Flash :: Auto Generating Thumbnails

Generating Thumbnails And Adding Watermark To Videos
Hello,

I'm looking for a piece of software that will let me:

1) convert videos to FLV
2) edit video before converting (i.e. trim, crop, etc)
3) add own watermark
4) generate thumbnail from video

since most of the videos are already in FLV format, I would like to be able to ONLY generate thumbnails and add watermarks, possibly as a batch, if I want to.

does anyone know of a software that has all these features? I tried several but none of them have everything I'm looking for(Riva, Sothink, etc)

thanks

Auto Generating Classes
Is there a way to auto generate classes?

Auto Scrolling Thumbnails
Hi!

I'm sure this is easy, but a new into flash and maybe u guys can help me out.

Here's the deal: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm

how could I the thumbnails automatically scroll, let's say, from left to right and I could still change the direction when I move the mouse over ??

Thanks

Auto Scroll Bar + Thumbnails
Hi All

:) I am new to this site and would like to introduce myself. I have been searching for help and have come acroos this site.

:?: The help I am needing is that I used the tutorial to create the scrolling thumbnails and in that tutorial the thumbnails can be accessed to make them clickable for want of words. The help I need is to link these thumbnails so that I can bring up a larger image of the thumbnail either on another location within my page or by means of a pop-up screen. Any suggestions and help with code etc will be greatly appreciated. :oops:

Thanks
Studio7even

Auto Scroll Thumbnails In Flash 8
Hi All

I need to create a auto thumbnail scroll effect and have the tumbnails clickable and these thumbnails once clicked are to show a larger image on another location on the page or in a pop-up window.

Can anybody help me with the coding and setting up of this process.

Thanks

Mike

Auto Scrolling For Thumbnails Gallery
Dear Flash Experts,
need advices on how to auto-scroll the thumbnails for the thumbnail gallery tutorial:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm

i.e. you don't need to mouseover to make it scroll, the thumbnails will auto scroll when mouse out and back to follow mouse scroll when mouse over.

Billions Thanks,
B3Y

Text Over Thumbnails: Adding Thumbnails Photo Gallery Using XML And Flash Tutorial
So I went through the adding thumbnails supplement to the XML Photo Gallery (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm) and it works great. I wanted to put the label of the image over the thumbnail when the user mouses over the thumbnail. Any thoughts on how to do this? I want it to look like these thumbnails http://www.commonskymedia.com/index.html#reel. Thanks!

Thumbnails Tutorial - How Can I Make The Thumbnails Scroll By Default?
i have modified the xml photogallery on my site as i only want to use the scrolling thumbnail component but as a tool to scroll images.

2 modifications i would like to make that have me stuck!

1) how can i make the thumbnails scroll by default on load?

2) how can i add a little preloader within the empty thumbnail holder movieclip? i am loading the main gallery images directly into this clip rather than using it to display thumbnails

many thanks in advance if you can help!

natalie

Auto Pop Up Window With Auto Close.
Hi Guys.

Im trying to open a html file.

When double clicked I need it to open the html file (open.html), then automatically open another centered pop up window, then automatically close open.html.

I have got it working but it asked me if I want to close down the window. yes/no.

script
.................................................. ............

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT TYPE="TEXT/JAVASCRIPT">

function newWindow() {
newWindow = window.open('http://www.yahoo.com', 'newWin', 'width=400,height=525')
}
setTimeout("self.close()", 1000)

</SCRIPT>

</head>

<body onload="javascript:newWindow()" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">

</body>
</html>

.................................................. .............

Can anyone advance on this for me.

Cheers,
Shaun

[CS3] Auto-play/Auto-resume: Is It Possible?
Hi,

I'm making an interactive film. At certain points within the film, the viewer has the ability to select from a few options that will direct them to an external video clip (they are flashback scenes). The main story pauses when the user selects a flashback scene and I'm clear on how to achieve this.

