Animation & Web Video (Flash, Animated Gif, Dynamic JPG, etc.) — Host Boards

Problems Centering flash site

deadfingers — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:54:19 +0000

Alright well i need to know how to center the a flash swf movie file to view in the net. also how can i change the size of it so that it stays the same size in the browser? when i made a big picture in flash i checked it in a broswer and it cut most of it off wtf? can i only make my site design within that small white square on the stage? thanx

Favorite animation: Dynamic jpeg, Animated gif or Flash?

DeluxeNames — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:41:26 +0000

Was in a discussion with a friend yesterday and the topic came up, between Dynamic jpeg, Animated gif, or Flash what is your animation of choice and why?

cool flash effects

ayushsinhal — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:20:14 +0000

http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/cool_effects.asp

cool flash effects present in this site also tutorials

Flash Perfection - Flash Educational Resource

CannonBallGuy — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:12:19 +0000

Source: http://www.w3reports.com/index.php?itemid=1111

Template Monster, a provider of website templates, has started with still one more educational project: FlashPerfection.com. The new projects contains lots of materials on one of the most powerful technologies of nowadays - Flash technology.
Flash became really popular and is used with every media project no matter what it is: station breaks, ads, product presentations, website intros or usual websites. The strong positions this technology has overwhelmed ended up with an enormous interest to it. Many developers from different industries started to implement it with their production activity. What seems to be a problem is the absence of good and useful materials on how to master the technology. Though there are lots of sites with some materials on Flash there's still no uniting place to map all of them. Anyone who is interested has to jump between several sites seeking for the information needed.

Flash Perfection is really different. The resource is to locate most of the materials on Flash available on the Web. Though the materials were not originally written by Flash Perfection staff but they were thoroughly reviewed before publishing so to stay with quality and really useful ones. Currently, there are about 250 materials with 19 categories such as Action Scripts, Animation, Special Effects and Text Special Effects, etc.

"With Flash Perfection we rely greatly on Flash developers' community. It's a self-supportive project which means that regular staff of Flash Perfection is to fulfill editorial functions only," says Gary Nichols, head of marketing at Template Monster. "If you are an experienced user of Flash and want to share your experience - Flash Perfection is the right place for it. Though we've just started we expect it to be a really popular Flash resource in the future due to its openness and self-descriptiveness."

Template Monster tends to follow educational direction more than commercial recently which can be explained with its will to build really open and long lasting relationships with the community of Template Monster's customers.

Flash is difficult job...

luckyman — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:05:39 +0000

I used the Macromedia Flash but it is hard to used and it takes lots of time.
So, I changed SWiSH to make easy and fast flash design. :baby:
Is there any other programs to make flash easier?

Flash, distracting or essential?

JaredRitchey — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:46:04 +0000

Flash is one of those things that can make or break a site depending on how its done.

Here are some summary facts about Flash that one should consider before using it.

Bad flash no matter how you stack it is bad flash.... lots of sites have flash for the sake of having it and its not always the best idea if its poorly designed.

Flash does not index well in search engines (well, partly true) Flash CAN index in search engines but not always and the reasons are generally simple. It has to do with the nature of the links code in the flash and the type of link. More on this in a later post.

Flash reloads with every page reload, beating up the band width, again, somewhat true but not the whole picture. Flash is an embedded object in the HTML and loads each time from cache once its loaded with most browsers EXCEPT IE. There is a little code snippt that you can use to reduce the load issue in IE (which has problems with image caching)

HTACCESS file contents

#Put this in your HTACCESS file to stop screen flicker in IE
BrowserMatch "MSIE" brokenvary=1
BrowserMatch "Mozilla/4.[0-9]{2}" brokenvary=1
BrowserMatch "Opera" !brokenvary
SetEnvIf brokenvary 1 force-no-vary

ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A18000
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000

Real good flash can be expensive if you are not the designer. A clients site we finished recently had flash done by Billy Busey and cost nearly $3,000 for the header alone. The learning curve is what keeps most designers out of the flash market because in order to do flash well you have to spend a great deal of time getting it right so not to repeat bad practices later.

~ Jared

Do you know flash?

Python — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:57:52 +0000

Although Flash can do some great things it doesnt seem to be a popular skill... Cast your vote

School flash thing

Python — Sat, 15 May 2004 21:01:44 +0000

for school in IT we had to make two different things.

i chose a website and flash animation.

believe it or not but this website, Dev Dreams is actually the result of my school project. This site has been used as part of my IT project so now I have got screenshots of this forum and site in school, lol

but anyway back to the point. the flash animation which i made can be seen at www.devdreams.com/project/

its really basic because i rushed it cause i didnt have enough time but check it out and tell me what ya think. by the way the actual text is pointles and i have no use for the flash file apart from school so i made it for that.

