I have a sound attached to a keyframe in the main timeline of my movie. The sound plays BEFORE the playhead reaches that keyframe. Event/Stream options don't seem to make any difference. Has anybody else had this problem, and do you know of a fix or workaround? - Dan ...more >>

Hi there - I'm building a tool that will allow users to visually change colors on a garment i.e. right sleeve is red, left sleeve is blue, etc. The base artwork is in Illustrator - black and white highlights and shadows give it a 3D look but are only possible via gradient meshes. Ideally...more >>

I have been noticing a difference in speed/smoothness between the flash player and the browser. I test the flash movie and it looks great. I open the movie in the flash player it looks great. Then I open the movie in my web browser (IE, Safari) and it runs slower. Quite a bit slower. Note I a...more >>

I have a guestbook which rolls out of the bottom of my gui. It is masked.....obviously...so you will only see it when it rolls out. The prob is my input text fields do not respon with the mask over them......If i remove the mask, they work perfectly fine......but then that defeats the whole pu...more >>

When i load movies to levels in flash and drop into html file, everything works fine........When I load movies to a target they do not show up in the browser ........They ane not there?........Someone please help!....... ...more >>

I have tried to export this SWF file, and It freezes @ aprox 50% completion. The Publish settings are identical to the FLA file, I tried changing the version's to 5 & 6 and it said that versin doesnt support my file !?! Im running MAC OS 10.2.8 Any suggestions would be greatley apprecia...more >>

Hi, I need to construct a flash navigation bar with functionality just like the one at www.miniusa.com right away, and have no clue as to where to start. I can't find this in the form of an example or tutorial anywhere on the web or in a book. Can someone please help me? ...more >>

Hello Please check this link to see if the swf is loading up. http://www.cre8x.co.uk/cre8xworld/3d.htm I would be interested to see what systems you are using to view it. Thanks very very much! Tony ...more >>

Hey :) I have a music picker on a site i'm working on - http://somersethouseinn.com/2004 You'll see [1] [2] [3] under the heading "tunes". I'm streaming 3 different mp3s off the server. Problem is that they take a few to start playing, and i'm concerned users will just keep clicking o...more >>

first off I'd like to have it known that I have never made a flash webpage before, but I am reletively knowledgable in flash I'm using Flash MX 2004 1. On the site I am trying to make I want to have it where for the "hover" of the mouse the backround changes to a color, at the last par...more >>

How do I get a new window to open such as "_blank" except that I dictate the size? I want to have a quicktime movie play in a new window slightly larger than the movie player....more >>

I made a video player so i can use it on my website with pre loaded video. I made it but don't know how to put the video in the flash player to start , stop or pause it. I need some ones advise to help me out. ...more >>

I am attempting to use a radio button in flash that can have its variable info collected in a database. Can anyone help me with this? How do you assign a variable to a radio button that can be handled from an Active Server Page and pulled into a database? ...more >>

I have found that with my Norton AV software set to block or prompt for ActiveX downloads that visiting the following websites result in Norton intervening: www.honda.com www.benjerry.com www.coraccess.com/ The following websites can be viewed with no visible Norton Intervention. ...more >>

Hello, I am new here, and I have two questions: [bullet]1. How do I make a line grow, as in start from a dot and make it elongate throughout a group of frames. Do I use motion tween? If so, how exactly? I understand the basics of motion tween, but since I just learned how to use it yest...more >>

Hello, I have a client who is adamant that their site be larger than 800x600, so that people on higher screen resolutions don't have a tiny little site to view. We still want to allow users on 800x600 to view the site, but not have to scroll or anything. Our solution was to develop at 10...more >>

When making a movie clip how do you turn it into a "plus sign within a circle?" It looks like the registration point symbol. When I right-click on it, I can edit the movie clip. It can only be highlighted in the timeline. ...more >>

Does anyone have a good idea on how to recreate a "Star Trek" type fade in for a graphic. I've been trying various masks but everything I have created it very bulky and not quite as smooth as I'd like it. This seems like it should be pretty simple but I've had no real luck. If anyone has an...more >>

Funny name for a program made by www.lostmarble.com But has anyone been using this program? I'd like to know if you have been finding it useful. ...more >>

In my movie I would like to display a large amount of text. I need to have the ability to style the text with fonts other then just html and it will probably be a large amount. I been trying to work it by using the scrollPane component, displaying a MC from my library, but have the followin...more >>