However, my issue is that once the flashback scene ends and the external video closes, I'm not sure how the main story will resume. Is it possible for it to auto-play (resume) in some way? My last resort would be to have the viewer select a play button - this is only because I do not want a break in the narrative and want to limit the amount of clicks the viewer has to make.

Basically, I really just want to know if what I want to achieve is realistic without making the viewer initiate the action. Any suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Auto Submit/auto Counter
Hi, I know this is possible but I can't seem to find a script on how to do it.

I want it to have a counter for everyone who submits and at the end, it shows how many people did the flash game.

http://neebit.com/s?ab39540f21.swf (not totally done yet)

Have A Flv Not Auto-play But Still Auto-buffer?
I know in the flash video player component's parameters you can set autoplay to true or false, but can you make it so the video will buffer even if autoplay is set to false, and without the user hitting play?

I wan't no delay once they hit play, but they don't have to watch the video.

Have A Flv Not Auto-play But Still Auto-buffer?
SORRY, I double posted!

how do I delete a post?

Edited: 11/04/2008 at 12:46:38 PM by WACOMalt

Auto-play/auto-resume: Is It Possible?
Hi,

I'm making an interactive film. At certain points within the film, the viewer has the ability to select from a few options that will direct them to an external video clip (they are flashback scenes). The main story pauses when the user selects a flashback scene and I'm clear on how to achieve this.

However, my issue is that once the flashback scene ends and the external video closes, I'm not sure how the main story will resume. Is it possible for it to auto-play (resume) in some way? My last resort would be to have the viewer select a play button - this is only because I do not want a break in the narrative and want to limit the amount of clicks the viewer has to make.

Basically, I really just want to know if what I want to achieve is realistic without making the viewer initiate the action. Any suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Extra Thumbnails To "Adding Thumbnails"
I've searched the forum but there is not a certain solution. (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre...tra+thumbnails)
I am trying to add the gallery extra thumbnails to use as extra information. Shortly trying to make a little thumbnail which will be change when clicked the main thumbs as the example below..
Thanks for your help if u can...

Auto-updater/auto-news Updater/journal..ect Whatever You Want 2 Call It..
i was wondering if anyone had an already premade auto-news/auto-updater/journal esque thing for flash?
Similair to these here:
http://www.pleistoscene.com/theatre.htm
skip the intro stuff [unless u want 2c it]
goto 1:00 and 11:00 i believe it is where the news &journal are..something like that..all they use is a flash document with a TXT file they simply upload.
I know you find stuff like this for News tickes, but im not looking for a ticker..something for my news portion of my site and a journal iam creating..this is the only site i knew of that had them.

any support is appreciated..thanks
.worm

Want Help In Generating Exe
Hi all

Hey, i am a multimedia presentator. Everytime i make swf files fullscreen. till date it was ok for me.
But now one of my clint don't want the presenattion in fullscreen.
He wants initiall screen in normal mode.
So i m facing a problem that i can not run normal screen exe (generated from swf files) centre to the desktop.
How can i do it?
i don't want to use directore
Plz help me.
I will be very thankful to you.

urs firoz

Generating A Pop Up
ok heres the deal I've gotten the code for my pop up and I am testing my site at home before I decide to put it on the net. yet everytime I test it the button brings up a search engine page. I know the file path is accurate I copied and pasted the file path from my computer. what am I doing wrong and how can I fix it. it doesn't even seem to be getting the right size or settings at all. I have been trying for two days and I have looked at every last one of the other ppls threads about the same topic. yet none of what seems to have solved their problem is solving mine.

here is my coding

on (release) {
getURL("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('C:Docum ents and SettingsDebraDesktop
ealpreloader.html','newWin ','width=500,height=400,left=0,top=0,toolbar=No,lo cation=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizable=No,ful lscreen=No');NewWindow.focus();void(0);");
}

I could really use some help I've been trying my hardest to figure this out

Help With Generating MCs
Hi!

I'm a new member of FK! I just thought I could ask you guys a simple question.

I'm making a game in which you play as an alien. The premise of this game is elementary: You go around on a rampage on earth.

