I want to get a look like the one on this site Musical Architect v.2 Please let me know how to acheive this....more >>

I have created a simple mask of a window and a bird flying past. Due to accesibility issues, the final site needs to be viewed in flash player version 6. However when testing the file, the mask didn't work, and the bird was visible outside the frame of the window... is this due to some new fl...more >>

I'm needing to create an effect of flowing water, as if you were looking down on a gently flowing stream. Does anyone know of a good tutorial or some other way to create this? It needs to be as realistic as possible. Thanks! ...more >>

How do I lock the size of my flash website? I do not want people to be able to open it and resize the window....more >>

My .swf looks great. When I view it through a browser, images look jagged and there are little chunks missing. The url is http://www.designgloria.com Go to the Portfolio section and you'll see the graphics on my pieces aren't smooth looking. I've tried 3 different browers....just to compare....more >>

Hi all I'm busy building myself an online folio. I have an array of 12 thumbnails on each page, but for some reason, only the first 3 of them load. It's not a problem with the filenames of the images they load because I've tried switching the content paths of the loaders to different image...more >>

Hi, im curently doing short animations for my work. the animations are of since topics like the water cycle and i would animate the proccess. the problem is when i test it in a web browser the animations go very slow. The way im creating the animations at the moment are in movie clip on the ma...more >>

I'm bound to get a response this time!! :crossing fingers: Alright, here's my situation: In the edit bar, I'm in: Scene 1 > animated background. In the layers of the animated background, I want to make some animated text within this symbol, making the Edit Bar read Scene 1> anima...more >>

Hey any quick coments or suggestions on this site would be great. http://genesisdigitalsolutions.com/client_files/pearce/...more >>

Hi, I have a flash gallery that has the images dynamically loading into Loader components (so that the images can easily be changed periodically) and in Internet Explorer, the first time you load the site, the images are huge and overlapping each other all over the place. When you leave any ...more >>

I have been looking for a good step-by-step tutorial for flash site design, i wan't to create a user form that will aloow the user to login,and check to see if user exists in the database,i have seen a lot about the loadvars thing,but don't have a clue on how to use it. Could somebody please...more >>

Im new, with noob question, in flash player when i take the brush and try to draw with it, it makes an outline of it and i dont know how to get out of it... any help would be greatly appreciated....more >>

I am brand new at this - though I am a programmer.... I bought a flash template and there are 2 simple forms on pages and I need to submit (in email) and return a thank you page.. Page I am working is : 'page copy 6' - I want when it is submitted to go to 'page copy 17' (and the data se...more >>

I have a seamless scrolling movie sequence of some stars. I only want to have the sequence go half way across the page. Instead of making a hard line mask I wanted it to be a small transition or transparrency. I normally have a black background and would in that case just use a black squ...more >>

http://www.thecarson.net/newsite/fl if you think you can help me out. i would love for it. i'm completely lost. i bought a template, so i dont know too much about flash. i'd love it. carson(at)thecarson(dot)net ...more >>

I created a web site with FLASH 8 and when I log on using someone elses computer (anyone elses compter) the font shows up really funky out of size, out of style, out of alignment (offset), etc. Any suggestions? ...more >>

Hi, looking for some help... I have a set of thumbnails inside a .swf website. I have properly worked out actionscript to pop open the thumbs to see larger images. The thumbs represent a flash games menu. What I want to happen when you click on a thumb is for a large rectangular imag...more >>

Who knows how to make html pages to play swf movies one after another in the same page? Are scripts required? If so, what kind and how to program them? Please help. Thanks....more >>

Ok, here's what I need to do. I got me a websight (pardon the new age slang there), where I have an old fashioned scroll. You know, the medival type scroll with a big roll at either end? I'm sure you know what I mean :P Anyway. What I want to do is this. I'm going to put text on that scroll ...more >>

Hi, In mysite i have one guestbook,in that some fields are there like name,email,city. my problem is how to connect flash and ms-access,how to upload the ms-access database using flash(for example when i press submit button then the name,email fields should be stored in ms-access databas...more >>

Concept: i have a large map of Mexico, i'd like people to be able to zoom in and out to see details i know that FLASH offers this particular facet naturally but instead of relying on nature... is there some kind of EXTENSION or SCRIPT or PACKAGE to make the naviagtion and zooming actions mor...more >>

Ok I am a newbie...i have started with a flash template, and all of the nav buttons appear when I look at it as a template on stage, however when i test movie/scene the nav buttons are gone i hear the mouse over noise but no buttons..so I am trying to figure out how to make them appear and the...more >>

Hi, Getting started with Flash tutorial - building the slide show for the cafe I have how spent two very frustrating days trying to follow this tutorial and each time I get stuck at the same point. I do the edit the main Timeline section. The add the slideShow movieClip to the stage...more >>

Hi folks, I'm a Graphic Designer by trade but I have been asked to create a CD ROM consisting of 6-7 pages that can be navigated between. I have minor knowledge of Flash and know how to create flash buttons etc that can link to other 'pages' etc but I don't know how to take it ...more >>

Hi. I am having dificulties with mainting graphical integrity of text. When I export movie it simply looks compressed and highly unclean. I have made sure that integers corresponding to XY values are while numbers. I have tried antialias. I have also tried researching Truetype, but can't fin...more >>

:confused; Hey there, I recently updated from Flash MX to Flash 8 Pro. I've made some changes to an old Flash MX file, and re-saved as a version 8 file. Now the file won't publish to "swf" and I don't know what to do?! The progress bar just stays static for about 10/15 minutes before I...more >>

