Flash :: Embedding A Demo Reel F8

Demo Reel
I'm not sure if this is posted in the wrong forum. If it is, sorry

Ok, this is what I need done. First of all, if you have been to my site you know that my sister and I are a brother-sister tap team. We are looking to make a demo reel using some of our video clips that we have.

Now, I have no idea where to start .

If someone could please contact me on any of the instant messenger programs, or email me at michael@twofortap.com to help me, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you, and I hope to hear from someone soon!

Michael
www.twofortap.com

Flash Demo Reel: What's The Best Way To Put This Together?
Hey all,

I'm putting together a demo reel of a variety of Flash projects we've done.

I would like the resulting file to be controllable with a Flash controller, meaning I'd like users to be able to pause it, rewind, fast forward or scrub through it.

I already have a component for the VCR style controller but how would you suggest putting the various pieces together in a way that it will be controllable?

- Should I bring in each of the various Flash movies as a separate scene in an external movie, then export it as a SWF and load it into a holder MC?

- Should I bring each of the various movies into a separate slide? Would slides even work with a controller?

Is there a comletely different way altogether? What do you guys think?

Creating A Showreel/demo Reel With Flash Movies
Hi,
I want to make a showreel/demoreel of my flash character animation work as opposed to making a portfolio website. It is purely flash movies with no interactivity and so I want to make a linear showreel (or just very long movie of my work). I have just found that it is near impossible to import flash .swf files as quicktime movies into After Effects as AE 7 doesn't seem to read the quicktime movies, or quicktime doesn't read the swfs, I don't really know.

Does anyone know of a quick way to edit my flash movies into a demo reel format? Are there any freeware packages that I could use. I would want to ouput to either swf or a quicktime file.
Many thanks in advance.

[F8] Help With Photo Reel
nevermind..

Cotton Reel
here's a little thing i made whilst i was messing around.

my idea was to create a 'cotton reel' that is on a spring so that you can pull string from it, and when you loosen your string, it rolls back up.

take a look
[swf=http://www.kirupa.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13863]height=700 width=700[/swf]

[edit]updated it so it's smoother when you roll over it - my friend complained [/edit]

Help With Picture Reel
I'm creating a picture show reel. It's very basic, but it's only for learning purposes. As far as I can tell, the Actionscript is correct. It's supposed to show three slides, but instead it's showing four. And the first two are overlapping each other. Can someone take a look at it for me? Thanks. I'll also post the code. It might be fruitless though if not looking at the FLA. It can be obtained from here

center = Stage.width/2;
cellWidth = reel_mc.cell_mc._width;
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
leftStop = center-reel_mc._width+cellWidth/2;
rightStop = center-cellWidth/2;
reelSpeed = (_xmouse-center)/10;
reel_mc._x += reelSpeed;
if (reel_mc._xrightStop) {
reel_mc._x = rightStop;
}
};
function NewCell(num, details) {
oldClip = _root.reel_mc.cell_mc;
newClip = oldClip.duplicateMovieClip("cell"+num, num);
newClip._x = num*300;
}

NewCell(1, "");
NewCell(2, "");
NewCell(3, "");

Picture Reel Problem
*~ Made Using : FlashMX ~*

I have just tried to make a flash picture reel that loads up jpg's externaly and shows them in the picture viewer that you can scroll horizontaly (Newbie stuff or what! But that's me newbie ) Anyway when the pictures load up they don't load in the position of placeholder_mc and only one of them actually shows up? I need to know why they wont show in place? If you need to see the file I have ZIP'd it up and attatched it to this post with the pictures to.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I kinda need help A.S.A.P. so if you can be as quick as possible.
Cheers

Studentmonster

Reel Rolling Effect
How can i recreate the effect of reels on a fruit machine rolling and then stopping. I want to create a banner where the reels roll and then stop one by one with my title in each reel but i want it to look realistic.

Thanks for any help

Old Film Reel Effect
How can I do an old fashion film effect with scratches, the number countdown, and maybe even the sound of it all too? Is there a tutorial out there that will help? I am not sure if it would have to be a separate movie loaded on top of the main movie I want to show though.