Import flash into PowerPoint

Python — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:24:52 +0000

I was asked today whether flash animations can be inserted into powerpoint slideshows?

Can they and if yes, how?

Thanks

Retarded newbie w/ ???'s

Becky505 — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:55:27 +0000

I'm not even sure if this goes here but I need serious help before I toss my computer off a tall building! I recently purchased ANIM FX 3.3. It's a very cool program but getting it into my site is just not happeneing! It's driving me completly Batty!

Ok so here's the deal I sure hope someone can help.......When you save your animation it saves 2 files an swf file and a text file and it also genrates a HTML code for the actual animation....No big deal right?! Wrong! The tutorails all make it sounds as easy as pie except I can't figure it out STILL!!!

I am using Yahoo sitebuilder. The tutorail says I should copy and paste the swf file and the text file and copy it to the root of my web page...where the heck is that???!!!! So when I thought I found where it goes I right click and copy and then go into the HTML box that Yahoo so nicely provides to make things easier and it shows nothing!

So I can get all the way to having a nice HUGE black empty box on my screen and nothing else!!! The guy that's suppose to offer support keeps telling me to read the darn tutorail again I must have tried to follow it 65X's already....help it's really bothering me!!!

Thanks in advance
Becky

Newbie Question: How to Save Changes to Animated Gif Without Ruining?

DeluxeNames — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:40:46 +0000

Here's a newbie question as I don't know how to use animated Gif.

I want to add words to an animated Gif but everytime I try, it ruins the animation. What program do I need to use to make these changes? Any advice?

The 1st attached image is the animated gif working correctly before I try to change it.
The 2nd attached image is the ruined animated gif after I've add words to it.
Thanks!

First Little thing in flash...

danielneri — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:18:57 +0000

Well here's my first attempt at flash.

http://vipercreations.com/portal/data/Test%20Quiz.swf

Passing the variable was a devil but i finally figured it out

only one problem. as you notice it comes out as html. how do i solve that?

thanks

Free Flash?

rebelagent — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:09:18 +0000

Anything that is free that makes flash images? In other words a free alternative to Flash.

Amazed by the Trailer For Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

DeluxeNames — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:26:34 +0000

I had rented a movie yesterday (Ultra Violet, it rocked) and there was a trailer on it for the movie, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. I was so blown away by the life-like graphics in the trailer that I had to ask if anyone knows how long this takes to make? I've never seen graphics look so much like real life before.

Did anyone else see the trailer or watch this movie? If so, what did you think of the graphics?
This was similar to but not quite the same as the trailer on my rental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eglsn78Nlq8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6G90YoJw3U

Learning Flash

phpnut — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:10:26 +0000

A lot of clients have been asking me if I could build them flash slideshows, animations, etc. and I feel stupid telling them I don't know flash - only PHP, HTML, and some Javascript.
What's the best source to learn Flash and actionscript?

SWF Protect v1.0

sample4u — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:47:20 +0000

SWF Protect v1.0 can help you to Encrypt and Protect your Macromedia FlashÂ® SWF Files from ActionScript Decompilers.
SWF Protect v1.0 the first release.
Movieclip Actionscript obfuscation.
Button Actionscript obfuscation.
SWF Protect v1.0 can defeat the sothink deompiler mx 2005 and other decompiler tools.

Download link: http://www.sample4u.com

Flash header

Python — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:34:37 +0000

should i create a flash header for this site? it would be animated so would therefore look better but it may slow down the page load time a little.

tell me what ya think!

loadVars question - in a loaded movie?

therealsleeper — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:47:21 +0000

This may seem like a bit of an odd question.

I have a movie (index.swf) that loads (root.swf) into level9. Now, in root.swf, I have a dynamic text box that loads an external text file (newstext.txt)

when I play the root.swf movie by itself in firefox, it works perfectly. But when I run the index.swf, the text does not show up in the loaded movie.

does this have something to do with where the new variable containing the text is loaded?

here is the code for root.swf:
myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function() {
newstext_text.text=this.newsVar;
};
myData.load("newstext.txt");

Please help!

Flash menus

Deano — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:50:29 +0000

I was wondering if anyone had any good info on creating flash menus. at the moment im stuck at step 1.

Need Flash Help!!!!!

joshll — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:51:29 +0000

i have an online browser based multiplayer chat game
for an example see habbohotel ...
thats the type of thing im doing

but i need help or some one to do it for me ...

i need :
an admin feature that you can distrubute money (game currency) and can make mods and other people called looders (im calling it lood online)
and the admin feature needs to be able to give special badges out to peopleand membership like lood club and stuff like that...
the admin also needs to give different permissions to the mods / looders such as head mod and head looder ...
the admin and looders/mods need to be able to kick/ban/block people

i will need a feature where when your in a room you can report people! and it shows up as a message on the admin panel and mod panel and looder panel

for more details please reply back and then E-mail me HERE!

