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Q: WHY DOES MY TEXT INPUT APPEAR LOPSIDED WHEN I FIRST ENTER IT IN??<br>
 
Q: WHY DOES MY TEXT INPUT APPEAR LOPSIDED WHEN I FIRST ENTER IT IN??<br>
 
A: this may be because you are entering it into an instance of a movieclip which has been put in an angle. stop editing it in place and it will be straight when you first enter it, instead of disturbingly askew.
 
A: this may be because you are entering it into an instance of a movieclip which has been put in an angle. stop editing it in place and it will be straight when you first enter it, instead of disturbingly askew.
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Q: WHY DOESN'T MY CODE WORK? I'VE CHECKED IT MILLIONS OF TIMES AND ITS CORRECT???<br>
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A: Check that its set to publish the correct version of Actionscript. If you are writing in Actionscript 2, make sure its exporting in Actionscript 2!

Revision as of 13:08, 26 August 2008

i only have limited vegetable powers of Macromedia Flash (now known as Adobe Flash), so i am slowly figuring it out while making Flash Banners.

SWF to AVI

to convert swf to avi, use: swf2avi

Flash Banners

Standard Flash Banner Sizes:
250 x 250 Square
200 x 200 Small Square
468 x 60 Banner
728 x 90 Leaderboard
300 x 250 Inline Rectangle
335 x 280 Large Rectangle
120 x 600 Skyscraper
160 x 600 Wide Skyscraper

I reckon the three most important sizes are: Inline Rectangle, Banner, and Skyscraper.

Actionscripted Tweening

Preloader

stop();
onEnterFrame = function(){
	if (_root.getBytesLoaded() == _root.getBytesTotal()){
		delete onEnterFrame;
		play();
	}
}

Clicktag

For Google:

on (release) {
if (clickTAG.substr(0,5) == "http:") {
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}
}

For others (eg: ad2one):

on (release) {
getURL(clickTag, "_blank");
}

Reducing File Size

  • Compress images in photoshop before adding them to your flash library.
  • Save duplicated objects as movieclips and reinsert them as iterations of the same mc.
  • Shorten the length of loops.

Effects I like

http://page-flip.com/

Trace Bitmap

Trace Bitmap function - posterise effect

TROUBLESHOOTING ALARMING BUT SILLY PROBLEMS

Q: WHY DOES MY TEXT INPUT APPEAR LOPSIDED WHEN I FIRST ENTER IT IN??
A: this may be because you are entering it into an instance of a movieclip which has been put in an angle. stop editing it in place and it will be straight when you first enter it, instead of disturbingly askew.

Q: WHY DOESN'T MY CODE WORK? I'VE CHECKED IT MILLIONS OF TIMES AND ITS CORRECT???
A: Check that its set to publish the correct version of Actionscript. If you are writing in Actionscript 2, make sure its exporting in Actionscript 2!