Movie Reel Turning
Can anyone tell me the steps to make a movie reel turn while staying in one place?

Scrolling Picture Reel
Hi I need some help please. I am trying to accomplish a scrolling pic reel exactly like the one on this website http://www.lomamedia.com/V1.html. I want it in a bottom, scrolling continously without any pause or break in between and so far i have came up with this code only

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._x += 3
}

If someone knows the correct script please help. I can only use actionscript 1 that is what's compatible with my editor.

Scrolling Reel Problem
I created a continous slide show usind the scrolling reel tuturial. The show works fine, the problem is when I load slideShow.swf into another movie clip in another movie.

I want the slideShow.swf to play when a certain button is pushed. So far in the home timeline on the first frame of the actions layer I have this:

button.onRelease = function() {
if (_root.section != "slideShow.swf") {
_root.section = "slideShow.swf";
_root.transition.gotoAndPlay("closing");
}
};

the movie clip that the slideShow.swf is loading into has an instance name of "container."

This is the code on the first line of the slide show

slide_number = 17;

reel_speed = 1;
slide_count = 3;
m1 = _root.content.slide_1;
m2 = _root.content.slide_2;
m1._x = 0;
m1._y = 0;
m2._x = 600;
m2._y = 0;
_root.content.onEnterFrame = function() {
_root.content.moveLeft(reel_speed);
};
function moveLeft(nPixels) {
m1._x -= nPixels;
m2._x -= nPixels;
if (m1._x<-600) {
m1 = _root.content["slide_" + slide_count];
slide_count = slide_count += 1;
if (slide_count > slide_number) {
slide_count = 1;
}
m1._x = 550;
m1._y = 0

}
if (m2._x<-600) {
m2 = _root.content["slide_" + slide_count];
slide_count = slide_count += 1;
if (slide_count > slide_number) {
slide_count = 1;
}
m2._x = 550;
m2._y = 0;
}
}

What I have noticed is the first slide loads corectly, but then the rest don't work. Do I have a wrong path for all of the slides except for slide_1?

Continuous Movie Reel?
Hello guys...

I'm trying to dynamically bring in a selection of images in a row from left to right or right to left for the full width of the stage...

I've been to: http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...el/index.shtml

but I need something that starts from the edge of one end and continues untill the other...

Cant figure out the script....please help

Scrolling Picture Reel
Hi I need some help please. I am trying to accomplish a scrolling pic reel exactly like the one on this website http://www.lomamedia.com/V1.html. I want it in a bottom, scrolling continously without any pause or break in between and so far i have came up with this code only
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._x += 3
}

If someone knows the correct script please help. I can only use actionscript 1 that is what's compatible with my editor.

Web Site Intro Reel
hi im designing a web site for my friend he is a rapper and he is going to have a show and we want to make a coming soon reel for his web site on the reel ive seen it before where you could see all the things the website does how can i do that does anyone know of any info for this.

Flash Reel 4 Real
Hi guys..

Been out searching for a job/internship.. came a cross this realy cool company http://www.ontwerp.tv/v4/ here in Johannesburg SA check them out.

Well the boss there told me i should prepare a reel that showcases my animation skills alongside my Design skills ( obvious ) using any software that am comfortable with (which is flash8 ), ever since ive been doing alot of research on this and came accross some realy cool animations out there like http://www.andreaswannerstedt.se/session/ .... done by the famous Andreas Wannerstedt ( got me all worked up )

I would like to adopt a simmilar idea as this http://www.andreaswannerstedt.se/session/ on my flash reel , but obviously diffrent colours , layout and content ,... my main problem is i am not so sure what processes to follow to achive this kind of clean effects...

( is it action scripts , or just filters or both ? and how does he get to have all the graphics interact that well switching from scene to scene)

So if theres any flash gurus out there who have any ideas please holla and lets discuss ...

Thanks ... help will be much appreciated ...

am at www.klausy.net & affiliated at www.elektroliquid.com

Flash Picture Reel
I'm a noob at Flash, but I need to make this scrolling-picture movie from a folder of images. There will be no reaction from the mouse; it will just be a picture gallery that scrolls horizontally.

