Flash :: Hourly Rate (Canada)

What's A Good Hourly Rate?
Hey all,

I tried searching for this, but the search kept crashing, so I think the board is a bit busy.

I'm wondering what a good hourly rate to charge would be for Flash work. What's a common number? $20/hour? $60/hour?

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hourly Rate In The Bay Area?
Hi folks

Any ideas? Trying to figure out a competitive, but solid hourly rate as a flash designer. So, ui, design, actionscript, experienced portfolio....what should I be looking at in an hourly?

Thx

Hourly Alarm
I need to make a flash program to play an included mp3 file 5 seconds before the hour for my radio station. So it will automaticly play the GTS pips at any hour 55mins and 55seconds.

I found a code to make a clock that relies on you system clock (which is what I want) but i couldn't work out how to do the logic. Can you help? I need you. I can adverties you one the radio station if you like. I relally need help!!! PLEASE!!!

Hourly Cookie
I am working on trying to code a swf to play just once an hour using a Flash cookie
The first time the swf plays needs to be automatic so I do not have a stop action on frame 1.
See attached code which is on frame 1
Frame 2 is labeled START

The code I wrote is not working for me - do I have my action script written correctly?
Are there any references for me to follow on how to write the code?
Thanks.

Attach Code

Now = new Date();
CurrentTime = Now.getHours()+ ":" + Now.getMinutes();
HourUpTime = Now.getHours() + 1 + ":" + Now.getMinutes();
Cookie = sharedObject.getLocal("Date");

if(Cookie.data.HourUpTime > CurrentTime) { //Tried also in reverse Cookie.data.CurrentTime < HourUpTime
gotoAndStop("END"); //Go to logo fade in and play to end
} else {
gotoAndPlay("START");
}

Cookie.data.HourUpTime = HourUpTime;
Cookie.flush();

Canada Mint Replication
www.mint.ca
click enter
click on the lucky looney
click FLIP
click on the magnifying glass

this is what i am looking for

it has a brilliant flash coin flip with a zoom

I am unable either download or replicate it... can some please help me

with either SWF or at least the way to guide me on ho did they do it..please

it is amazing what they have done

could you guys help?

Question For People In Toronto Canada
Hello folks. I recently have moved to toronto canada and wanted to do some kind of a course in flash script. I was wondering if some one knows of a school or an institution that have such a course available. Thanx in advance.

New Forum For Flash Developers In Canada
Come and join a new forum set up for Flash Developers. The goal of the forum is to give Canadian Flash Developers a place to share ideas and help each other out. Anyone can join, you don't have to be from Canada.

http://www.flashdev.ca

Us, Australia, Canada, & Asia Please Respond
Hi everyone.

Im creating a application (flash based) that will be integrated on bank websites world wide. Since the application feature video I want to make sure there are a version that support "the most used" broedband speed for each region.

What im asking for is respons on the average users broadband speed in regions around the world. Also hope this can be usefull for others as a reference point.

Let me start by stating that here in Norway the average used broadband is 1mbit. (Test in PC world norway)

PS: Im here looking for connections at home, not work.

Best R:-)

Any Reason A Site Would Work On A Mac In Canada But Not On A Mac In New York ?
Hi,

I'm currently updating a website for a new york artist.
The site is at :
www.cornostudio.com

I'm using xml to load the image gallery.

I updated everything under ARTWORK except prints

Clicking on Faces should load thumbnails and mouse-over on these thumbnails should make the images appear on the left side of the side.

Clicking on thumbnails should load a window with the image blown up a bit with a close button.

I have the latest 15 inch core 2 duo macbok pro model and it works fine and I live in canada.

My client has the same exact computer and it didnt work at her house so she went to the apple store in NY to try it on other machines and it doesnt work there either.

Any reason that would be happening ?

The site is published in flash 7 and I also tried flash 8 to no avail.

Get Time To Make Projector File Appear Hourly Or Every 2 Hours
I am searching for the actionscript which I could insert into my flash movie, which would make a projector file appear every hour or two, having read the computers clock and also have a button which you could press to say 'come back in 5 minutes, I am busy right now'

any help, thanks in advance
david gledhill@hotmail.com

Seeking Personal Tutor In Southern Ontario (Canada)
Hi!

I seem to have bad luck getting replies to my quests on here... so what I'm looking for is someone who is well versed in Action Script and Flash in General (MX) that could give me personal instruction at a reasonable rate.

If you're in Southern Ontario (Canada) and you might have even a half hour a week to help out, let me know.

Thanks in advance!