Hi, I've been given some .fla files made on 'the latest version of flash' but when I try to open them on Flash MX, I get the error 'unexpected file format', am I right in assuming the most likely cause is that I need to upgrade to Flash MX20004 ?? Is MX2004 als referredt o as 'Flash 7' ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to fins an online resource that sells icons or bitmap for visual buttons and site navigation, But I can't find a good one. I checked clipart.com, but their buttons don't look professional. Could anyone refer me to such website? Any help would be apprecited, Allan ...more >>

could anyone help me out please check this link http://www.24-7media.de/ i need to work on this type of navigation .. i was seraching on google but i found only a component could anyonve help me out. Thanks Mukti ...more >>

Hello, Can anyone give me feedback on the performance of this flash webpage? The only working button is on the bottom right. It's the button called "contact us." Thanks for your help. http://highintencity.com/test14.html ...more >>

Does anyone know how to make a link in a dynamic text box go to another frame in the timeline instead on an external URL? I will love you forever if you do. I've been cheating by doing symbols underneath my text up until now and having them "goto" a frame but it doesn't work with dynamic tex...more >>

I got a flash mx website template, I have flash mx 2004 to do the design work. Will I need any other product to upload the site to my host when the design is done?? Thanks in advance!!...more >>

I got a flash mx website template, I have flash mx 2004 to do the design work. Will I need any other product to upload the site to my host when the design is done?? Thanks in advance!!...more >>

Ok I can make every button work for my web pages but one button. This one button won't go to my fourm. I was just wondering why. Can any one help me....more >>

I would like to know the proper way to create meta tags for a flash site that will be picked up by the spiders of the search engines what i am trying out right now is not working effectively! Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

hi everybody... now, i've got a variable N that is a number > 0 now i've got another variable X... its value must be the same as the variable JimN where JimN is a variable i called from an external file for example.... Jim1 = "abc" Jim2 = "def" Jim3 = "ghi" Jimn = "lmn" if n = 1 the...more >>

I have an effect created in After Effects that I want to reproduce in Flash. An example of the video is here: http://www.ericabrade.com/flash/example.html. I've tried a few different things but nothing seems to work. It seems to require a mask with a gradient and radom placement of the lines ...more >>

Yeah, I exported my flash movie as an swf file and I've sent it to a couple of my buds to see what they thought of it. However, their flash player wouldn't play it and I dunno why....Does anyone know how I can maybe upload it and how would I do that? ...more >>

Pardon the newbie question. II've searched deeply, and not been able to find anything useful. Is there a way to begin playing an embeded flash (e.g. test.swf) animation say 30 seconds into the animation? For example, let's say I have an animation that last 5 minutes... but for advanced ...more >>

hi all, i have a problem designing a logo animation. the logo is like a snake, the animation reveals the drawing step by step. you can check the website http://www.os-design.com/. the animation is a .avi file, too big (500ko). can i do the same effect on Flash (small file) ? i tried on Plasma,...more >>

I have a flash movie which dynamically loading mp3 from the same site. It works fine with PC but doesn't work under Mac, it stucks with proloading. Any hints that may cause this are highly appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, ive been looking into creating a menu bar for a site im creating, on that other buttons come out from once one button is rolled over. in fact, one just like this site would be really nice, obviously i dont want to copy it, but you get the idea. originally, i was going to use fireworks, ...more >>

Can anyone here tell me how to make a nice looking photo album in flash. Also if u have any tutorials that would be great. Just startin out in flash web-design, and i tryin to build my skill base....more >>

Hi all, This is my first flash site and I am fairly new to flash but quickly catching on. There is one problem problem I am having. My html page background is black and so is the the background on my flash movie but before the movie preloads there is a white square in the place that...more >>

How can I prevent my files to be store into the computer after visiting the site, like the SWF gets stored in the computer, and after I update the file and upload it, then try to visit the site, it shows the same old one. Any ideas how can I let it check for nw once every time? Thanks. ...more >>

I'm building a bunch of video samples for my website using flash movies. They open in pop-up windows but when they are done playing the window remains open. There must be a way of sending a close window command to the browser from the flash movie. I've searched the documentation and the clo...more >>

I would like coments on design, speed and capatibility. Thanks...more >>

I created some Flash button for my site. They look pretty cool and do what I want them too,(fading in and out), but they don't go to the page they are supposedly linked to. If anyone could help me that would be great. Some feedback on my site would also be appreciated. Thanks [L=Here is my...more >>

What browser is your friend running? It sounds like he is using netscape or Mozilla or something similar. I don't thank it is a flash player version issue. If it is a browser issue it has a fix. I am surprised you cannot select Flash 5 in MX 2004. I can in mine. I can publish for Flash player ...more >>

how can i make fire in flash... i guessing a mask can help me , but still i dont know how to do it... thank you! ...more >>

