I need help ASAP. I have a flash file that contains a piece of road on it. There is small movie files withing the file that makes the road appear to be moving. Ony problem is...it is backwards. I need to have this reversed and can't figure it out. Send me a note if you can help mlaurie@ns.s...more >>

"manhattan_joe" is a spammer - his posts are hoaxes and are only for personal gain - dont click his link - it only improves the life of some online game character by the number of hits the page gets. he has been reported and soon will be deleted. ...more >>

Hi you all, I was wondering how this "writing" effect of "jkrowling" was done in flash. You can check it out at http://www.jkrowling.com. And if possibly, is there anywhere I can get tutorials on how this kind of text effect can be done? Thnaks in anticipation. Big Will... ...more >>

Hi you all, I was wondering how this "writing" effect of "jkrowling" was done in flash. You can check it out at http://www.jkrowling.com. And if possibly, is there anywhere I can get tutorials on how this kind of text effect can be done? Thnaks in anticipation. Big Will... ...more >>

Is it possible to have more than 1 motion tween on a layer? . .. .Every time I try to add more than one, or paste one from another layer onto a layer with an existing layer, the 1st tween is duplicated instead of the 2nd one being added. ...more >>

Has anybody had experience with decompiling SWF files and rebuilding them as FLA? Are there any 'caveat emptors' one should be aware of before getting in too deep? ...more >>

OK guys, this is a new char I put on a website. Having trouble, it doesnt seem to move much. Let me know what you think pls. http://www.highercirclesmusic.com/test Thanks, MJ...more >>

Hey all, does anyone know where to find information on: how to load a movie, stop, then with the click of another button (loading different movie) the current movie finishes or moves away, then begins the new (selected) movie? does that make sense? as opposed to a simple unload movie com...more >>

It doesn't seem that my Flash sites will send a referer variable no mater what I try. I've been searching and it doesn't seem like too many people have this problem because I can only find a links about it with no solutions. I run a web design company and I want to keep track of my sites tha...more >>

i dont get it, they have like 95% of the computer market, yet, they can't do ..pngs properly.... why!??! i own a mac, and they can handle transparent .pngs, yet, our fellow counterpart.... the pc.... messes with them? i dont understand? ill show you what i mean... http://www.jamieroy.com/j...more >>

How can I exclude a few first frames from looping? I'm trying to make animation which when it is started doesn't need to lopp first 10 frames. Thanks! ...more >>

I have made a toolbar with a drop down menu. Well I only wanted the toolbar to be seen when I loaded it up in flash, and when you click the button for the drop down menu to open, then it would show. Well, when I loaded the toolbar up in dreamweaver, I set the height of the table to the height ...more >>

I am importing an external text from a text file into my swf, I tried to use <P ALIGN=CENTER></P>, but then the whole text disappears. I am sure the text field is formated html, and I am also using <B></B which works on its own, but trying to align to center don't do. Any ideas? Thanks. ...more >>

I have Macromedia Studio MX which includes Flash. Have never used it so I need help to do what is probably a simple job. I also have a simple (I guess) .fla file with 3 pictures in it. I want to change the 3 pics in the file with 3 pics of my own. Can someone point me to a tutorial or if r...more >>

Hey everyone, I'm having issues with a Flash program I'm making in MX 2004 Pro. I just made a new screen (there must be about 25 total now), and while it is definitely set to visible:false to make sure it doesn't just show up, it does. As soon as I start the movie, that screen is what comes ...more >>

Hey all, I just started with Flash Video (and i didn't see a topic so i figured this would be the best place for it) and I need to integrate it onto a website. Is it possible to get quality like in the commercial on the http://www.heineken.com/usa/thematrix_microsite/usa/ They have a ...more >>

Hi all, I recently set up a new mobile phone games web site (http://www.mobilegamesfactory.com - gotta get my plug in ;-)) and since then I've been tinkering with the idea of building my own Mobile blogging web site too using PHP and MySQL. Now because such sites rely more heavily on phone...more >>

Hello, I need testers.... The timeTracker is a simple flash tool to keep track of tasks you are working on. Enter a task, click proceed to go to the timer screen. You can edit/delete tasks and generate an html report. It saves to a flash cookie for later use. http://www.stcassociates....more >>

I am trying to solve this - couldnt understand how to look for this on the flash MX tutorial: When using button hit area for an image which is larger then the button itself. somehow i cannot define the area right and the large image size become the hit area instead the one i defined what...more >>

I'm going trough some troubles whenever I load dynamic txt files as dynamic texts in my .swf file. The texts almost always loads fine, but after characters like "&" the texts disappears. For example if my txt file content was " Happy Birthday, Happy Christmas & New Year". In the dynamic tex...more >>

I've seen a few people ask this question, but none have gotten an answer. It's probably something no one can quite figure out. Well, here goes: I am designing a site in flash with a JPEG as a background for the title bar, and navigation buttons that are layered on top of the JPEG. Ever...more >>

