Flash :: Smooth Flash

A Smooth Scroller, A Real SMOOTH One :O(
hi there

in a previous posting, one told me that the macromedia scroller component takes a lot of memory, wel i checked it and that is absolutely true...(!!)

but you have to be honoust, it's a damn good text scroller....

does anybody have a super simple but SMOOTH alternative, because sorry to say, but all the scrollers that i have seen on the flashkit site so far, are very jerky.... :O/

Greetz
melvin

How To Get My Flash Smooth Like This Example
How can I get my SWF to run smoothly, like this example:

http://www.jameshardie.com/

My crude file is at:

http://www.stoneycreekwebdesign.com/...ch/graphic.swf

The mask that flows across the screen is jumpy - how did Hardie make their's so smooth?

Thanks alot again....

Smooth Scrolling Flash 5
Hey, i was wondering if anybody knew how to make somthing scroll smooth instead of really joulty. Here is the code i've used and i wondered if there was a better way to do this.

Quote:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.Scrollingup == true) {
_root.Scroller._y = _root.Scroller._y-3;
}
if (_root.ScrollingDown == true) {
_root.Scroller._y = _root.Scroller._y+3;
}
}

I'd appreacate any sudgestions or comments. Thank you.

Smooth Play In Flash Mx
Hi, I saw the movie with the dancing girls

Now I wonder if I record something with my handycam, can I put it in a flash file like that? make it in shadows, and remove the background.

How should I Do this, once I saw somebody doing this for a dog commercial here on the flashkit, he told us how to do this, but I can't fint it anymore, pls help me

Smooth Fades In Flash
Greetings,

I am making a slide show and was wondering if it is possible to fade from one image to another using action scripting. How is it done?

I have tried fading using transparency (take a symbol, and fade it from 0% to 100%, hold for qa few frames and fade back down from 100% to 0%) but it doesn'l look as smooth as I would like, even at high frame rates like 24fps.

If anyone has seen http://anfyflash.com/gallery/imagefader/index.html they have applets that will produce a very smooth trasition between images, see url above.

I would like to do this in Flash but I don't think they are just using transparncy to fade between images, So, I'm wondering if there is a way to do it though action scripting.

Smooth Preloader & Flash 9...
Hi everyone,

I've done this tutorial (http://www.actionscript.org/resource...der/Page1.html) to build my preloader, which was working great on the older version of my website... I also used for its newer version (http://www.drduckling.com/) and worked perfectly offline but DOESN'T work online (???) !!! Does anybody know what's wrong ? Does it have to do with me recently using Flash 9 ? Some ActionScript compatibility issue or something ?

Help !

Smooth Images In Flash 8
Macromedia took away the "BEST" quality setting that made rotated and scaled images smooth.

I found a workaround and made a simple to use function so the rest of you guys don't spend as much time as I did banging your heads against the wall for this:

smoothImageLoad function

Hope it comes in handy

Flash Animation Not Smooth
The animation I am currently working on is at a rate of 30 fps and when I test the movie and export it out to test it my animation becomes jumpy and doesn't run at the specified frames per second. I would like to know what can be done to improve/ fix this situation.

Flash Not Smooth - Framerate?
hei,

take a look at this flash at the upper right corner
http://www.clubprive.ee - there is a series of them, press F5 to see others. As you can see, they're smooth

now look at my flash: http://www.jess.ee - 1 is a popup, 2nd one is the top banner on the opening site. You can see its not smooth. I use 30fps, what should i do? should i go higher? Wont that slow down other webelements? It often looks like my banners have a scroll in them, but pro-ones run smooth, even when played simultaneously.

what is the problem?
thnx

Flash Animation, Not Really Smooth
Hello everybody,

I am working on an application that allows the user to generate flash banners. The user includes his own images in the animation, and can change a few parameters. An example can be seen here: http://www.macgeneration.com/labo/voir/126992/test-du-iomega-ultramax-pro-1.5-to/3 (scroll down to the middle of the page, the banner is titled "Une petite galerie pour finirâ€¦ " .)