The layout of my game is not going to be too complicated. Your character is situated in the middle of the screen and waits until human MCs come wondering out onto screen...

I've got most of it down! I just can't seem to find script that allows you generate MCs (in this case, the humans).

Anyway, I was just wondering if any of you pro-flashers could direct me to a tutorial or give me a basic idea how to do this.

Thanks a lot,

Brian

Generating XML Using PHP
Hi, I have built an mp3 player that uses an xml file to configure itself and to load the playlist. I am not lazy, just looking for a bit of an advancement in "scripting tech".

Currently, what happens is that my flash mp3 player reads the xml file and builds the playlist.

Basically, what I want to do is to have a php script run that would generate the xml for me by opening a directory and looking for all mp3's. I also want to be able to take a substring of the file name to send as the <song> tag of each song.

E.G. If the filename is "song - artist.mp3", I want the php script to find it (because it is a .mp3), and output that as the <file> tag. Then I want the script to pull that name apart (using substring or something), and give this as the <song> "song - artist" (without the .mp3).

I already have the flash interface, I just want this php script so that I won't have to update the xml file every time I add/remove a song from the player. If possible, could someone also include a method for excluding specific files from the xml (e.g. "badsong.mp3" or ".htaccess").

If anyone could help me with this, I would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Flash_Geek

Generating A SWF From A SWF
If I created an app like this one http://www.startribune.com/local/12166286.html, would it be possible to also create an "Editor" app in Flash that could either replace the original app or create a new one?

Help Generating XML
Hi, I'm looking for some help generating XML;

I have a function that takes in an array containing XMLLists as a parameter.

In a loop I want to extract data from each XMLList and add it to a newly generated XML file.

The XML that I've ended up with only has 1 entry (the last xml item in the array).

This is because I dont know how to add a new element with the same name.

This is the XML that I would like to end up with

ActionScript Code:
<remixList>
<remix label="Mix 1">

<clip Name="clip of clips" Track="1" Start="0" End="8"/>

<clip Name="clip b - Untitled Clip 0" Track="1" Start="0" End="8"/>

<clip Name="PTDL_140_Drumloop2b - Untitled Clip 0" Track="1" Start="0" End="8"/>
</remix>
</remixList>

But this is what I end up with

ActionScript Code:
<remixList>

<remix label="Mix 1">

<clip Name="PTDL_140_Drumloop2b - Untitled Clip 0" Track="1" Start="0" End="8"/>
</remix>

Do you get what I'm trying to do and can you help?

Thanks,

dub

ActionScript Code:
for (var i:uint = 0; i < pClips.length; i++)
{
var clip:XML = pClips[i];

var Name:String = clip.Name

var Track:int = clip.TrackNumber

var Start:Number = clip.Start

var End:Number = clip.Finish

_remixList.remix.clip =<clip/>

_remixList.remix.clip.@Name = Name;

_remixList.remix.clip.@Track = Track;

_remixList.remix.clip.@Start = Start

_remixList.remix.clip.@End=End

}

Generating An Fla
OK, I made the numero uno of all mistakes. I didn't save my fla. I published, and as I was viewing what i published in html (after making some java mods) flash, crashed. Is there a way to generate the fla from the swf file? My guess is no, but i'm kind of desperate since i just lost hours worth of work cause I got so involved I forgot to save as i went along.

Swf Generating PDF
Hi~!
Is there a way to generate a swf into PDF within a flash movie?
For example, there is a button within flash that allows you to capture a movieClip and generate a PDF out of it. Is this possible without going through server side applications?

Thanks~!