This is what my boss gave me:

Does someone know of a good tutorial I could look at?

Old Movie Reel Effect
I am wanting to make an old movie reel effect for my website using Flash 5. My navigation bar is going to come down and run by much like it would if it were going through a projector. When it stops I want all my links to look like slides from the reel. Any suggestions on where to start or how to go about doing this?

Flash Image Reel
hi guys !

from a long time ago i have been thinking how paramount pictures made the reel of the current movies playing

look at this : http://www.paramount.com/

anyone knows the logic behind that flash reel, or can give a link to a tutorial where teach this ?

cheerz !

How Do You Create A Movie Reel Effect?
I'm am developing in FLASH 5. What is the best way to create a movie reel effect. For instance if you what the perfed edges to acclerate in a forward motion for 20 frames and reverse for 10 frames at a slower rate and then back to a forward motion. Is this done with actionscript or can it be done without? Can you do this with a mask?

Old Time Movie Reel Countdown
Can anyone point me towards a tutorial or just a movie example of an old time movie reel countdown. Like a black and white 5,4,3,2,1 thing. I have one made, but it lacks the authentic look and feel so I need some pointers. I saw one of these quite some time ago, and now I can't locate anything on it.

thanks!

Script To Move A Reel Of Pics?
Hi there

I have a website I'm working on, and I have the stage 700x400 filled with the first image from a reel of pics (the reel has 5 pics, each 700x400).

I want it to work so that when I click on one of the buttons, the reel moves along to the next pic in line (gliding in, not just budging up). I guess that means once you've clicked 4 buttons, it will start moving backwards? Not sure, to be honest.

Any ideas what kind of thing I need for this?

All help gratefully received.

Steve

Looking For Mouse Reel Effect Like Www.skyimagestudios.com
Hey all, does any one know of a tutorial, or could point me in the right direction for a mouse reel effect like the one on http://www.skyimagestudios.com ? I've seen these around, I just can't find anything on it. Any help would be appreciated. Thx

Show Reel Wows (linking Several Files)
ok I've made 5 clips in Flash MX (they're all from different project files) .. but when I try to put them in a new project to produce a little show reel none of the clips work......

What's the best way to produce a little show reel??

ta,

mojo

Dynamic News Reel From XML - That Doesnt Scroll
Hi All,

Okay, I've created a flash (using MX) that I hard coded to have buttons (text w/ clear background) that scroll up to a point, stay there for 20 seconds or so and then scroll back down the way it came; then the next button scrolls up and so on ...

What I'd like to do is make this dynamic - meaning have a new button be created & placed into the animation dynamically from the text of a XML document (aka - not imaged based). That being said, though I've patched together a nice gallery using a similar technique, I'm really clueless on how to apply that to this. Creating/loading the XML I think I can handle. What I dont know is how to have the flash have the animated intro I want - then dynamically create all of the buttons (basically putting the new text on the clear background w/ the correct as link listed in the xml), have them go up then back down & move to the next. Then when all of the buttons are done, have the closing animation.

Does anyone know how to do what Im hoping to do? Know of any good tutorials on this (I've found things close but they arnt close enough)? Am I even being clear?

Thank you for any help you can toss me.

Bad Demo
I downloaded the trial version of Flash MX from Macromedia.com, all 46mg of it (bearing in mind im a 56ker). After a 2 and a half hour wait, the poxy thing didnt download right. Instead of a .zip file or a setup program, all i got was a "file" which prompts the "open with" window. Im extremely aggetated by it and was wondering if anyone knows how i could get it to work properly without having to download the god damn thing again.

Any help appreciated.