As you can see on this example, the animation isn't really smooth. The images movemement isn't really regular. The animation framerate is 24 fps, so I expected it to move better.

At first, I thought the problem came from my actionscript code, or from the number of size of images. So I tried somethig much simpler: I opened Flash CS3, started a new animation at 24 fps. drew a 100*100px rectangle at (0,0) on the first frame. Added a keyframe at frame 60 and moved the rectangle to (450,0) added a motion tween.
I then tested the animation and could see the same fault: the flash animation isn't fluid.

I am a bit disappointed by Flash, shouldn't Flash do such a simple movement in a smoother way ?
On the other hand, I've seen wonderful things made with Flash - like papervision 3d for example - that seemed really smooth. So, have I missed something ? Is there an option to activate to improve animation or something like that ?

For the moment, the only parameter that improves my simple animation is to increase framerate, but I don't think this should be necessary: 24 fps is plenty for such a simple motion.

Anyway, I'm really confused right now, and I'd like to have your opinion about it.

Thanks

Smooth Text In Flash Mx Help
ok so when i type text in flash mx the letters looks all smooth but once i test the movie it look all pixelited. i dont know why.

i guess there is an option but i dont know what it is.

pra.
thanx.

Flash Don´t Run Smooth On All Comp...
I´m building a hompage i flash.
My problem is that when i prewiev it at my house and on many uptoodate computers it look´s great.

But when i look at some older computers ore Mac it is NOT running smooth.(or is it maby bad graphic cards in the computers?)

The entire movie only use 120KB.

My framerat is on 12

Is there anything to do, to be surten that all computers can see the page in a propper way?

Smooth PreLoader In Flash 8
Hi!

I'm tying to get this preloader to work in Flash 8.

Can anyone please help me??

Thanks, James

http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...er/index.shtml

Smooth Animation In Flash
Dear Friend,

I saw ur intro animation (www.ultrashock.com) and really surprised. Please tell me in which software have u developed it other than Flash. Its really wonderful. Kindly suggest me how to do these kind of animations and in which software to get these kind of smooth finish.

Regards,
Balaji. I

Question About Smooth Animation In Flash
I am building my new site, I use some masking animation
but I have noticed that it runs choppy

http://www.sbdesigns.ca

Why is this so? Any ideas?

Does it have anything to do with frame rate?

I have seen so many other sites and the animations run much smoother
I have placed preloaders in all of the swf loaded into the main movie

Does it have to do with using pngs?

Please help thanks

Flash 8 Noob - Smooth Looping
Hi all,

I'm brand spanking new to Flash (Version 8), and trying to grasp the fundamentals - so this may sound like a pre-school question.

I made a spinning square with a circle/spiral rotating the other direction inside it (just to familiarize myself with the basics.)

It all spins smoothly, but when the spiral gets to the end, it stops before starting again on frame 1. How do you get it to continue without interruption?

How To Make An Image Smooth In Flash
Hey guys, I'm having a little problem .. I'm making a full flash site, everything is almost done. But for some reason when I import to stage an image it kinda get disorted only around the edges ? is there a option to change this ? or a perferrence that I have on that I dont know about ? lol Because the image is saved jpeg 100% and looks very sharp and crisp but only when i import into flash does it disort a couple of pixels around the image

some one please help me !!!!

FLASH WORLD MAP Smooth Zooming
Hey Guys,

I am going crazy here, I am trying to make a map of the world that zooms in. So I have most of it working fine but the only bit I cant get going is the part where you zoom in on an exact spot.

I want the user to click and drag the map around as much as they want and finish on a point (lets say a red dot) now when over the red with the cross hairs I want the zoom to zoom in on what ever is under the cross hairs and not move back to the center of the map.

I have uploaded a test map to http:www.davidbyrne.net.au/map/index.html
you can also download the construction file there if you want to have a go.

