Forum: Graphics and Multimedia  Jul 11th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 30th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 213 IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers doubled
I'm not so wise in regards to my hardware or OS, so this might be a silly question:
I just upgraded XP home to XP Professional, and when I look in my Device Manager I see that I have some duplicate... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 21,606 Re: Building a Flash based dynamic photo album
Flash is great for creating and maintaining a photo album if you are willing to maintain it. You would have to build an application involving actionscript, XML, HTML and PHP, for Flash to present... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 26th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 365 Re: Resolution and printing
Unless you're printing something with special equipment, or for a special purpose, 300dpi is usually sufficient for almost any use. I find much more really just increases file size, and the image... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 22nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 551 Re: Gallery Action Script
there are some great tutorials at gotoAndLearn.com. I worked through the "building a carousel" set and got a pretty good understanding of the concepts of XML coding. I'm far, far, far, from and... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 22nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,077 Re: Flash check box
yourInstanceName.setStyle("fontSize", 20);
Just substitute your instance name and desired font size. If you go to livedocs.adobe.com, there's a great description about all the different properties... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 550 Re: Flash help
There are some really good tutorials about how to achieve great animated rollover effects in flash. The easiest way is to use the timeline in a movie clip symbol with shape tweens and easing: on a... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 1,183 Re: Programming against design, who is the best?
I believe both aspects are important, in balance. Functionality should not suffer because of artistry. I think that there is a designer in every programmer, and vice versa. The end result of any... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 437 Re: Action Script
I started with the free tutorials at gotoandlearn.com. I even bought the Actionscript 3.0 package. Anything instructed by Craig Campbell is awesome. Also try googling ActionScript Tutorials, or... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 846 Re: Blurry Images
When I design any graphics that I may wish to resize, I try to always use vectors and paths as my base design. Flash CS3 has really great tools for this, both in the UI as well as AS3. They always... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 861 Re: mouse scroll event in flash
Depending on what you're scrolling and your overall desired effect, the code will be slightly different. For example a photo/slide show or a scrolling text field, or a looping graphic in a banner. |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 717 Re: Graphics with any code...
I used to struggle with this until I started paying for some images from these sites. Some sites are reasonable with their pricing, especially if I really like/need the image. Most also have... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 600 Re: movie clip in flash
you explained it well! I thought that 'this' would just refer to the movieclip instance calling the functon since it is inside the function. I guess that might be redundant anyway. |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 12th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 12th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 600 Re: movie clip in flash
I ususally try to put all my actionscript on its own layer. If this was the case, I would place the following code on the main timeline:
movieclipname.onRollOver = function(){
this.stop();
} |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Jun 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 861 Re: mouse scroll event in flash
Which version of actionScript are you using? There is quite a difference between 3.0 and 2.0. Flash CS3 offers hte flexibility of both, Flash 8 is actionscript 2.0. |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 657 Re: flash website design
Thanks for all.
This is a good lesson for me to lay out my site better next time.
I will put it on different scenes.
I was making things too difficult.
Tunnel vision....
Thanks again. |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 657 Re: flash website design
Thanks, I've managed to work around most issues, I can get swfs to load over others, only as movie clips.
My problem now is how to access the timeline of the loaded movieclip, play an animation, and... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 657 Re: flash website design
I want the swf that is loading to load over the current one, while it is still visible.
It should seem that the swf is sliding over the one already visible. |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,264 Re: Photoshop "abstract" design
layerstv has some great podcast tutorials,
I've taught myself photoshop using tutorials from the net, I have come across a few regarding these "abstract design".
I usually search for fractal... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 342 Re: Replicate Image
I find CSS best for continuity, easy too once you get to know the basics.
Otherwise why not try reworking the image in photoshop or illustrator or something to achieve your desired effect, and then... |
| Forum: Graphics and Multimedia Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 657  flash website design
I am designing a website with Flash CS3, using actionscript 2.0. I am reasonably comfortable with actionscript, but not an expert.
I have a main timeline containing my basic page layout with... |
