:29 PM
I've just downloaded this to make a website and I've already hit a problem. Ive tried to make a simple flash form application with the parent screen and two child forms. I put a button symbol on the parent screen and make it so when clicked it goes to the next screen. On the next two forms ...more >>

Pre-loader help!
Posted by shush at 10/5/2004 2:21:47 PM
I want to create a pre-loader for my site but have no clue where to begin, I want a percentage bar and also want a effect of a glass filling up as the percentage goes up so it becomes totally full as it reaches 100% can this be done, and how can I go about doing this? ...more >>

best way to scroll
Posted by macron at 10/5/2004 1:21:37 AM
hi all, what's the best way to scroll a combination of text and images that contain hyperlinks? thankx, macron....more >>

Flash List Component
Posted by Freakoftheweek at 10/4/2004 8:37:05 PM
Is it possible to use the Flash List component like a drop down menu (combo box) that whenever the end user selects whatever option that it takes them to an url? I would also like to grab the display options (within the list box if possible) from a MSSQL DB. One column within the table has the...more >>

Get copy of this flash file from website, how?
Posted by tanada smith at 10/4/2004 12:36:12 PM
http://distance.nmsu.edu/sop/index.html On the school page above, they have several tutorials. If you click on the link called "Reading & Replying to Email Messages" for example, a macromedia flash file will start. I want to copy this file to my computer so I can run it from my desktop with...more >>

Swf file too big
Posted by diazish at 10/4/2004 1:18:11 AM
I created a flash movie and the size is 9mb. It takes too long to load online. What I am trying to do is build a photo gallery on my website. Any suggestions on how I can make my swf load quicker??? Please help :( ...more >>

Load HTML with Images?
Posted by j1e1g1 at 10/3/2004 7:29:06 PM
Hi, I have a dynamic textbox that renders html when a user clicks on a button. For example, if a user clicks on the 'About' button, an about.html page is loaded into the dynamic textbox. I'm not sure if this is intended (after all, it is a textbox), but I cannot seem to get images in the...more >>

I need smoother animation, damnit
Posted by tommyguns at 10/3/2004 3:11:29 AM
My site isn't running as smooth as it should. The frame rate is 41. I've cut down on using masks and alphas. I'm using a preloader, of course. I ran through every frame to cut down on file sizes. I'm still very unsatisfied. WHAT FACTORS SLOW DOWN ANIMATION??????????? I'm at my w...more >>

load URL to main page
Posted by TreeC at 10/2/2004 11:29:25 PM
I'm building my first all flash site. As exciting as it is, I'm so frustrated. When do you get over this mountain of a learning curve? Just as soon as I figure something out, I try to do something else, and hit another brick wall!! Thank God for these forums or I would have given up long ...more >>

Flash index download
Posted by Patrik Rohdin at 10/2/2004 5:03:00 PM
May i, in some way, get a flash site up, which "reads" from different folders, and then posting the information into the flash-movie, for example, if i got a folder with let's say 14 pictures. then i'd like flash to read the filename, with path, and clickable, so that visitors can download...more >>

none *.swf in Temporary Internet files folder
Posted by and2 at 10/2/2004 12:08:33 PM
Hello, I wonder why there is not any .swf in temporary internet files folder when I visit some sites, for exmaple http://www2.ivonnereyes.net/web/main.asp Somebody knows how to get them? Regards ...more >>

stroke and fill color
Posted by patrose at 10/1/2004 3:40:07 AM
I am learning flash mx. While trying to draw some setting went wrong and now whatever I draw it show only layer color as stroke color and background color as fill color. While previewing to publish movie it shows corrct fill color and stroke color. what went wrong in flash mx setting ? ...more >>


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