Cheers

Flash Move Judders - Not Smooth At All
See here it's not very smooth...

anyone know the cause for this?

Flash MX Smooth Preloader Question
Hello,

In this tutorial - http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...er/index.shtml

Is there any way i could make the width of the load bar "Decrease" instead of increasing the width?

Much Appreciation

Smooth Photo Transition With Flash
Hello,

I am just starting using Flash 8.
I just succeeded to create a first simple Flash movie. This movie is located at the following url ( http://www.perros-guirec.eu/ ).
I just used the first training of the Flash help to create it.
Now my goal would be to create a movie where the pictures are progressively replaced one by the other without any left-right scrolling ( like at the following url : http://www.montbareil.com/).
I put a first photo on the timeline starting at 0, then a second photo at 80 going to 160.
I put a 'move' transition from 40 to 80. Then I tested the movie.
But the transition is not smooth. The second photo appears suddently. I think I missed something.
Can anybody help me to find a solution to do this?
Thanks a lot.

Smooth Color Change In Flash 8
Hi all,

I'm as of today a new user of this site.

I found a script on Kirupa to randomly change colors smoothly with actionscript. Problem is it doesn't work for Flash 8 as it was written for Flash 5. Here is the script:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/randomcolor.htm

Does anyone know how to do this in Flash 8? I have been searching and can't find anything. It doesn't matter if it is changing randomly as it's the smooth changing I'm interested in.

Thanks a lot and thanks for the site.

dkgemini
London

Smooth Image Scroll In Flash
what's up forum...

many flash ads these days, incorporate an image...scrollling across the window....i'm trying to get this effect (which is quite simple), but it's not turning out very smooth...i have a frame rate of about 35 and have spanned the movement over about 250 frames, i'd rather not use this many frames...but i want the image to move across very slowly...but very smooth...right now..all i could get is a very jerky motion...hope my explanation was clear...

any ideas?

Smooth Text Scroll In Flash, How?
hi all:
i place the following code in the main timeline which there's a movieclip on the stage containing a text field, to let it scroll following the mouse:

ActionScript Code:
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.txt.scroll += Math.round((_ymouse-136)/20);
};

it works fine but by default, the text scroll very fast even the scroll is +=1, how can i make it smoothly(the defult scroll is line by line, maybe i want it pixel by pixel?)

thx in advance and merry Christmas

Smooth Bar Preloader - Truly Smooth...
I have been making flash movies for a long time now, and have used many different preloader that claim to be smooth or whatever.

Unfortunatly I have yet to find a truly smooth preloader. They always end up stopping for a little bit or a choppy bar animation (skipping from say 40% to 50%)

2advanced and all the big namers all seem to have perfect preloader that go through each percent perfectly and no chopping of the bar at all.

Can anyone point me in the direction of maybe a good component or preloader source you have used and are satisfied with?

Thanks a bunch fellas

How Do I Make Flash Movies Super Smooth?
I've seen some really smooth animations on the web and I was wondering what I need to do to make my movies animate smoothly too. Do I only need to bump up the framerate? I know scene complexity is something to consider. I guess what I'm looking for are some guidelines to making animations smooth. I have flash MX by the way.

Here's an exampleAEM website

In Flash It Runs SMOOTH But In HTML It's SLOW ?
peepz,

i've created a flash movie (full browser window) that run's very smooth in my flash player when i published it with (the ctrl + enter command).

My problem is that when i view it in HTML (i tried a lot of different HTML codes) it is stuttering (i don't understand why).

im using macromedia flash mx 2004 (version 7.2) with the custom easing tool (http://laco.wz.cz/tween)

i also tried to let flash make the HTML code itself but whitout any result .

can somebody make it clear why flash publishes it very smooth and in HTML it's slow? (and maybe a solution?)

thanks already peepz!

added the FLA and HTML...

watch the menu buttons stuttering in HTML, but in FLASH its perfect!

