I already know how to make a chrome looking logo in flash, but unfortunately, it still comes out too dark. I have the MX version. How can I actually make the logo look brighter? It's only two lower case letters against a black background. Do I need to use another software to create this l...more >>

:brokenheart; Guys, I am working on designing my personal webpage and I came across www.dynamicfactory.com" who have a range of flash templates to use from. I did download their free 60 templates to get a hands on before I can purchase .. Every thing seems to work fine...however after I ...more >>

I must be missing something, but I can't seem to figure out how to access timelines or pretty much anything from a container swf in the swf's I'm bringing in with loadMovie() for example I have loadMovie("news_sign.swf", news_holder); I have tried several things but I (like just doing a ...more >>

I have Flash 8 Pro and want to upload a web page, but I haven't Dreamweaver, I only have an old version of Golive (5), It is possible?...more >>

I've created a few rollOver buttons that do exactly what I intended with "Enable simple buttons" active in F8pro. When I test, test scene or publish, all the buttons have "Fallen Asleep in Seattle"! I've tested with actionscript 1 & 2 settings and neither work. Does anyone have a clue why this...more >>

Hi everyone!!! My site goes through the follow structure: (startpage) that loads the (mainpage) in a new container MC (alvo) but in the same level (0). From within the (alvo).(mainpage), I call another container MC (movies), now in level (2). This new MC has a FLV component that should ...more >>

I've just up-graded from Flash 5 to Flash MX 2004. To complete a macromedia tutorial I need a file called stiletto.fla . Can someone please e-mail this file to me if you have one, my e-mail address is dmasters@doncasters.com. Many Thanks. From http://www.developmentnow.com/g/75_2003_11_1_0_0/mac...more >>

Hi everyone!! I'm finishing a web site and in some moment I call flv videos dynamicaly into a video flash component, in a new movieclip, through progressive download. In my machine it works fine, same for some MAC's and PC's. But, some times the video doesn't appear, or it plays the first f...more >>

Please, could everyone go to this site, www.edd.com.br/new, in the seccion portfolio\ demo AND \comerciais, click on the links and tell me if the videos are working fine??? If no, have any idea about what to do to make it works?? Thanks for everyone that could help!!!...more >>

I'll be the first person to admit that I am a complete retard when it comes to using flash related anything. Which is why I'm here. I am unsure whether or not my problem is related to ignorance of the program or an error not on my part, so maybe someone out there can tell me. A friend of...more >>

my flashsite is shown perfect in IE, but on macs and in firefox it is very very small. Any thoughts?? thx K...more >>

Hello, first of all I'm new at flash so apologies if this question has been asked before/is incredibly simple to solve. I'm using flash 8, and I want to make a scrolling text box. I seem to have muddled through somehow and achieved this, however there is a slight problem when I embed it in...more >>

I'm trying to add the HTML code for a PayPal button to my website, but for the life of me, I can't seem to figure out how. Is there a way to add HTML to a Flash file, or even to a Flash generated button? Am I even making sense? I'm a complete programming newb, this website is my first proje...more >>

Hi guys, im not exactly new to Web site design, but until afew weeks ago, i've only been charging in the low $ hundreds, for any sites i've done. Now im freelancing for a company, and they're asking me for invoices before they pay me.. So im looking for ANY help and INFO i can get on HO...more >>

Hi, I have an mp3 playing through the entire page. Have it on a separate layer. I publish, then test it and everything is fine with the sound. When I upload it to the server and open the page online, the sound plays with a second sound playing a fraction of second behind. What's wrong? So...more >>

Dear all, i've just launched my website, please check and tell me what do you think :) http://www.bob-studio.com...more >>

:smile; Hi Probably like everyone else I create my webdesign concepts in photoshop. As I design I'll think about how I'm going to slice it up and fit the graphics into tables. Simple... I've started using flash more and want to do my graphics in photoshop before importing them in...more >>

Hi I've made a few buttons in flash 8 but i'm having difficulty trying to get the buttons to link to a url address. The buttons are symbols and i have used the getURL function under Browser/Network actionscript but its just not working! how do i get these buttons to work. I'm probably j...more >>