Couple Questions for those with experience

summoner49 — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:16:31 +0000

Alright.

I am currently making a button for my personal experiment site. (I'll show you guys it once I'm further along). Anywho, I want an animation upon scrollover, coding this is no problem, its the designing of the effect that I have questions upon.

Normally, I do not use Flash, I stick to static images in PS, but I find that this effect is essential to the coolness factor of my navagation.

So here we go:

1. If I specifically call upon a color (using hex #'s) will it appear the correct color? I have had problems in the past with different applications making different colors... well different colors. I'm sick of telling an application to have a ###### background and then when I put the image on my page with a ###### background, there is difference.

well now that I think about it that is my main concern for the moment, so I don't know why i started numbering... haha...

Anyways, replies are appreciated.

How to edit flash text in this file?

sp1ky — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:39:31 +0000

Hi, I am a php coder at heart but want a nice front to my site. I have a .fla with a GREAT design. But when i go to edit the text, all i get is a weird zoomed up image?. Can someone with a bit of experience tell me how. I have messed around with flash for about a week and am able to use links, delete the text above (it registers as a graphic) and know some basic actionscript. I have to start somewhere

Difficult problem with scrollbar...

linkjg — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 23:12:46 +0000

I have a difficult problem. The original scrollbar used with this .fla was a flash component scrollbar. I'd like to have a more customized scrollbar, but I can't get another scrollbar to work with the component. Right now the scrollbar will only move the textbox up... it won't scroll the text inside. I don't know how to reference the text the textbox to get it to scroll... Can you help?

Dynamicly adding MovieClips

grommit — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:36:54 +0000

Howdy,
I am embarking on a flash project (my first) I am required to provide a map of sorts and allow the user to add nodes to the map. The node is just a little picture with a class attached to it with a couple of details about that instance.
Now I already have this semi working - I can dynamically add nodes (using attachMovieClip) which keep their own state information. And I can also drag them around the screen.
My problem arises because I want to also be able to drag the map around the screen. To ensure the nodes get moved with the map I AttachMovie the nodes to the map movie clip. I then make the map draggable and it works - the nodes get dragged around with the map however I now can't drag the nodes within the map - when I click on a node and drag it just drags the whole map.

When I say "make draggable" all I am doing is attaching a class to the movieclip definition that I nabbed from a tutorial somewhere:

class Drag extends MovieClip
{
var StaffName:String;
function Drag(){
onPress=doDrag;
onRelease=doDrop;
}
private function doDrag():Void{
this.startDrag();
}
private function doDrop():Void{
this.stopDrag();
}
}

I anyone has any suggestions on where I am going wrong or they can point to a specific tutorial that would be helpful. I would appreciate it muchly :cool:

flash delay

jouni — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:38:03 +0000

Since I'm a newbie on flash, I have a problem in delaying the action when a button is pressed. If you could hint me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it!

This is what I've tried (as a button action) - with no delay happening:

on (release) {

APause = setInterval(GoBack, 2300);
//calls a function called GoBack every 2.3 seconds//
function GoBack() {
clearInterval(APause);
//removes the APause, now it won't happening again//
//whatever delayed action you want//
}
//so this is what I want executed, but after a short delay:
gotoAndStop("Scene 1", 2)

}

flash email

xeno — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:29:27 +0000

Hi, I am looking for a way to add attachments to email forms by using a flash button. I am sure this has something to do with javascript, but I dont know how . Thanks

Flash Menu

newbie — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:34:28 +0000

Has anyone created a Flash Menu? I tried using the tutorial to create it and I found it confusing I was able to create the files, however, when I tried to insert it into the table (in Dreamweaver), it didn't work. Help? Anyone?

Thanks

Your best ever animation?

martian2k4 — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:37:39 +0000

Whats the best ever Animation in flash you have made?

If you need some were to host it to show us then visit www.imageshack.us/

XMLconnector and scenes

weejamer — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:05:57 +0000

I have this problem where i have a XML connector in Frame 1 scene 2 and i have binded is to a combo box... when i preview the flash file i see nothing

But when i copy what i had done to Scene 1 frame 1 it works fine...

Am I missing something?

Xml in flash issue

weejamer — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:07:20 +0000

Hey guys can you help me out.

I have a project i am running right...

Its a personal website and i want to add a news section like a blog

I want to do it with xml but some characters don't show up

if you look at http://weejamer.servebeer.com/news.swf
a comma and a - symbol are replaced by squares???
and yeah i am using a mix with html.
could that be whats wrong???

anyone got any ideas???

The source and the xml file is here
http://weejamer.servebeer.com/news.fla
http://weejamer.servebeer.com/news.xml

Also i would like to make a full blowen blog if anyone can give me tips or even links to tutorials that would be great

Thanx in advance guys