Smooth Transition Of Flash Between HTML Pages
for the first time, i'm using the same Flash menu on different HTML pages... is there any way to stop the Flash movie from flicking on and off as the pages are selected?

the transition between images and text that are in the same position on two different HTML pages is fairly smooth, but there's quite a gap between the Flash media...

site: www.designfood.co.uk

cheers

Flash 6 Making Script Animation Smooth
flash 6 making script animation smooth

I made an animation with actionscript, but i does not play smoothly.
I can`t use "smooth" cause i have to use flash player 6.
i increased my frame rate, but it didn`t change much.

Code:
onEnterFrame = function(){
if(_rotation >= 13) {
_rotation -= 40;
} else {
_rotation += 0.22;
}
trace(_rotation);
}
}
help me please.
any idea is welcome.

In Flash It Runs SMOOTH But In HTML It's SLOW ?
peepz,

i've created a flash movie (full browser window) that run's very smooth in my flash player when i published it with (the ctrl + enter command).

My problem is that when i view it in HTML (i tried a lot of different HTML codes) it is stuttering (i don't understand why).

im using macromedia flash mx 2004 (version 7.2) with the custom easing tool (http://laco.wz.cz/tween)

i also tried to let flash make the HTML code itself but whitout any result .

can somebody make it clear why flash publishes it very smooth and in HTML it's slow? (and maybe a solution?)

thanks already peepz!

p.s. ADDED the FLA and HTML..

watch the menu buttons stuttering in HTML, but in FLASH its perfect!

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My Animation In Flash Dosen't Have A Smooth Movement
Hi there
I have a problem with flash
here is the link of my menu that I made with Flash
http://www.graphicday.com/moving%20menu.html

but I don't know for what reason the movement is not smooth.
how can I make something the same but with a smooth movement?
thanks

Smooth Transitions In Flash - Add Drop Down Menu
hi there

went through the tutorial: smooth transitions in flash at the following link
http://www.hed.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/flash/smooth_transitions/index.php

however, i wanted to add a drop down menu on top of it, the problem is that the menu hides under the loaded content

any reason why?
you can get the files at this address:
http://www.evolve-communications.com/files/smooth.7z
kindly let me know, thanks
please help!!

Smooth Motion Tweening Flash MX 2004
Good day to all flashers i have done a rotating motion tweened animation but i am looking for a way to achive smoother loop cause everytime the animated image loops you can just see that it loops and i am sure there is a way i can get by this small glitch to achive perfect loops or can i do it with AS if so let me know what the AS code will be i am a bit new to AS all in all

thanks people anyone everyone

Plays Smooth In Flash / Lags In Browser
When I view my site in a browser, it's just choppy enough to annoy me. My site consists of four sections, each are separate .swf's, under 130K, preloaded, and are set to 30 fps. The two parts that I find most noticeably choppy are when a small, all-white box quickly expands to a larger box and then fades away to reveal a fairly large (600x420) bitmap background. It seems that I've seen much more intensive sites without noticeable choppiness. Like I said it's not awful, but it's just enough to bug me -- so I am looking for a solution. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

Smooth Transitions In Flash - Drop Down Menu
hi there

went through the tutorial: smooth transitions in flash at the following link
http://www.hed.swinburne.edu.au/desi...ions/index.php

however, i wanted to add a drop down menu on top of it, the problem is that the menu hides under the loaded content

any reason why?
you can get the files at this address:
http://www.evolve-communications.com/files/smooth.7z
kindly let me know, thanks
please help!!

How To Use Flash To Produce Smooth Header Fonts?
I've seen many websites use flash to produce smooth header fonts. How would I do this?

Advanced Flash Button (smooth RollOut)
I know how to make an animation play on the Over Frame when making a button, however I want to know how to make a smooth rollOut when the mouse hovers off the button. I was wondering if there is a way of telling flash to go to the end of the movie i have as my Over State and play it backward...... or tell it to play another movie clip that i have made which is exactly the reverse of my Over Stage Movie Clip. Either way, I dont know how to perform this..

thx

any help will be appreciated

How To Make Smooth Dropdown Manu With Flash.
its me krish

i want know that how tomake a smooth drop down manu in flash .

i hope..........