UKM

CD Demo CD
I am makeing a cd demo for a local company, and i am having trouble with a "if" statement

my code is
code: on (press) {
if (slider == "open")
gotoAndPlay("Close")
}

the script contains no error, but it is not doing anything

if you cant tell by the wording of my frames i have a sliding interface and the information displays behind it, each time a new button is pressed, i want it to close, and then re-open with the new information, any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Getting A Demo From AS2 To AS3
Most the demos i find on sites with tutorials are still in AS2, i know very little AS2 and prefer AS3 because of how solid it is. I recently found a demo on how to make a jet pack(it messes with some different equations to create gravity, etc...). I'm trying to bring it over to AS3 so i can expand upon it and create something. I've been trying to do it, but i cant figure it out. They have an enter frame event that checks for different things including Key Downs but i cant get this to work out right in AS3. I attached the AS2 original demo file if anyone is willing to help me out please just post the code in AS3 i would greatly appreciate the help. If you want to see what i have in AS3 so far please just PM me. If i can figure this out soon i'll post what it looks like in AS3 for anyone else that might try this and get stuck. I've only been doing actionscripting for about 3 months at this point but i have a very good understanding of it. THANKS FOR ALL HELP!

Looking For Demo
I once saw a multimedia demo that shoed the advantages of using Flash to build a Web application. This particular demo emphasized the fact that in a Flash app there was no need to use the "Back" button. It went on to demonstrate that whe you went back or made a mistake in an html app you were forced to start over again. I need to show this demo to my boss and would very much appreciate it if someone could point me to it.

Thanks,
Al

Demo Help
Hello,

I am in need of some guidance. I am going to create a demo for an online application. The demo is very basic. It will demonstrate users where to go to login and take them through some steps on how to use the application. I want the demo to run as if they were watching a video. With the ability to play, pause, stop and rewind/foward. I would also like to have a slider as well. A great example would be on macromedias website (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/vidtemplate_mediapreso.html). The problem is that I am not using video. I will create the movie from screen shots. Is there something that I can use that is similar to the playback controls for video? Or, can I use the playback controls in flash for a regular swf? As you can see from my thread, I have limited experience in flash. Thanks in advance for any suggestions/help.

Flash Demo CD
Hi -

I'm working on a flash demo of my company website which I'd like to pass out to clients on a CD, showcasing the navigation and functionalty on the site. My question: how can I get the swf file to auto launch? Do I need to create an exe file; and if so can you recommend a (easy-to-use) program.

Flash 5/Windows 98

MattGooding@onlinehes.com

Voice To A Demo
Hello,

I have done a flash presentation. In the presentaion there is text explaining some images etc. I would like to have a voice over reading the text. I am going to hire a prefessional one but I have some questions.
What is the best format saving a voice for flash? This presentation is going to be on the web.
Should a make a new movie for the voice or just in a new layer?
The voice should syncronizice with the text.
Is it anything else I should know about this before start working on it?
How big file is possible to be on the web. This presentation is knpw about 5 - 6 minutes long and 480K.
How big could it be with the voice?

I really appreciate an answer.

Thanks
Anna

1.2Megs For A Demo?
Has anyone made an interactive website demo?
if you have what was your final file size?

I'm making my first one and it is 1.2megs!!!!!!!!
because it has lots of screen shots...
is this normal?

Live Demo
Hi everyone, I just attended the Macromedia Live demonstration Of Studio MX 2004 last night. I have to say WOW!!! It looks incredible - I have already ordered my new copy.. I only have one thing to complain about...

All MX2004 products require activation! It seems to me that Macromedia is taking a page from Microsoft. I personally have my single license on 3 PCs - My notebook, for travel and demo / my home office PC / and my satelite office PC... Not to mention I upgrade my gear frequently. ie: I am planning to purchase a new notebook with a 17" wide format screen, can I bring my license over to that notebook? Or are they gonna pull a Microsoft deal and tell you - sorry that product is already activated?

Anyone have an answer... I would love to talk to someone at MM about this issue. Also I still need to have the product on 3 PC's - that hasn't been an issue untill now as licensing was per user (or atleast as I understand) therefore, by never using 2 PCs with the same serial I was ok. Now that may not be possible...

Any thoughts?

Demo Idea....
Hai guys...

I am doing some software demos and presentations...so i want some creative and attractive ideas...

