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| From: | .e.k.z. |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Oct 2000 01:29:57 +0100 |
flash critique.
someone critique my site..
www.ikezi.com
-ikezi-
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, flasher-digest wrote:
> flasher-digest Friday, September 29 2000 Volume 01 : Number
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> In this issue:
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> RE: FLASH: That hand
> Re: FLASH: Flash 5 and MP3
> FLASH: Flash 4 download
> Re: FLASH: width & height
> Re: FLASH: Flash Job Sites?
> FLASH: AS: Timer HELP!
> FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
> Re: FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
> RE: FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
> Re: FLASH: Flash 4 download
> RE: FLASH: nice
> RE: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing & output
> Re: FLASH: Flash 4 download (don't do it!)
> Re: FLASH: Symbol use and Filesize
> FLASH: coldfusion and flash
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:48:30 -0600
> From: Jason Bouwmeester <jason
intervisual [dot] com>> Subject: RE: FLASH: That hand
>
> I gotcha now. I always thought it was like that, just checked F4 and it's
> not... oh well... I can live with it =0P I kinda like the hand though
kinda
> reiterates that you can do something like drag that frame.
>
> jb
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: EchoDotCom Designs. [echo
echodotcom [dot] com (mailto:echoechodotcom [dot] com)]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:43 AM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: RE: FLASH: That hand
>
>
> hmmm, I don't know either, I have them both checked, and when I actually
> click on a frame, the arrow changes into the hand.... I would think it is
a
> problem with he computer, but it happens on all three of the computers we
> have.
>
> - -Echo
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: owner
chinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Jason> Bouwmeester
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:33 AM
> To: 'flasher
chinwag [dot] com'> Subject: RE: FLASH: That hand
>
>
> I dunno but I have both boxes checked in the preferences and it works
> exactly like F4 timeline... no hand, just that nice little arrow. Maybe
I'm
> just not understanding your problem...
>
> jb
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: EchoDotCom Designs. [echo
echodotcom [dot] com (mailto:echoechodotcom [dot] com)]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:14 AM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: RE: FLASH: That hand
>
>
> This is True, however it will also try to select multiple Frames, as well
as
> the undeniable fact that the hand serves no other purpose then to annoy
> anyone that has used flash up until this point. Sorry, I don't mean to
turn
> the list into a Rant, but there are so many changes in F5 that I just
can't
> figure out a reason for. I follow the changing of the code structure, and
> the tabs and such, but I don't follow why the timeline had to be messed
> with... it worked so nicely in the first place.
>
> - -Echo
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: owner
chinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of David> Mellinger
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:02 AM
> To: 'flasher
chinwag [dot] com'> Subject: RE: FLASH: That hand
>
>
> If you hold down either CTRL or Shift (I can't remember which one at
> present) it will allow you to select frames the same way as back in Flash
> 4...
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Cartwright [jason [dot] cartwright
topjobs [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:jason [dot] cartwrighttopjobs [dot] co [dot] uk)]> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:42 AM
> > To: 'flasher
chinwag [dot] com'> > Subject: RE: FLASH: That hand
> >
> >
> > I completely agree Echo - also whats the deal with it
> > insisting on grabbing
> > sections at a time! Very annoying
> >
> > Jas
> >
> > > Any chance of a patch to disable that darn annoying hand in
> > > the time line?
> > > maybe something to put it back to "true" flash 4 timeline?
> > > that hand is
> > > bulky and annoying, and often doesn't grab the right frame. one more
> > > thought, when you make this patch would you allow for
> > > switching the arrows I
> > > am much happier with "A" making the arrow that has been the
> > > flash arrow for
> > > 4 versions, you can always put the other arrow on "V" or at
> > > least give us a
> > > choice?
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:56:40 -0600
> From: Michael Moore <mmoore
jii [dot] com>> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 5 and MP3
>
> I'm new to the list as well... my suggestion would be to create your
"close
> bubble" animation sequence on later frames -- set a "stop" after the
initial
> "open bubble" sequence plays on "Roll Over" -- then, set a "goto and play"
> your "close bubble" sequence on a mouse "Roll Out" event.