Does anyone have a script to have an html pop-up window happen out of flash, I have one but it's doesn't seem to work well in firefox, I need one to specify pixel size, window title, resize handle, ect...please help. Thanks. (a pop-up window?html?not inside the flash document. ...more >>

I am building my first website (for photography) and I am trying to learn as much as possible to do it right. I bought a flash template from Tempate Monster.com (#11226) and I have modified as needed, to include my name, and my photos. Can I upload this site as a whole onto the net? or do I ...more >>

Hello, I am working in flash mx and need a fairly quick answer if at all possible, as I have to finish this project (a website-based setup) very soon. Has anyone ever faced an issue with buttons that only work inside of the flash document (ie, when "enable simple buttons" and "enable live pr...more >>

Greetings, I'm a newbie to web dev, have been tinkering w/Studio 8 for months and landed my 1st web maintenance gig. Seems the previous webmaster created the whole enchilada in Flash and then dropped it in an HTML wrapper. I need to make multiple changes to the layout and navigation, but...more >>

I need to create a flv player like this one on adobe's site. I need to have the closed-captioning and the flv navigation and this player does everything that I need. Is it possible to purchase this player or does anyone know of a player like this? thanks, http://www.adobe.com/products...more >>

hellow to everyone on this forum. I'm new to Flash 8 .... actually I'm new to flash period... I could really use some help about how to make an normal "flash website" .... just how to relate links to pages, how to include javascripts to flash if this is possible ..... stuff like this, main...more >>

Este site http://www.formidavelfamiliamusical.com.br/teste/ foi feito em Flash 8, tenho instalado o Flash Player 9. Uma parte do site no Firefox n?o aparece, ? um movieClip carregado externamente. No IE6 funciona muito bem. Me ajudem, por favor! This site http://www.formidavelfamiliamusica...more >>

I guess this is pretty basic. I'm trying to create a link to PDF files on my hard drive. I have included the file as a seperate page on IIS. I have created a link on the swf page. But when I publish the site to the web, it doesn't work. Please help!! ...more >>

I want to know where would I start, to design a 3d site in flash. I understand that I may have to use a 3rd party program like maya. But I'm afraid maya may make the flash swf to large to a host on the internet. Are there alternatives if I am correct in my assessment? ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a simple photography portfolio in Flash 8, whereby the user clicks on a thumbnail and the image fades up. I have 24 thumnails, so do I need to create 24 different 'fading image' movie clips, or is there an easier way to do this? Is it possible to create one movie c...more >>

I can mimic the look and the actions but there windows open and close on command far better than I can figure out. I am just using frame label navigation on rollovers. Any thoughts on how to do it better? Let me know. ...more >>

I have been looking at several sites for some ideas. At 2advanced studio (http://www.2advanced.com/) they have a back ground that seems to fit on any screen. The site is built with flash, my two questions are: How do they get the background to resize? How do you actually put a background ...more >>

Hey everyone, Hoping someone here has a solution for this: http://www.drebly32.com Reload the page a couple times. On random occasions, the page does not load the top header Flash. I've been able to reproduce this in IE 6, Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 and Apple's Safari. Has anyone come acros...more >>

Hi I have designed some site pages using flash MX 6. They look fine on my Macs, using all browsers, but my client isn't happy because they don't display properly on their Windows PCs. Because they look fine on Macs I assume there is something amiss in their windows or explorer settings...more >>

[b]Does anyone know of a way to create a Box with 4[i](maybe more)[/i] sides that can/will rotate... then pause on a side... rotate... then pause on a side... etc.?[/b] I see this Flash Component at http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/3d/ but I'm not sure if it's correct. Looks like...more >>

I am planning on building a website in flash with 90 percent of the site in dynamic text. Will flash read the html tags in a text file as text or html and code it as a browser would. ...more >>