J

Refresh Information Hourly,daily,weekly And Monthly
Hi Everyone,

I have a flash program which uses asp to work with a microsoft access database and Im trying to find the best way to update information at a specific time. I have time and date stored in a record in the database and would like to have the flash program update some text when this time and date is reached. So this could be hourly,daily,weekly or monthly.

Would it be best to use the timer event or is there a better way to do this? I think the timer event would be useful for refreshing every hour, however im not so sure about the daily,weekly and monthly options. If I was to refresh the information every week or month, would I leave timer running for a whole month or is there are better way to do it?

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

What's The Rate?
What is an optimal frame rate for a site to run really slick and smooth?
Granted there are personal preferences, but I am just asking as a general rule. Like 2A or FI... Thier stuff is always smooth and slick.
Any thoughts?

Rate My OOP
Hey Guys,

Could I get some criticism on my OOP practices. I'm getting paid to make this gallery (so the code won't be up too long) but here it is:

See the swf attached: (BTW, the pic in the swf is a little riskee as a warning).

ActionScript Code:
import mx.utils.Delegate;
//
class Move {
var mask:MovieClip;
var picture:MovieClip;
//
var ease:Number = 4;
//
public function Move(Mask:MovieClip, Picture:MovieClip) {
mask = Mask;
picture = Picture;
//
// code truncated
//
center();
slide();
}
function center() {
// code truncated
}
function slide() {
picture.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this, onEnterFrame);
function onEnterFrame() {
var x:Number = _root._xmouse;
//
x = (x>right_bound) ? (x=right_bound) : (x=x);
//
//
//code truncated
}
}
private function easeX(x, y) {
//code truncated
}
private function easeY(x, y) {
// code trucated.
}
}

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Please Rate This For Me..
Hi, this is v2 of my game

please rate it for me and bear in mind that it is my 1st game and that i am only 12.

Going Rate?
I put this on the 'Client Side' forum but since a lot of my work will be in Flash I thought here would be good too.

I've been doing websites for myself, family and for the company I work for using Dreamweaver, Flash MX2004 and BBEdit. Lately I've been asked to do some outside work for paying customers. While Flash will be involved it won't be for any database work or even much AS.

I have both commercial and fine arts degrees.

Can anyone give me some guidelines for the going rate?

I'm in Minnesota, USA.

Thanks.

MP3 Bit Rate ?
is there a way to know the mp3's Bit Rate once loaded?

Key Frame Rate
is it true, too many animation will slower the frame rate? the worst if we are using alpha image animation.

true or false?

ahmadzombie2

A Way To NOT Frame Rate With...
is there a way with Flash to create a timer, but i need this timer NOT to change if i load or unload some sounds in the Flash memory...

Detecting Bit-rate?
Is there a way to detect a computers bit-rate with Flash? Reason being, I'd like to create a preloader file that detects the computers bit-rate and then plays either the 256 colour file or the 24-bit colour file depending on the cpu.

Help With The Frame Rate
for ex. I have 2 movies and movie 1 load another movie 2
the movie 2 has 120 fps and movie 1 has 12 fps
the movie 2 doens't keep the 120 fps when it load to movie 1
any body know how can I fix this problem???
T.K.

Frame Rate For MCs
Is it possible to change the frame rate of a MC w/o effecting the frame rate of the entire movie?

Frame Rate
Just a quick question if it can be done.

Is it possible to make a symbol that is a movie clip which plays at one frame rate and put it in a movie clip that plays at a diffrent frame rate?

Thanks for all the help I have recieved from this web site and if anyone helps out this time thanks again.

Zane

Frame Rate PSA
I've just seen the last site with an fps of 12 that I can take... I know it sounds a little nit-picky but things look so much better at around 20 fps. As everyone knows, the default is 12, but I know a lot of people just as soon forget about the fps once they get going. So take a minute and change the default to 20 if your machine can handle it... It makes everything look a little bit more professional. Happy Flashing.

Frame Rate
Hi can someone please help me on information about the Frame Rate and what is a good number to use for smooth animation that is universally viewed ?

Thank you !

Rate My First NavBar
Hi, I have just recently created this navbar, so its gonna look ugly... I need some suggestions for the description animation when you rollover the buttons. Thanks

http://mkiv.cjb.net/

this is where my navbar is located...

Any suggestions? I need more animation for it.

Frame Rate ?
hi there

what dose it mean Frame rate

in the movie propretise [12]fps???

and how can i use it ??

Regards,

Frame Rate
Hello,

i have a flash web site which .swf file is 105Kb. I changed the fps from 12 frames per second to 20 frames per second. I thought the size of .swf would increase but it's the same. Is this normal?
And if it is not normal should it increase a lot?
I am using Flash MX.