Hi, I'm a complete novice to Flash, and I have access to Flash MX. I came across a website with a cool flash effect. http://www.annamod.com/ Basically the site has three panes of alternating photos that move from left to right, creating the illusion of movement. Understated, yet cool. ...more >>

I set up my buttons as thumbnails to target specific frames in order to see a bigger image. But when I made a scroller with the thumbnails, the buttons didn't work. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Ok i been messing around for this for a while and it still loads way slow... i am making an intro for a web page. and the fasts way i have found it loads is just having it be like "www.blah.swf" i have tried putting it in the html though dw and i have tried to just publish it as a web page. ...more >>

Hi, I have a site that is set-up the following way: A standard flash movie is embeded into a standard HTML page. That Flash movie is a preloader that loads a Flash Screens Form application. The Flash Form application has 9 screens total. 6 screens have a fade-in transition applied ...more >>

Hey all, Just wondering if anyone used Photoshop to make backgrounds/templates for their Flash websites...I know they aren't a perfect match due to the bitmap/vector differences...just curious more than anything... -- Danny- www.Meridian12.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Viru...more >>

Could someone please take a look at www.ritzparis.com I have a client that really likes that passover effect on the logo. Does anyonw know how to do that? Thanks!!...more >>

i was searchin aliendj in google.com, the second result was this: [FLASH] I PREFFER A HIGH QUALITY SLOW WEBSITE, THAN A POOR BUT QUICK ONE.. .... File Format: Shockwave Flash .... WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER WEBSITE ENTER ...more >>

Ok, heres what I need to do and have started trying to do. I have a filmstrip that i'm going to use as a menu for one of my web-sites. My client has given me the color pictures he wants in the film strip. He wants them to fade from black and white to color when you mouse over them, and then ha...more >>

Can anyone help ? I broke me flash site into smaller swfs. When the main one loads other swf's in sometimes they run as expected but sometimes the external swf does not run. This happens randomly and its driving me a little insane. ...more >>

Hi I want to make a chat room were people can talk, but I don't have the first clue were to start? Please help me....more >>

for going to a particular frame from a MC u hacve to add _root with go to and play action like this : _root.gotoAndPlay(5); OR _root.gotoAndPlay("framle label"); 1. for going to a particular scene. make a dummy frame on main time line where MC is give label say "test" and give action ...more >>

I am making a site and the main site contents are in a movieclip which is in frame3, the previous frames have the actionscript: total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal(); loaded_bytes = _root.getBytesLoaded(); remaining_bytes = total_bytes-loaded_bytes; percent_done = int((loaded_bytes/total...more >>

How do you add a flash movie you have created to a web site? I have searched all over for the script to it, and I can't find it, is there anyone who can get it for me? pLZ help!...more >>

When I embed my swf file in an html page all of the animations tend to be slower then if I play them with the flash stand alone player. Does anyone know why this is happening or a way to fix this. Please help. Thank you. ...more >>

My first art work (hm hm) worked well, i faded pictures as well as text (you know the alpha thing)and it went ok. To day i started a new work, and playing on the stage (Enter) shows the text and photo's are fading just fine, but when i test the movie (Ctrl+Enter) only the photo's act right but...more >>

I am making a movie with a custom cursor that is tall and thin. How do I tell the cursor movieclip to use its top left corner as the point of the cursor? It wants to use its center as the control point. ...more >>

I am somewhat familiar with Flash, but recently I have been attempting to create an environment built around windows. I see them around online quite a bit; websites in Flash using windows with customized scrollers, fonts, and even the ability to be dragged around on the screen. Does anyone kno...more >>

I'm trying to learn actionscript better, but I am still very early in development. I would like to know how to tell a button (on release) to go to frames 41-50 of the current Scene, then once it's done playing that, go to another Scene. If someone could help with that, it would answer many que...more >>

I?m a flash designer that usually designs using the timeline and animation. I?m working on a project that has small movies playing on layers above the main movie. The small movies have video in them. When you rollover the button it loads the movie and it needs to scale larger, and then ...more >>

Hi, I have a set of images on my web site, some are .swf and some are .jpg. I have them set in a table and they work OK only I want a border around them, with the .jpg I can get a border with the script below but I cant get a border around the .swf. does any one have any ideas? ...more >>

Hello i designed www.biovisu.com to show 3D "reels" in a Flash MX environment. Any comments ? Thank you Anthony ...more >>

If you go to: http://www.fordvehicles.com/escapehybrid/home you'll see on the right side 3 tabs - that are links to movies played in a flash like video player. Does anyone know if: 1. Flash is now capable in the MX version or whatevers newest to stream or event a video file from a ...more >>

Hi you all, There's is this cool effect I want you to check out at this site http://www.spectorgroup.com/ . In that site, look for the "02 Inside Sector group" button, and click on it. After it loads, you will see horizontal display of pictures. Now this is the interesting part, as you...more >>