Flash animation experts, can you help?

Question

Would be very grateful for guidance here. I have created a gallery in which 30 pictures fade in and out in sequence, that's all fine.

My first problem though is that when I test the end product or publish my animation some of the pictures have an odd sort of blip, whereby they appear to be squeezed vertically, only by a few pixels but it spoils the smoothness of the fade in / fade out. It doesn't happen when I 'scrub' the timeline and I'm confused. Has this happened to anyone else?

Also, have created a splash page and cannot for the life of me get the link at the end to work, which should take me into the main web-site. Was hoping to be able to click anywhere on the splash page to continue.

Finally, how on earth do I add my gallery animation to my web-site? I understand html but am struggling to have the animation appear on my page and it's very frustrating.

I know I'm asking a lot but I'd be eternally grateful if a kind soul could help me. Please?!!

Hi, thank you so much.

Problem 1: My photos are all exactly 700 x 525, as is my stage. I did think it might be something to do with the X and Y dimensions but having changed them all to 0 to make each pic dead centre it still hasn’t helped. I also tried making my stage slightly larger but that didn’t make any difference either.

Problem 2: I haven’t had much experience of using action scripts but followed various web tutorials which all gave the same instructions, it all looks promising and yet when finished, my mouse changes to a hand as though there’s a link there but clicking does nothing. I’m using Flash MX, Version 6, the publish settings are at Flash Player 6.

Problem 3: I can publish no problem and it sounds ridiculous but it’s the next part I can’t do! I’m still working with good old fashioned html, pure and unadulterated, though I will forward this project once complete to a designer who probably uses Dreamweaver.

Unfortunately they don’t do Flash so it’s the blind leading the blind, lol! I only wanted to test it on a live site to see what it looked like (and so that I can get feedback) but some sample code would be really handy. Simply inserting it into my html code isn’t so easy when I don’t know what it’s supposed to look like!

You’re really kind. I am not planning on doing a project like this again, caused too many headaches already!

Katie

Answer 1

Yes - you are asking a lot - haha!

Problem 1: Make sure that each of the photos are the same size, and exactly match the size of your stage. Highlight an individual pic in the timeline and look at the size in the property inspector. The size should NOT be bold. [EDIT] - oops - the bold part is in dreamweaver. sorry. just make sure the W and H match your original file.

Problem 2: You need to provide a little more detail. If you have an action script command to go to a url on mouse-up, it should work fine. What version Flash are you using, then tell me what versions you have your publish settings at.

Problem 3: Simply publish the SWF file and insert it into your html file. All elements and pics are contained in the swf. You do not need to publish the original jpg's. What html editor are you using? Dreamweaver or Front Page should make this VERY easy to do. If you are doing in native text, let me know and I can give you sample code.

I will monitor this question for additional comments if you want to expand for the next day or two.

EDIT @ 18:28EST: Give me until tomorrow...just got in and have to run again and wont be back until late. Problem 1 is going to make me think...haha. Do you have a site that you can post your code and swf to?

EDIT 2: Katie, Check your email

Answer 2

in the beginning you mustn't disclose your desires in this “yahoo solutions.” This talk board it is for particular questions and solutions and you realize that. There are different boards the place you will get pals. 2d of all you have a job which you're no longer arranged for. you ought to bypass returned to college and get knowledgeable. I advise you will take a macromedia flash classification and fireworks that can assist you you create animations. it is likewise a remember of your imaginitive purposes. you could no longer purely ask human beings to do issues for you. no longer, even pals.

Answer 3

Professional 3D Design Animation - http://3dAnimationCartoons.com/?hIYH