>
> Hope this helps... Let us know what works!
> Thanks!
>
> Michael Moore
>
> > From: Tre Pryor <tre [dot] p
ConfluentASP [dot] com>> > Reply-To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:35:17 -0400
> > To: "'flasher
chinwag [dot] com'" <flasherchinwag [dot] com>> > Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash 5 and MP3
> >
> > I'm a newbie myself and I probably won't be able to help much, but I
felt
> > your pain so...
> >
> > My only thought would be to make re-create the exit effect from the
entry
> > effect. I'd take those frames and dup them out (or reverse the tween
> > effect.)
> >
> > That's MTC. 8^)
> > -tre
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Ryan [tim
digitalplanit [dot] com (mailto:timdigitalplanit [dot] com)]> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 7:27 AM
> > To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> > Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 5 and MP3
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Am I invisible???? Come on guys!!! Help me out!!!!!!
> >
> > Again....
> >
> >
> > I have an object and when you roll over it a speech bubble appears. I
want
> > the bubbble movie to reverse when you roll off? does anyone know how
this is
> > done as i cant work it out...This is of the greatest urgency so please
> > please respond!
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:43:04 -0700
> From: Rick Nordby <rick [dot] nordby
shorelineschools [dot] org>> Subject: FLASH: Flash 4 download
>
> I am new to this list and to Flash. I am teaching a new animation class.
> We are using Flash 4 since that was what was available last spring. I
don't
> want to change the kids (and me) over to Flash 5 just now. Does anyone
have
> a copy of the Flash 4 demo that was available to download prior to the
> release of 5? If so, could you send me a copy or give me an address where
I
> can download it?
> - --
> Rick Nordby
> Shorecrest High School
> Shoreline, WA
> rick [dot] nordby
shorelineschools [dot] org>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:18:40 +0100
> From: "Jules" <jules
elektonika [dot] co [dot] uk>> Subject: Re: FLASH: width & height
>
> Allright, new here myself
>
> width and height don't refer to pixel measurements, they are percentage
> sizes of the movie clip. Bit wierd but thats the way it is. There is a way
> to get pixel measurements, but I can't remember what it os. sorry
>
> hope this helps
>
> jules
>
> ps if anyone was at the chinwag party on wed apologies if i talked shite
at
> you. Free bar, got hammered, spoke rubbish :-)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:22:55 -0700
> From: julie gargan <julieg
kickmedia [dot] com>> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash Job Sites?
>
> > It had a funny name, I remember that much...
> >
> > Looking for a website that had postings for contract Flash jobs.
> >
> > In my case, SF, Cal.area.
> >
> > I believe I found the site through another of our flash resource site
banner
> > ads.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > (And, sorry for the slight OT posting)
> >
>
> I don't know of any specific flash resource centers, but there are some
good
> lisings on flipdog.com and dice.com and I've heard that if you post your
> resume on guru.com you'll get a lot of calls (but don't go through the
> postings, they don't seem to be very good).
>
> sorry I don't know if this helps. I've heard that there is a lot of work
in
> the bay area, though. good luck.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:30:22 -0400
> From: Matt Spiegler <mspiegler
lightbulbpress [dot] com>> Subject: FLASH: AS: Timer HELP!
>
> uggh...this is such a stupidly simple question, but my brain is in major
> fart mode, and I'm not figuring this out. So...does anyone know how to
> build a timer in Flash that counts the seconds up to 60, then rolls back
> to 0, up to 60, back to 0 etc., all the while incrementally increasing
> the minutes and eventually the hours? I know I'm gonna kick myself when
> I see the answer, but thanks for the help...
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:39:44 -0400
> From: "Bradshaw, Brian" <Brian_Bradshaw
mcgraw-hill [dot] com>> Subject: FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
>
> Hi everyone. I'm a new listee, so hi!
>
> I hope someone might have an answer for this. I can;t find any references
to
> the Player downloads in the support from MM.