I downloaded fiew pixel fonts, made everything in flash mx, dynamic, size and position 0,0 0,0, BUT, it only displays like PIXEL FONTS on my computer, on everybody elses, it doesn't, I noticed it could be a difference because I have these fonts in my system/fonts allready...all those damn tutoria...more >>

I've seen some flash sites that size themselves in relation to the size of the IE window. As the IE window size alters, the flash dymanically resizes itself so that its always visible. Can someone tell me how this is achieved and where can I get the code from to do this? Thanks. Matt. ...more >>

Hi all, I have been looking at flash mx for 3 weeks ans made a site, its not perfect I know as its only a first attempt. but fresh eyes make a better judge, Im having some issues with the booking form formatting the final email, ive been actualy building it for a whole week so im sorta tired o...more >>

I am running Flash MX on Windows XP ... I have about 10 .gif images that I want to simply rotate one after the other with a slight pause in between each image .... What is the easiest way to go about doing this? Any help is appreciated! ...more >>

Im trying to have three MP3 files stream from my website using sound objects. They are music files and i want the user to be able to choose each of the songs in turn and play them. Have it working on my hard drive but when i try from the server it prompts me to download the songs. Not what i w...more >>

couple of quest. 1. everytime when you add an instance of a sound file, does it increase the size of movie file? 2. Is it possible to stop the duration of a longer sound file when the movie's timeline finishes? For eg. if the movie is only for 20 sec and the sound file is for 30 sec, how d...more >>

Please check this site: http://www.landscapingconcepts.com I'm getting complaints about images not loading with dial-up users. I'm not sure what the problem is? The site works fine with high speed connections. ...more >>

Hi I have made a site and its about 1mb, when you open it the page will say opening in the browser and wont show the site untill its fully loaded and then theres no point in a preloader. Ive seen other flash sites that are bigger than mine and they show right away, do i need to use two swf f...more >>

Try this: Take an image(jpeg, gif whatever) that contains some lines . Cut the image in 2 smaller images and create an html and put those images in a html table so the initial image will be created. Now let's say take the left image and insert it in a swf flash file. In flash set the image s...more >>

Well, I'm working on my disclaimer dialog and some other dialogs in my site (http://www.geocities.com/matt_atknsn). I made a disclaimer dialog and want it to be draggable only when: onCLipevent(mousedown) and the click is inside this movie clip and when it is visible. Does this mean I ha...more >>

Is there a way to have the scroll bar appear on the left side as opposed to the right side for a text area component?...more >>

Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem here. I am currently creating my flash site and have almost completed it. I have also created the buttons. The problem which I have is linking one flash page to another. How do I do that. How do I create a link from one page to another.Thanks. ...more >>

Hopefully someone will be able to help. I am working on a flash site - this is all very new to me! On the stage my text window is large enough and my scroll is plenty to be able to view all my text........except for that when i test the movie about 1/2 of my text is not there.......i scroll ...more >>

Does anybody know how I can have a single Flash file (a navigation bar) highlight the section you're in once you click on a piece of the navigation? Right now if you click on a button in the movie and it loads a URL, it refreshed the page (and Flash file) so the movie starts again at frame ...more >>

Does anyone know how to target the parent window that launches a flash movie from within the flash movie? I want to close the flash presentation down and forward the parent html windo to a new url. So clicking on a button in the flash presentation targets the parent window formwards to a...more >>

Hey all I'm having a wee bit of trouble on my site design. I have a button and thats all good but it what i want the button to do. I want it to bring up text and leave it there until the user wants to change buttons so like if i were to have a home button then the user would click it an...more >>

www.onenterframe.net/lanber2000/v2.html Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm a bit of a novice with flash. I have a drop-down DHMTL menu on my site and have added a flash animation underneath. Unfortunately, the flash plays over the drop-down menus thus hiding the menu options. I've tried using layers and resetting the z-index which works ok with ordinary ...more >>

Every time I import a hi res image into flash it goes fuzzy. Is there anyway of sorting out this problem...more >>

(UPDATE....several others have verified that the ProgressBar/Loader component does not work in IE 6....however works perfect in Test Movie Mode, NN, Firefox, Opera. Does anyone know how to make it work in IE???) I've been researching this on the web and MM site for several days and have no...more >>

Hi, I have been trying to create a rollover button in Flash MX (Windows) for a few hours now, but without much luck. I created a couple of bitmap images (GIFs), and set up the appropriate Up, Over, Down and Hit states. As a result, the button functions properly, but does not look right. ...more >>

Help, I am a novice. How do you make a direct link from a button to a pdf file? thanks....more >>