I have a problem with a text. If I write text with a particular font in my flash project and I running my ..swf file in a computer where the font is not present another font are used. Why? Why the swf file not include the true font? How can I do? ...more >>

I have a host swf file that uses loadMovie to call in about 8 external swf files on each seciton of my website. I wanted to show a preloader while each swf file is loaded, but I don't know whether to put the preloader in each of the external swf files or put one in each section of the host sw...more >>

Hi all, I stumble upon a major problem. I develop a website with layers (<div>'s). I got tow layer overlapping eachother and both have a flash movie. In firefox the flash movie with < z-index doesn't react on mouse movements. In IE everything works like a charm. things I have done/trie...more >>

This started out being simple thing. It is simply two scrolling thumbnail panels that use javascript to open up the link in a new window. The problem is this- in Safari and Opera if the new window is clicked on or moved, it deletes the thumbnail panel. This doesn't happen all of the time, some...more >>

Friends, I have a swf that has a movie clip that on frm 10 should load a Progressive download file.flv I have uploaded to my server the file.flv. I have put an absolute path in the componet inspector for ContentPath but I get a output window complaint of Error opening URL "http://n...more >>

I purchased a flash website template and customized it myself. Now I want to load it to my host so that when you visit the page, the flash movie plays and all the site functions. The html file that gets published however seems to just be one line of code repeated a whole lot and no real body...more >>

Hello, I need some help adding a custom art scrollbar to a website for a band I am designing. An example of what I want is on the Chimira website ( http://www.chimaira.com/flash.html ). I have the website designed and the arrow as well but I'm using to arows (one for scrolling up and one f...more >>

Okay, I have a frame about 5 fames long. at the end of that little segment I have stop(); obviously so I can stop the timeline, within those frames I have a movie clip about 25 frames long that can't play all the way through because of the stop(); action which has to be there. is there any way...more >>

This is my first attempt at using Flash to build a website. I started with a template and thus far have successfully modified all the existing pages to my liking along with the menu buttons that call them. I want to add a new page that's called by a new menu button that wasn't a part of th...more >>

I'm creating a site that has a scrollpane with a .swf content path. The .swf is wider than the actual site; it's basically a long row of images that serve as buttons. The scrollpane works..sort of. The .swf displays perfectly..except that it won't scroll the entire width of the .swf. So...more >>

Arghhhh! I have been trying to remove quickly and easily the frame around my scrollpane comonent using myscrollpane.setStyle("borderStyle","none"); It does the job removes the borders, but when published, the content movie is clipped to a small box until the pane is clicked on, at whi...more >>

Arghhhh! I have been trying to remove quickly and easily the frame around my scrollpane comonent using myscrollpane.setStyle("borderStyle","none"); It does the job removes the borders, but when published, the content movie is clipped to a small box until the pane is clicked on, at whi...more >>

Hi there, I have just created a new webpage with Flash, but a friend from Singapore said that it takes a lot of time to load. Is there a way to make it faster? ...more >>

Please help, I can't get my template page text to link to my another pages in Dreamweaver. "page not found". I tried the get URL code, still doesn't work the address of my site is www.johnsjewellers.ca. Template pages work ok, just can't get my links to work click "about us" etc .Any help is ...more >>

Hi...flash movie is about 1.2 mb. Preload set to load 110 frames. Not bad. When I test it in flash with download simulation set at DSL (97.7) setting it starts playing in about 8 seconds. When on the server it takes close to a full minute to start playing. Can't figure out what would cause it...more >>

I am trying to make a button a link. But I cannot seem to figure out it (I'm going to be using Dreamweaver for the website). Can someone provide a link to a tutorial on how to do so, or any kind of help? Also, I need to make 3 links. Would it be better to make the 3 buttons at the same tim...more >>

Is there a way to resize a flash movie according to the user's browser or screen width?...more >>

I'm using flash to play a background tune cos I can't get the settings in db poweramp to give an mp3 as good a quality for the same file size as it does in flash. It's just the wav imported into frame one , set as an event in properties and to loop. But when I test the exported file from my...more >>

i am trying to make an on line portfolio out of a bunch of photoshop files. i made everything from the images i want to display to the buttons i want to use in photoshop. everything is imported to the library, but when i right click the button image i made, and open the actions panel, it says ...more >>

Hi I just purchased Studio8 with the intention of using Dreamweaver for creating a site, but one of my coworkers who uses Flash for game development suggested that I learn Flash and that once I did I would forget all about dreamweaver. My question for the group is, Can Flash really...more >>

Hi there, Just need a check on a site ive just finished. http://www.regalcatering.co.uk Cheers Alan...more >>

I have a Flash app main screen that is 1024 x 768 and I have a an empty movie clip where I want to load SWFs My loaded SWF is much smaller about 300 x 400 and it comes in on the upper left of the screen I want it re-positioned in the middle right How do I do this? thank you ...more >>

I'm having trouble transition frames the way I desire. I have pictures in succession separated by say 120 frames and I want the transition from picture to picture to have a fade-in/fade-out effect and not just a quick change. Any suggestions? Thanks! Dave ...more >>

Hi - I've tried searching the forums- but am not finding what I want... I want to use some inages as buttons, but they are silhouetted in photoshop. If I save them as .jpg then the background loses its transparency and I get the white box around my image. The only format that seems to respec...more >>