> Yesterday I downloaded the Flash 5 player from MM's web site. Now, in IE
4,
> 5, and 5.5 My Shockwave movies can no longer trigger VBscript, or
Javascript
> events to access my Flash movie. Does anybody have an idea of what broke
and
> how to fix it?
>
> I tried installing Flash 4, but I still have same problem.
> All my code worked Wednesday, but not on Thursday(when I grabbed Flash
> Player 5). Please help!
>
> All assistance is appreciated!
>
> Brian Bradshaw
> Systems Engineer
> McGraw-Hill Education
> McGraw-Hill Companies
> 860-409-2603
> Brian_Bradshaw
mgh [dot] com>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:19:56 -0700
> From: jdowdell
macromedia [dot] com (John Dowdell)> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
>
> At 12:39 PM 9/29/0, Bradshaw, Brian wrote:
> > Yesterday I downloaded the Flash 5 player from MM's web site. Now,
> > in IE 4, 5, and 5.5 My Shockwave movies can no longer trigger
> > VBscript, or Javascript events to access my Flash movie.
>
> Hmm... an installation of the Macromedia Flash Player 5 should not affect
> Shockwave movies in any way.
>
> I don't know the platform, but script/object intercommunication will
> definitely not work in Mac versions of the Microsoft browsers.
>
> For "Does the Macromedia Flash Player 5 support FSCommand and JavaScript
> API work same as before?" then yes, it does... you might consider testing
> your browser with the Hawaii demo on the CD to see if it still works. John
> Croteau maintains a copy of this online, at:
> http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/HawaiiMap/
>
> Are any of these confirmations of help in figuring the situation there...?
>
> jd
>
>
>
>
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:29:10 -0400
> From: "Bradshaw, Brian" <Brian_Bradshaw
mcgraw-hill [dot] com>> Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
>
> So far, not really. The problem is on Windows 95. I am using the
> externalEvent call in Shockwave. I'm wondering if there is a library or
> utility file of some sort that just doesn;t work quite right with
Shockwave.
>
> Individually both the shockwave ap and the Flash app work perfectly. I
have
> just lost the external communucation ability from Shockwave. Installing
the
> Flash 5 player is the only thing I did to alter any elements of the
browser.
>
> The Hawaii demo seems to mostly work. Is it Shockwave and Flash?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brian
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: jdowdell
macromedia [dot] com [jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com (mailto:jdowdellmacromedia [dot] com)]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 4:20 PM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash Player 5 download problems
>
>
> At 12:39 PM 9/29/0, Bradshaw, Brian wrote:
> > Yesterday I downloaded the Flash 5 player from MM's web site. Now,
> > in IE 4, 5, and 5.5 My Shockwave movies can no longer trigger
> > VBscript, or Javascript events to access my Flash movie.
>
> Hmm... an installation of the Macromedia Flash Player 5 should not affect
> Shockwave movies in any way.
>
> I don't know the platform, but script/object intercommunication will
> definitely not work in Mac versions of the Microsoft browsers.
>
> For "Does the Macromedia Flash Player 5 support FSCommand and JavaScript
> API work same as before?" then yes, it does... you might consider testing
> your browser with the Hawaii demo on the CD to see if it still works. John
> Croteau maintains a copy of this online, at:
> http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/HawaiiMap/
>
> Are any of these confirmations of help in figuring the situation there...?
>
> jd
>
>
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:38:19 -0700
> From: jdowdell
macromedia [dot] com (John Dowdell)> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 4 download
>
> At 10:43 AM 9/29/0, Rick Nordby wrote:
> >I am new to this list and to Flash. I am teaching a new animation
class.
> >We are using Flash 4 since that was what was available last spring. I
don't
> >want to change the kids (and me) over to Flash 5 just now.
>
> You might try the Macromedia Educational contacts... they offer the best
> range of resources here:
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/solutions/educator/
>
> (If there's any choice possible, I'd highly recommend teaching with the
> current application... the old habits won't have as much value once they
> get out of school. You know that situation there better than me though, of
> course.)