Generating A Waveform?
i am wondering if it is possible to generate some kind of waveform (looping alg.?) that could control the speed (pulse-width?) of text or an object be flashed on the screen. a strobe effect.

basically, i want to control the rate at which the object is flashed, and the amount of time (in between flashes) it is displayed. can some of you out there figure this out? i need some help with this one. hmm. thanks for ANYTHING at all! -matt

Generating Dynamic URL ?
hi friends....

i have a lil prob again....

em making a url with diff variables...

i want to generate this url ???

stories/fun/story1/main.swf

now here

i need these variables when i load the main.swf on level 1

/:link1 = "stories/fun";
/:dir = "stage1";

its working fine when i type it likt this

on (release) {
loadMovieNum(/:link1+"/stage.swf?link1=stories/fun&dir=story1", 1);
}

but my prob is that i want to get these variables from the mivoe on level 0

i want to give varibles /:link1 and /:dir with load movie...

i dont want give it like ?link1=stories/fun&dir=story1

plz solve my prob... :-[
i know u ppl can do it..

Generating Jpegs From A Swf
i have created a flash mx online app that allows users to design customised cars. is it possible to use flash or some backend technology create a jpeg of the final design that could be downloaded as wallpaper?

cheers chaps

Generating SWF Dynamically
Dear Friends,
for my flash generator at:
http://www.flash-generator.com ,
I want know a fast way to generate swf files dynamically ?
Thanks for your help.

Generating Pdf Documents
Anybody here knows how to generate pdf documents from a flash template?
Since what I've read, pdf is mostly ASCII it should not be too difficult...!? What's SG?
I'm thinking of a kind of a template where you can edit your text upload a picture and get a pdf file in a predesigned form. This could be realy cool. Say print a personalized postcard or a businesscard.

Generating Copies
I want to be able to drag a shape from a toolbar onto a stage and have the shape be an instance of a movieclip. In other words i can drag a bunch of them onto the stage and access each of them using scripting....
do i use duplicatemovieclip for this? Or is there a better way?

Generating New Page
Hey, I am working on a new page that runs off of a xml database, I am trying to figure out how i can use that to work with more than one flash template. Let me explain more. I have a template that loads the information from the xml, this the creates the page(on the fly), u can add more pages just by adding them in the xml database, but they all look the same, how do i have more than one template so that the pages can look different? Is this even possible? such as you can choose this page to look this way, and another to look the other way, and the information on the page is loaded from the xml file. I know confusing. If you have more questions feel free to post. Thanks!

Help With Generating Tone
hello everyone. is it possible to use actions script to generate a midi tone. like 440hz a for example. Ive seen some virtual piano on flashkit and other sites but they all seem to use precorded audio samples. any info would be greatly appreciated. !

Generating New Number?
hi guys!

im not sure how to word this exactly, but im wanting to generate a new number that isnt like its the last number that it generated

how do i re-run the same function if it happens to be the same number as before?

for eg:

Code:
function generateNewNumber(){

oldNumber = newNumber

newNumber = random(10)

if (newNumber == oldNumber){
generateNewNumber();

}

trace(newNumber);
im not even sure if this is the appropriate way to go about it so im open to suggestions.

cheers!

Randomly Generating MC's
Hello!

I'm trying to figure out how to randomly generate movie clips, but the duplicated MCs cannot share the same position on the stage (when in movement).
Please somebody help me!
The .FLA is attached.

Thanks!

- Marcel

Generating Reports For FMS 2 & 3
I've pre-ordered Flash Interactive Server 3, and currently have 2. I was wondering if there was a program out there that can take the RAW .log files and import them, allowing me to print out the clients bandwidth usuage, files, datatransfer, etc.

I can see it record everything, just not sure what to do with the RAW data

Generating Lines
Hi there,

Ive been trying to write this code which will randomly generate black vertical lines and then randomly remove some at the same time. Ultimately i would like to create a sort of ripple effect using these vertical lines.

I didn't know how to remove them so i just drew white lines on top of the black lines which were already being drawn.

Of course now there is a performance issue and the movie starts to play quite slowly. I know i should be using bitmaps instead and i know that theres probably a more efficient way of writing this code, i was hoping for someone to point me in the right direction.