Loading External Jpg Into My Flash, How To Make It More Smooth?
I have an animation that loads diferent jpegs depending on the button pressed.

eg.
I have A, B, C button and a.jpg, b.jpg and c.jpg thats in a seperate folder but is where the swf file of my movie resides.

My animation that makes a blank movie slide from left to right across the window for example.

If I press button A, a.jpg would load into the blank movie and slide from left to right and if I press B, it would load b.jpg into the blank movie that slides left to right.

The problem I am having, is that if the computer is slow, sometimes the blank movie would slide left to right but the image would only appear halfway of the slide because it has not loaded the image into the blank movie yet.

How do I go about doing the following. If button A is pressed, the blank movie will only start sliding if the a.jpg is fully loaded into teh blank movie first.

Smooth Side Scrolling Camera ? (Flash 8 , MX . Any Version)
Hello Everyone,

how can we make Smooth Side Scrolling Camera In Flash ActionScript (2) ?
currently i am using normal scrolling method.

Code:
_root.x = player.x;
_root.y = player.y;
...., etc

i got a example file to show you.

you can see the Example Here : http://nilavan.freehostia.com/sample.zip

anybody know ?

Thanks..

Best Regards.

[CS3] My Flash Sites Are Smooth In XP, Slow/choppy In Vista
Yes, I know I'm not the first to identify this problem. But one of my newest client designs in particular is ludicrously affected by the XP v. Vista problem, and I wondered if anyone had any advice on the matter.

Here's the site:

t i n y u r l.com/5ey8zt

^^ The board is censoring the URL for some reason; but I can't post the real link because it's a client site! Duh. :P

On every XP box I've tested it on, it's smooth as silk. Even my 7 year old 512mb desktop, or my 5 year old P.O.S. XP laptop, everything's fine.

But on Vista? With the same version of Flash installed? Even my brand new 4gb dual-proc Vista laptop experiences stuttering and poor frame rates for the site above (and others), especially on the streaming video portions. My new Vista desktop is the same way.

I don't understand how ancient tech can run Flash sites so smoothly, and brand new expensive tech, running Vista, can turn it into a slideshow.

Now that Vista is the only choice you get for new computers (at least for most home users), what am I supposed to do? Go back to making flash-free websites for my clients? Maybe I should dust off an old copy of Frontpage 97 while I'm at it.

Grr.

Any advice?

Graphic Card For Smooth Animation In Flash & Director
Can anyone suggest or recommend a graphic card which enhances and can cope with Macromedia Flash or Director movies of sizes up to 1280 x 1024 resolution and with frame rates up to 70fps+. I have tried a G-Force 5200 256MB with Direct 9X. Does not seem to make a huge difference. My machine has a P4 3.0Ghz , 512MB.

I am not too fimilar with the different types of cards, what ive read is most seem to be directed at gaming application. Can anyone shed some light on this one?

Flash MX: External Movie Timeline Pausing For Smooth Transition
I am loading a few external movies in the main timeline.
When i unload a movie in the timeline, it comes choppy.
So, what i did is, i used
on (release) {
_level3.gotoAndPlay(30);
loadMovieNum("no1.swf", 1);
}
So that, there is a smooth transition while unloading clip in level3 (in tht clip it fades and then at the last frame it unloads automatically).

But the problem is that, the time it executes _level3 in the next second it loads the other movie. And tht looks ugly.
Now, is it possible to pause loading of the no1.swf till the last frame of my level3 movie?

I tried using _level3._currentFrame, where the concept is, it will be equal to the last frams of _level3 movie and then, it will load the no1.swf. So, the code might be something like this...
if (_level3._currentframe==_level3."the specefic frame, say 55") {
loadMovieNum("no1.swf", 1);
}
But it doesnt work...i have added a sample expermiental movie.

can anyone help please?