>
>
> jd
>
>
>
>
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:44:51 -0700
> From: jdowdell
macromedia [dot] com (John Dowdell)> Subject: RE: FLASH: nice
>
> > http://www.sixflags.com/arcade/maze/
>
> That's indeed a very pretty loading display. But note that it's
> animation-intensive, and so will be trying to share processor cycles with
> the downloading stream... the smoother the loading display tries to be,
the
> longer it will take to actually load.
>
> (A Shockwave or Flash presentation can start up pretty quickly, without
> needing a "please wait" display... the key is to start the presentation
> with just a simple movie that requires lighter media. You can keep
> downloading the more complex things in the background. More info's
> available by searching the Macromedia Flash Technotes with keyword "fast
> start".)
>
> jd
>
>
>
>
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:43:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: eli <filmstreet
yahoo [dot] com>> Subject: RE: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing & output
>
> I would avoid editing analog on a G4. It's like
> buying an SUV to cruise the suburbs. Any investment
> you make on analog is money you could have spent on
> getting the most out of your G4.
>
> I'd get a copy of finalcutpro and the sony converter
> box. Wiredinc has a box called firewired that does
> the same as the sony box (
> http://www.wiredinc.com/firewired.html ). It lets you
> go digital back to analog with an S-video or RCA
> cable. I don't know if the sony one does that.
>
> EditDV is good software, and there is a cuts only
> version available for free download at
> http://www.digitalorigin.com/unplugged/register1.asp
>
> The most useful website for this type of info is
> www.2-pop.com
>
> I would also consider imovie a decent editing tool
> that a creative person can rip apart and make great
> things with. And it's free too from apple.
>
> Finalcutpro is the best and purrs like a kitten on a
> G4. You may also consider getting extra internal IDE
> drives for your G4. I suggest 27gig+ IBM deskstars.
> www.gogocity.com had great prices last time I ordered
> some. Yoy can fit two extra drives internally if you
> buy an IDE expansion card from ww.vsttech.com . And
> lastly, you'll really want some RAM for editing. I
> would say 192 is good, 256 is better. 2-pop has
> threads for pricing, deals, configurations and all
> that.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> E
>
> __________________________
> Good points made below.
>
> I'd also reccomend checking out EditDV from Digital
> Origin. It's a
> great
> package and gives you more then enough power to meet
> all your needs.
> http://www.digitalorigin.com
>
> Charles Chapman
> Web Solutions Manager
> Telco Systems, Inc.
> A BATM Company
> www.telco.com
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Sohrab Pirayesh [sohrab
2mtc [dot] com (mailto:sohrab2mtc [dot] com)]> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:42 AM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: Re: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing &
> output
>
>
> Your getting into tough territory.
>
> Hi8 is an anolog format, the 1394(apple calls it
> firewire, sony calls
> it
> i.link) port imports digital information. its meant
> for cameras that
> record
> in DV or in D8. You have three options
>
> -import anolog ( for this you have to buy an
> anolog capture card
> for
> your mac which can be rather expensive, check out
> http://www.miro.com/start.asp )
> -buy the sony converter, convert your footage to
> dv, edit it,
> convert it
> back to anolog and send it back to your camera.
> -buy a DV or D8 camera and reshoot your footage
>
> These are all pretty expensive solutions, but those
> are the only ones
> that
> come to mind. About editing software, use apple's
> final cut pro, it was
> designed to work on teh G4, so it will be more stable
> and more powerful
> than
> premiere.
>
> hth
> - -sohrab
>
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Tagliaferro" <mark
spaceshot [dot] com>> To: <flasher
chinwag [dot] com>> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 3:05 PM
> Subject: FLASH: OT - Video capture, editing & output
>
>
> > Sorry for the OT, but it seems that a lot of people
> here have
> considerable
> > experience on the subject, so I thought I would ask.
> I have a Mac
> G4/450
> > and a Sony Hi8 TRV99 camcorder. I want to be able
> to capture video,
> edit
> it
> > on the G4 and send back to Hi8.