Code:
import flash.display.Graphics;

var posX:Number = 0;
var startY:Number = 400;
var endY:Number = 0;
var i:Number = 0
var image:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

addChild(image);

function BlackRandomLine(event:Event):void {
// do the loop
for (i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
posX=Math.round(Math.random()*550);
image.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x000000);
image.graphics.moveTo(posX,startY);
image.graphics.lineTo(posX,endY);
}
}

function WhiteRandomLine(event:Event):void {
for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
posX=Math.round(Math.random()*550);
image.graphics.lineStyle(1,0xFFFFFF);
image.graphics.moveTo(posX,startY);
image.graphics.lineTo(posX,endY);
}
}

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, BlackRandomLine);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, WhiteRandomLine);
stop();
I appreciate any help,
Thanks.

Generating Mc's From Array
Hi

I am trying to generate a range of movie clips from an array, with a label with the text of the specific array content. But although there is more then one value in the array only the last movie clip is shown (the one in the last movie clips position, and with the last array value).

basically it starts like this
for(z=0;z<menu_heads.length;++z){
n = z+"_mc";
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(n,-1);
...
and then there is some code that makes the box, and there is added an onPress and onRelease commands.

So is there some rule that restricts you from making more then one movie clip? Im new at actionscripting, but do know some php scripting witch looks very similar in my opinion. So if there is other ways to do this I am all ears.

Generating A Form From XML
Hey guys,

I have the following XML Structure:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
- <data>
- <InspectorCat>
<ID>1</ID>
<Name>Name</Name>
<Value>Workstation 9000</Value>
</InspectorCat>
- <InspectorCat>
<ID>2</ID>
<Name>Manufacturer</Name>
<Value>Dell</Value>
</InspectorCat>
</data>
I want it to display like this:

Quote:

Name [Workstation 9000]
Manufacturer [Dell]

Where the text in square brackets are textboxes, and each entry is played directly beneath the previous one.

Can somebody point me in the rigth direction please?

Cheers.

I'm Generating A Grid From Xml...
My project here is getting pretty complicated, and I fear that in trying to explain this, I might confuse you. If so, please let me know.

To start with, I am generating a grid through xml. In the code supplied here, there are about 800 little 25 X 25 squares. All of these squares are mcbuttons with the linkage butTemp. When you roll over the square you are also generating two text fields in a movieclip called but state. The text fields are instanced through 'username_txt' and 'statement_txt'.

OK, all of this works. I have a grid, you roll over it, and a speech bubble with two xml generated lines of text pop up. My PROBLEM is that I dont understand how to manipulate the speech bubble so that it is staying on top of the grid. That probably doesn't make sense. Imagine that you are at the top left square and when you roll over it, a speech bubble like you would see in newspaper cartoons comes down and to the right. This fits nicely over the grid. However as you scroll along and hit the top right square, the speech bubble is hanging way off the side.

To sum it up, How do you change the speech bubble from image one that will hang down and to the right, to image two that will hang down and to the left. How can I code it so that say 8 buttons from the right, the mc changes.

Thanks for reading all of that and any suggestions would be gratefully accepted.

Attach Code

var max_r:Number = 25;
var max_c:Number = 32;
var r:Number = 0;
var c:Number = 0;
myXML=new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite=true;
myXML.onLoad=function(ok){
if(ok){
allData=this.firstChild.childNodes;
for(i=0;i<allData.length;i++){

if (r >= max_r) {
r = 0;
}
if (c >= max_c) {
c = 0;
r++;
}
addButton(i, r, c, allData[i]);
c++;
if (i == ((max_c * max_r)-1)) {
break;
}
}
}else{
trace('error');
}
}
myXML.load('navII.xml');
var currentLastButton:Number = 0;
function addButton(i:Number, r:Number, c:Number, xml_data:XMLNode):Void {
newBut=holder_mc.attachMovie('butTemp','but'+i,i)
newBut._y=r*25;
newBut._x=(c*25);
newBut.txt_btn.text=xml_data.attributes.text
newBut.onRollOver=function(){
statementButton(this, xml_data.childNodes[0].childNodes, xml_data.childNodes[1].childNodes);
this.gotoAndPlay('over');
}
newBut.onRollOut= function(){
statementShut();
this.gotoAndPlay('out');
}
currentLastButton = i;
}