I am creating a page with six buttons that need to have an active state when clicked, ie., the button currently clicked needs to change colors to signify that it has been selected. Then it needs to change back to its original color when another button is clicked. Please help!! I am relatively ...more >>

hi, i am teaching my self flash and need some help. if you go to http://www.bishopfoley.com, you will find at the bottom of the flash animation the picture of a flip calendar with "july 4" on it. Right now it is just a picture file converted to a buttton. I was wondering how i can make that ...more >>

i have flash mx. i created text in century gothic, size 10, which should be a crisp font and easy to read. but instead, it appears fuzzy no matter what i do. :disgust; i have looked at the altering the settings of my screen to a 1024x768, but it doesn't do anything either. help!! t...more >>

I'm editing a Flash site and running into some minor problems with text formatting. The original dedicated space for copy is now too small due to text additions. The arrived-at solution is to make the block scrollable, which I've done. The problem is that lines within the text are called to be...more >>

The question is simple yet important: I have drawn path 1 and path 2. I want to joint them, the way you join in every graphic application like Illustrator (cmd+j) or FreeHand. If I try to clik on the ending point of one of them nothing happens and I can't find a command to join them in some ot...more >>

THE FLASH OBJECT MOVES UP AND DOWN WHEN I SCROLL THE PAGE.... IS THERE A REASON FOR IT? I GUESS IT'S A TINY PROBLEM BUT FOR ME IT'S GIGANTIC... SCROLLING DOWN THE PAGE AND SEEING THR OBJECT MOVE MAKES THE WEB PAGE LOOK BAD... HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST FLASH THING IN THIS ...more >>

THE FLASH OBJECT MOVES UP AND DOWN WHEN I SCROLL THE PAGE.... IS THERE A REASON FOR IT? I GUESS IT'S A TINY PROBLEM BUT FOR ME IT'S GIGANTIC... SCROLLING DOWN THE PAGE AND SEEING THR OBJECT MOVE MAKES THE WEB PAGE LOOK BAD... HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST FLASH THING IN THIS ...more >>

HEY THERE!, I'M A NEW USER OF FLASH 8 I HAVE TRIED SOME TUTORIALS AND LEARNED QUITE A BIT. I SUCCESFULLY MADE A MOVIE( FLASH DOCUMENT) BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO PUT IT IN MY PAGE...CAN SOMEBODY GUIDE ME PLEASE....TANX!!! ...more >>

Hi, When I use a flash movie on an HTML page it all looks good in Mozilla Firefox. In IE on the other hand, it sucks, because when you move your move over the flash movie you see a white boundaty box. Which makes it all look very silly. How do I get rid of that? Thanks in advance for a...more >>

Hi, i have no idea if this is the correct forum for wasking this. I have a flash menu, with a XML configuration file. When you click a menu item, in the mainframe the page goes to the correspomg page (menu item Home goes to home.html etc.) That works fine Only.. any other page than home...more >>

Can someone please look at this and tell me what is missing? The bottom one works right, but the top one only wirks on the second press of the button. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! mark on (release) { with (_root.submenu) { if (_currentframe==60) { ...more >>

Hi, I have an idea for some flash I want to put on a site. I don't know how to do what I want at all but I'm posting here to get some ideas maybe someone can steer me in the right direction. The site is for a walk-a-thon. I want about 5 people walking towards you but I don't want the c...more >>

have a problem i am trying to change out 1 animation with the one i made but i tryed getting help for over a month from the people I bought my flash template from with no call backs or e-mails what so ever. even there ticket system i got people that had no idea what i wanted help on. damn rob...more >>

Hello I remember one time doing this but as its been so long using FMX i have forgotten anyway if anyone can help.... I basically have a image which im turning into a button in flash i know how to do that part fine and i know how to make rollover buttons so im fine at that but id like ...more >>

Hi, we have a 100K flash movie (just audio with a speaker icon) and wish to delay its loading for 20 seconds, to give priority to other hi-res page elements. Is there a command that will do this? Thanks Matt ...more >>

Hi, Geeze, been using Flash since V3 but can't resolve this. Doing a presentation in Flash MX2004. [don't use powerpt.] Here's the specs: 1. 800X600 size [12 fps] ~ white bkgrnd 2. I've made screen captures of dialog boxes and web sites using RoBo Screen Capture [great program BTW], at...more >>