I have a template that has a flash movie on it. When the window is maxed, the webpage stretches but the flash movie stays the same. Next to the flash movie there is a black section with a blue line in it. This only appears when the page is stretched. I want to remove the blue line put leave...more >>

I stumbled across this website the other day, and I really liked the flash design. I was wondering if anyone was familiar with this component, add-on..... if so, where can I get this. Thanks in advance. The site is http://www.bigheadedgeniuses.com/portfolio.html ...more >>

I have been trying to change the text color on the buttons at the top of this page. I want to change from rust to purple. Any suggestions? I just can't figure it out, i really ned help. http://www.facilitiesresourceinc.com/ Plus, after the page loads the first time you click on something t...more >>

I just built a site in Flash 8 but need to check if people have the latest version of flash when they go to my site, and if they don't have it, redirect them to another page to download it. Can anyone assist me with the code? I realize it is HTML and not Flash, but it kind of interacts here....more >>

I'm still new at flash and i have a little flash intro i downloaded and i want to change some text and remove some of the images. How do you find the object i want to edit? If it is text i can do a text search but what if it is a image how can i find it without going through all the sprite's...more >>

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hi all, i'm wondering what kinds of movie files you can embed in a .swf? is it possible to embed things like mpegs/movs in a .swf, or is it better to just put them on a separate html page and link to them from the .swf? cheers, macron ...more >>

I recently became interested in flash web design. I have been working on a new site for my father's company, something that needs to look professional, and user friendly. I have come up with this design, but for some reason i feel that it is lacking. Any imput would be great. Does it suck or d...more >>

i'm having two small but frustrating problems i can't find any solution to i have my site divided into 3 frames, with html files in each frame which load my flash content. in IE, the edge of each frame is highlighted when i move the mouse over them. the buttons and links in my flash content ...more >>

Hi i am trying to create a simple (comming soon) page in flash 8 professional and publish it as index.html ,and i am trying to preview it on my browser but the content (page) is always on the LEFT side of my screen? . even though i tried to center it iN "publish settings" in flash as HTML ALIG...more >>

This photographer has imho an elegant site: http://www.carldekeyzer.com/ What steps would one take to create a movie like this? Thanks in advance for your help! -riprap...more >>

Hi there everyone..... i?ve got a few questions regarding flash smooth animation and also regarding some great sites i have seen and then wondered how the hell did they do that....hopefully anyone can helpme out with this.... i saw this great template and just wondered how they did to manage t...more >>

Hi All... In need of help now (again!?...hehehe) ok my questions... Finally, I have almost finish with my 1st Flash website consists of :- 9 Scenes of different pages eg. Scene 1 - Home Scene 2 - About Me, and so forth... 1. Well, right now I'm trying to learn an opensource flipb...more >>

I just finished a flash intro for a website and had to recognize that the sound gets out of sync depending which web browser you use. I now have optimized the sync for windows internet explorer, but its out of sync in any other. here is the link to the intro http://www.don-bronson.com/ I won...more >>

I have a flash templet i downloaded for a web site and i made some changes to the templet. I wanted to add a dropdown box and Date Chooser to it, but when i add a combo box and i test the movie it don't show anything in the drop down "not even the little arrow that you click to drop the box do...more >>

Hi all, Does anyone know how to make sure my SWF is run from my server (so that it won't run from anywhere else)? ~thanks! ...more >>

Hi all! I have just created my first website, please have a quick look - www.thebrightsidedesign.com Each page is an individual swf file which as you can see is giving me problems with a gap between each page. to solve this I have been advised to convert the whole site to one flash ...more >>

Anyone can recommend Flash book focussed on actionscript (FLash MX 2004 or Flash 8) with good tutorials (medium - advanced)? - SAMS Teach Yourself Flash MX Actionscript in 24 hours is one of the great book I found. cheers ...more >>

Hi, I created my site is Photoshop, took the individual files and saved them as png24 files for a lossless bitmap, or so I thought. When I got to image # 13 or 14 my images started masking other images. Is there a limit on how many png files you can put onto your stage? I am putting each b...more >>

Hey all, Got a quick "which is better" question for you. Do you like the: http://www.gerkenandassociates.com/ Or the: http://www.gerkenandassociates.com/newsite/ Any input is appreciated... however, we're not really looking for a "critique" of either of the sites over all... just...more >>

In my project i have two flash objects which over lay each other , one is in wmode as window mode and other is in transparent mode . Unfortunately i need to present my transparent flash object over the window mode flash object .due to the tranparent nature of the flash object it is going beh...more >>

I was told the following Flash videos are not workin on IE on pc. I am wondering what I did wrong with embedding them? http://www.agilitygraphics.com/clients/cs/pages/destination.html http://www.agilitygraphics.com/clients/cs/pages/history.html http://www.agilitygraphics.com/clients/cs/pages/...more >>

i've seen quite a bit of well illustrated sites that have some line illustrations that reveal themselves. for example: a vine starts out from the bottom and slowly grows springing leaves off it's self. does anyone know an easy way to do this? i've been doing shape-tween masks and i'm s...more >>

This is a bit off topic but I just posted some links to tools I use everyday while doing freelance work and thought to share: http://mocaloca.typepad.com/moca/ Cheers, moca...more >>

The intro movie I created for my photography site plays too slow when uploaded, thus making the music finish long before the animation is done; needless to say, this makes for a very tacky intro! Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks ...more >>