> >
> > The G4 has two firewire ports. The camera has one
> S-video
> (input/output)
> as
> > well as left & right audio. It also has composite,
> but I'm not
> interested
> > in using that.
> >
> > Sony has a product called a media converter that
> will supposedly
> convert
> the
> > signal from S-video to firewire and back. Does it
> make sense to use
> > something like that or are there other technologies?
> >
> > I'm also looking for a recommendation for editing
> software. Adobe
> Premiere
> > and Apple Final Cut Pro are the only one's I am
> familiar with. But i
> have
> > no experience with either.
> >
> > I'm really hoping someone could advise me on what
> would be the most
> sensible
> > approach. Feel free to email me off list
> >
> > Mark Tagliaferro
> > mark
spaceshot [dot] com>
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:00:30 -0400
> From: Helen Triolo <designer
i-technica [dot] com>> Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 4 download (don't do it!)
>
> > At 10:43 AM 9/29/0, Rick Nordby wrote:
> > >I am new to this list and to Flash. I am teaching a new animation
class.
> > >We are using Flash 4 since that was what was available last spring. I
don't
> > >want to change the kids (and me) over to Flash 5 just now.
>
> and John Dowdell responded:
> >
> > (If there's any choice possible, I'd highly recommend teaching with the
> > current application... the old habits won't have as much value once they
> > get out of school. You know that situation there better than me though,
of
> > course.)
> >
> I have to second jd's advice, even though you didn't ask for it ;-) just
> in case a non-Macromedia person's advice makes any difference.
> Everything about Flash 4 is very specific only to Flash 4, but learning
> Flash 5 opens doors to all kinds of other possibilities. On the drawing
> side, the use of pallettes (which MM calls panels) and bezier tools in
> Flash 5 makes it very similar to many widely-used graphics packages, but
> that's just the cake beneath the icing. The real power (she says, in
> her best programmer voice) is in the new Flash 5 actionscript which,
> once learned, can be applied to any other object-oriented programming
> language, meaning that you get back what you put into learning it
> several times over, both in terms of being able to create
> well-controlled (and now well-documented) animations and whole
> applications, and in terms of extensibility to other web and non-web
> apps. (This, I have to say, was not true of Flash 4). Well, I could
> stay on this soapbox all day, but I guess it's time to step down and get
> back to work.
>
> Regards,
> Helen
> - ---------------------------------------------------
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:17:56 -0700
> From: jdowdell
macromedia [dot] com (John Dowdell)> Subject: Re: FLASH: Symbol use and Filesize
>
> I'm not positive what's being sought, but for "What do 'Frame Bytes' do?"
> then this measures the number of instructions to describe media and
display
> instructions for that frame.
>
> This can be affected by the display of new elements on screen, and would
> also be affected by the number of instructions needed to describe a symbol
> built up of other symbols... even though your symbol named "Base square 2"
> may be described in the early part of the file, each subsequent
meta-symbol
> would need to be describe how to use iterations of this symbol primitive
to
> make the new symbol.
>
> (gosh, that was gnarly, let me try again... it make take 36 bytes to
> describe a square as a symbol. If a new symbol named "asteroid graphic" is
> made up of several instances of this square, then you wouldn't need to
> describe new geometry, true... the file *would* need to describe where to
> position each of these symbol instances, whether to apply rotation or
> resizing or effects to it, etc.)
>
> Maybe another way of looking at it: A symbol which is made up of other
> symbols may not need to describe raw geometry, but it would still need to
> describe the symbols which make it up, and this description could be tiny
> or large, depending on the content.
>
> Then again, you could be seeing something else entirely too. ;-) But
might
> the above background help resolve what you're seeing in that example...?
>
> jd
>
>
>
>
>
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:31:50 -0500
> From: mel hogan <mhogan
uclick [dot] com>> Subject: FLASH: coldfusion and flash
>
> Hi all,
> Is there a way to have a .swf call a .cfm page that causes the .swf to
> display an image (ad of course) with the href link intact.
>
>
> - --
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