function statementButton(mc:MovieClip, username:String, statement:String):Void {
statement_mc._visible = true;
// make it follow the mouse
statement_mc._x = mc._x+10;
statement_mc._y = mc._y+30;
// this puts the text into the statement_mc
statement_mc.username_txt.text = username;
statement_mc.statement_txt.text = statement;
}
function statementShut() {
statement_mc._visible = false;
}

FMS Not Generating Flv Files
livemedia developed a multimedia system where users can record voice and video using their MIC and/or WEBCAM.
We are using that FMS feature where we can listen/watch audio and video which were supposed to be recorded at server side.
But after we confirm that recording and request the upload of the file at the server (which means to record the resulting flv file at the FLV server), seems that the recoridng process get lost, since we cannot find the flv file at the especified folder. In other words, we can not reproduce the podcast/videocast, since the flv file is not there.
Can anybody help us?
marcio.tonelli@livemedia.com.br

Generating Arrows
When I'm making the DDR Game i want it to have the arrows randomly go up the screen and when it gets to a certain area i want to press a key and get only 5 points. If you know how to make random movie clips come up plz tell me and if you know how to make it so when it gets to a spot to enable keys to be pressed for points.

Generating MovieClip's
How can I generate a new mc when a frame enters?

Generating .swfs On The Fly?
All righty. I gotta question (I went thru the forum search, couldn't find what I wanted...)

At work, we're often asked to do some location maps (illustrator then animated in Flash), to fit the newsbreak - ie: a plane crash in Panama City, Panama. where the hell is Panama City? It's HERE, see that map!!

So we thought... Heck. This is a boring job, would there be a way to have people with little to no 'strator/flash do this for us??
So we thought... Why don't we make a big vector map of the world, quite detailled and we store it in a library. And then, why don't we make little icon and animated pictograms and put them in another library. And why don't we let them drag n' drop the elements they want to build the map thru a backoffice interface and when everything's set, they click the "generate" button and a swf with the dragndropped elements is created dynamically...

So the question is... Can you generate a .swf file dynamically without going thru Flash and ctrl+enter? (eg: perhaps a command like PHP's

Code:
<?
$myfile = fopen("/home/newfile.swf", "w+")
?>
Thanks

Generating Sounds
i need to generate sounds of different frequencies (measured in Hertz) through the SPEAKERS.. not through the pc internal speaker.. i need to do it in flash.. do you have any ideea what program to use for this that can comunicate with flash? i would really apreciate the help.. thx..

[FMX 04]Why Is This Generating An Error?
I am defining a NetConnection object in a for loop. I want the NetConnetion to have a unique identifier every time the loop repeats. But this code is generating an error. Why is that?

ActionScript Code:
for (i=1; i<=3; i++) { var "nc"+i = new NetConnection();}

Generating A Menu
I would very much like to generate a menu depending on the topic selections made by the user. I would like a list 10 topics i.e.

TOPIC 1
TOPIC 2
TOPIC 3
TOPIC 4
TOPIC 5
TOPIC 6
TOPIC 7
TOPIC 8
TOPIC 9
TOPIC 10

[GENERATE MENU BUTTON]

If the user clicked on 3 of the topics (i.e. Topic 1, Topic 6, Topic 10) to select them followed by the generate menu button they will be taken to another screen that has a graphic interface representing these topics.

i.e. If Topic 1, Topic 6 and Topic 10 were selected they would click the generate menu button and be taken to a screen that had 3 circles for buttons representing Topic 1, Topic 6 and Topic 10. Each button would contain a hyperlink when clicked. One snag, the buttons that are generated need to be touching.

If anyone could help me out here I will be very grateful ;-)

Please e-mail me if ive not clearly explained my problem,

Many thanks,

Jo