I am designing my personal website and need some help with masking. I know how to do the masking and get it to turn out the way i want. The problem i am having is: Each page of my site has a animation for it. I want to be able to have a backout animation for each page. i can't figure out ...more >>

put a webpage into a flash movie? Sorta like this, in a frame of my flash movie (it would be stopped on), I want a rectangle border inside the page with the contents of an html file stored online. Is that possible? ...more >>

Hi all... Really need help again this time... I am trying to do a web page and thought of placing 4 video clips into 1 Loader...viewers can simply choose any of the videos they would like to watch...and all the video clips will then play in the same Loader like the rest...Is it poss...more >>

I am about to purchase flash for a new website design. Up till now I've always just done html. I've got photoshop cs and illustrator cs. My question is does flash actually let you create items in the program or are they usually created outside of flash? Here's a site where I am wondering s...more >>

I am one of those people who hasn't the skill or the knowledge to design a flash background :wink; so I'm looking for someone who is. What I am looking for is a Flash design along similar lines as flash design found on this site www.nellyfurtado.com ... it is simple, but to my way of think...more >>

Hi, I'm a beginner working with Studio 8. I have the Flash site working as desired from my desktop, but I have issues once loaded to the server. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction. Firstly, I would like the site to work within a non-sizeable browser window. I a...more >>

I am creating cursive text on a flash intro, and I need to figure out how to make it appear onto the scene as if it is being written down? I don't need the hand or pen.... just the affect that it is being written....? Anyone know how to do this? ...more >>

Hi There, I have an instance of an empty movie clip object (imageLoader) to which I load a .jpg image from an external file, as per the attached code . . . But I have a problem in that I do not know the dimmensions of the .jpg image before I load it and in some cases this results in a lar...more >>

God... maybe we should make driving cars more accessible now. http://adage.com/article?article_id=111830...more >>

Hello, I am using an old version of flash (Flash 5 because im too poor to buy the new one) I have created a flash based web-site that uses load-movie for each page. My problem occures with updated material. After I update a page (the swf file) and upload it, and then try to view it, ...more >>

Hi all, I have a big problem to display all my Flash animations correct. I am using the http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/index.php Maani xml charts. If I use them separately I have no problems to display them. Have a look on my picture and the two right flash animations. Do I use now mor...more >>

Hi, I am a newbie and is hitting my head hard at times as I cant figure out how to create a video of still images moving across the screen as a prensentation on the index page. I tried making the file in premier pro encoded it in flash video and then imported the .fla file - but to no av...more >>

is there anyway to have a 3d cube effect page transition. say, i have 3 images in my portfolio page, when i click next, it changed to another image with of course using the cube fx transition. anyone? ...more >>

Hi, I've tried multiple different ways to build pages in flash, I've currently just built separate flash files, so that each page would load a new html. as it is now http://www.theharvest.info I know this isn't a good way of doing it. I know theres a way to build each page inside of one flash...more >>

Hi... I'm a newbie in Flash 8 Pro. Currently I'm doing my own website of 9 pages in total of different Sections. My Questions are - 1. Can I create all my different pages in different scenes all in my default Home page? Will I encounter problems later on when publishing it to the ...more >>

Hi, can anyone help - Im building my site with mx2004, when I have tested my site live it works fine with safari & IE but when viewed through Netscape & firefox it's a fraction of the size it's ment to be. I've checked old threds and it mentions checking the html source code - every thing seem...more >>

:sad; Hey all. im absolutely new to this site, although i have been using adobe photoshop for around one year now. i learnt how to use photoshop through sheer curiosity. I tried doing the same for dreamweaver 8, but its just not working for me. i am still learning, though. I really want to...more >>

:sad; Hey all. im absolutely new to this site, although i have been using adobe photoshop for around one year now. i learnt how to use photoshop through sheer curiosity. I tried doing the same for dreamweaver 8, but its just not working for me. i am still learning, though. I really want to...more >>

Hello, I am trying Adobe Flash for the first time, to build a website, and have a few comments and questions. The first comment is that Flash Pro offers no way to make a high-level structure of the website, namely a separation between media and content. On the website content: ...more >>

I am making a flash website and my F.A.Q.s next button isnt working what should i do and here is a link to the site http://desertstrawhouse.com/...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to create a button in Flash using a pixel font. I wrote the word 'News', and when you put the mouse over the color of the word should change. The problem is the 'hit' area doesn't show up as what I intended. In my button the hit area competely covers the word, so the word is ...more >>

Im new to this community, and looking forward to becoming apart of it. I have a quick question, i hope someone can help me out! Im making a flash site, and i made the links (Home, Forums, Contact, ETC.) pictures with photoshop, then imported them into my library, then dragged them onto m...more >>

I am creating a site for a photographer. I am pretty experienced in Flash mx 2004. I am having a problem with this site. I have tried all of the file formats including, EPS, AI, jpeg, and the Export to SWF command. I keep coming up with the same problem in Flash MX 2004. My image has an u...more >>

I'm using Flash Pro 8, and Dreamweaver 8. I'm new to both, so I figure a good way to learn is by a template and dissecting it to learn it... I've downloaded a template, and have nearly completed editing each template page, but I can't find any tutorial on how to make the buttons load th...more >>

I have a site that I am building from a template. Here's a link to it... http://www.studio4creations.com/design/ How would you handle loading other pages on this site... For example - select the about us image (1st on the left) then on the new page that loads below it, there are some are...more >>