Thanks,
Miguel

Frame Rate
This is really bugging me, but I've noticed that my frame rate of my flash movie drastically decreases when viewed in IE6. However, I primaily use Mozilla as my default browser, and in Mozilla it runs at the normal speed. (My speed is set for 30 fps) But in IE6 it is definately slower...However, I've noticed on other computers ALSO in IE6, the frame rate is the normal 30 fps. I was wondering if this is a common problem, and if there was any way to fix this. Replies would be greatly appreciated.

Frame Rate.......
what frame rate is better to use in flash, for a web site??

i ususally use 12 but i need to do a really fast fx in a new web site and i like how it see at 36fps, is there a any problem if i use 24 or 36 ??

FPS, Frame Rate...
Hey,

On the site i'm workin on I I made a movie clip, but after making it it moves way too slow, so I upped the frame rate to 35, and thats the speed I want it to move at... but I don't wana make my whole site based on the 35fps, id rather work with 12-15... as i'm more usto it and would be easier. Is there any way to speed up the frame rate of just the one movie clip?
And without shortning the frames in it, I don't wana go back and cut a few frames out of each tween.
Anything please would help,
Thanks in advance,
Ian

Get Frame Rate
Is there a Flash MX feature for getting the frame rate that a given SWF is set to? I havent seen one in the documentation.

Frame Rate
Hi is it possible to turn down and up the frame rate i a falsh movie
I need this funtion in a botten in my flash movie

Frame Rate
I 've spoken with multiple flash animaters, and I never get the say answer. I was wondering what framerate I should be using if I the site has some animation

Frame Rate
does anyone know if you can dynamically change the frame rate in flash.?

I am loading one movie into another and I don't want it to inherit the frame rate of the first. Is there some way i can change the rate in actionscript?

cheers

Frame Rate
I would like to hear your opinion regarding frame rates. I am trying to determine what rate to set a portfolio site at. I would like the animations smooth but yet I don't want it to take forever to load. Thoughts?

Reduceing Bit Rate Of Mp3
My Mp3 is takeing too long to load up on website, how do i reduce its size currently on 44mhz 16bit.

:S

Frame Rate
is there a way to change the frame rate in the middle of run time? thanks in advance

Frame Rate
ok.. i need to know if its possible to change the framerate of a .swf file. i no longer have the .fla file, and its a pain in the ass to do it all over again. all i need to do is double the rate from 20 fps to 40 fps. is this possible? or am i gonna have to make the whole thing over again?

thanx in advance
-Pyro

Frame Rate
My main movie runs at 24 fps and i have a movie clip that i would like to run slower (15 fps) is there a way to do that in mx?

Frame Rate
i want to control frame rate of one movie from a loaded movie (with button) in Movie one. I mean can I control a fps of movie with external loaded movie. PLZ EXPLAIN

Frame Rate?
hey people, i was wondering if there is a way to increase the frame rate for individual scenes so that when you goto scene 2 which in turn is level 2 the actions would be speeded up to increase the difficulty?

cheers

Frame Rate
Few questions about frame rate.

1) how does frame correspond to the timeline? in other words, how does flash know (or keep track of) what has to be done within ONE frame?

2) and if it can't do everything then what? would code processing be split between frames? (im talking frame rate frames here, not animation frames)

3) or does all actionscript/animation happen regardless, and if it takes too long then the frame rate just drops and if thats the case, whats the point of having a frame rate, or is that just an upper limit?

4) Is it possible to keep track of the frame rate with actionscript, and if so to tie the processing of the actionscript code in with that frame rate tracking?

5) i've heard it said in the forums that double buffering is impossible with Flash, but i've also read in magazines, that certain Flash agencies say they use double buffering, so who's right? Is is possible or not?

thanks.
boombanguk

Frame Rate
Can someone please tell me how to change the frame rate while a movie is playing using actionscript. I am currently using Flash MX2004Pro.

Best Frame Rate?
Hello,

I work on Flash cartoons for the web and they currently run at a frame rate of 12. I was wondering if that's a good place to stay for Frame rate, or if I should up it. If I SHOULD up it, then to what? I have had no problems with 15, but when I tried 24 for some reason I couldn't scrub through the timeline and hear my streaming audio. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Frame Rate?
I usually set the frame rate to 24 fps, but somewhere I saw that 30 fps or more is the common frame rate now days. What about if you have a video included?

Get The Frame Rate
I am trying to write a script that tweens a movie using action script in a set time period. To do this i need to know the frame rate of the movie.. How would i go about setting a var to the frame rate of the movie?