Is any body knows these type links....let me know....

also i want some demo models and presentations links....

Expecting proffesional and creative ideas

Please...

Demo Timer
Hi Guys

I'm experimenting with a simple game that I'm trying to develope. What I now want to try and do is to set a timer so that the game ends after 30 seconds and plays a movie clip saying "to play more please enter the password".

Can anybody help me by telling me how to set up the timer?

Many thanks

Leroy

Robo Demo Ad
what program did they use to make the girl in the robo demo ad.

Interactive Demo
Sir/Ma'am,
I want to create an interactive demo like this one https://www.unionbankph.com/forms_v3/login.asp and then click the "online demo"
Thank you in advance..

Flash Amp (me Or The Demo)
Hello hello
Was considering buying flash Amp Pro 3 but my programming skills aren't up to much. I tried messing around with an example i downloaded from

http://www.marmalademedia.com.au/flashamp/examples.html

I tried making my own prototype using new graphics, data and audio but it didn't work. Is this because I don't have the full version or because I'm an exceptionally bad programmer?

Beginning Demo In 3d
How can i make such a loader for the beginning ? http://www.batterydrink.com/pitlane/main.php all the tutorials show only this with numbers

JPGEncoder.as AS3 Demo?
Has anyone seen a demo or tutorial showing how to use the AS3 JPGEncoder.as file as found here?

http://labs.adobe.com/svn/flashplatf.../adobe/images/

I can't seem to find one!

I may just go with one of the many AS2 solutions out there since I've yet to dabble with AS3 (I listed a couple here and have since found several other scripts which I will add to that post), but I've read that the AS3 way is faster.

Any insight would be much appreciated.

Demo Cd Structure
Hi guys, I'm creating a demo CD but have got a little stuck. I have some self contained flash applications and they need to be put onto a cd.

I want to autorun the cd, so a menu screen comes up where you can select which application you want to run.

However i can't think how to do it. I can't really load each application into a main one as a lot will need changing in each application to get them to work with regards to scoping issues.

Does anyone have any ideas about the best way to do this?

Could i run the main menu at startup, then when you select an application that application starts up and the other one closes?

Flash Demo Help
Hi Friends,

Here i preparing 1 flash demo. In this i need to implement a voice to read the contents which is display in the demo. Meanwhile i want to add some typing sound in the playback.

I called the voice by using the linkage property with actionscript.
and i called the typing sound in frames.

The problem is i cant get the typing sound.

Anyone can help regarding this?

Red5 Demo Help
I have installed Red5 v0.7.0 on a RHEL5 box and I'm just trying to get the OFLA Demo to work. I am able to get the Shared Ball demo to work.

I pull the site via http://www.domainname.com:5080/ofla_demo.html

I get a page with the player, but nothing in the 'library' and the 'video' is snow. And when I use the 'rtmp://www.domainname.com/oflaDemo' and click 'connect', I get the following in the 'output' section:

Code:
(269) Connections: true | true
(227730) connected?: true
(228260) NetConnection.onStatus:
description = No scope "oflaDemo" on this server.
code = NetConnection.Connect.InvalidApp
level = error

(228261) NetConnection.onStatus:
level = status
code = NetConnection.Connect.Closed
Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?

Robo Demo
I'm just wondering if anyone has had any experience with Robo Demo. The end product is saved as a swf file and I was wondering if there was any way to edit it in flash. The problem is that the demos end up to be around 700k sometimes and we try to keep all flash animations to under 100k. Other than inserting a preloader, does anyone know if I can save it in flash to a smaller file? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Robo Demo Help
Allo all

I am trying to get a small enough ( less than 198k) Flash.swf export on a Win2k o/s with the following configurations:

Caption :100X80

No Sound

No Fade in fade /out transition for the first and last frame

Play back controls: Steel with progress bar

Frames: 22

Movie sieze:

Width: 680

Height: 530

With percentage:100 , for dimensions.

__

All the above configurations include a plain background (blue) with minimum user icons. Are there any another configuration settings that I am missing i order to get the file seize down with ,no loss in quality?

Any feedback is much appreciated