Flash :: Images Look Crappy When Adding Preload-scene

Can't Preload - Pictures Look Crappy
I can't have a preloader or anything before my Main Scene, or timeline. If I put anything before this, the pictures over the whole flash site look crappy, and pixelised.

Unless, I make the flash project one frame long, (where it stops;(), so that all the main information can come up), it turns my pictures into crap.

I have my flash project only one frame long now, but there is no preloading, so it's really slow in the beginning.

I have tinkered with all the publishing settings, and each individual picture properties, and these are not the problems. My pictures have to be in the first frame of the flash project, otherwise they look like shunt.

Has anybody heard, or seen this before?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

www.envirotechpc.com

Adding A Scene Distorts Images
This seems very strange to me, but why would adding a scene to the movie lower the quality of the images I am using. I have images that look fine, but if I just add a scene to the movie the quality goes way down.

Thanks for the help,
Todd

Adding Scene Makes Images Fuzzy
I have a flash movie (flash 5) with imported PNGs for buttons. When I add a new scene (either by duplicating or adding new), the quality of these images plummets, even though I have the publish settings set to 100% jpg quality. As soon as I delete the new scene(s), the quality is restored. Obviously I can't publish a movie with poor quality images (it's like they've been enlarged and then over-sharpened in paintshop pro or similar, except they haven't). Does anyone know if/how I can remedy this? TIA

Preload Scene DOESN'T PRELOAD
ok, so i have this file, full of images, it's huge. i have a preload scene, the actionscript is as follows:

setProperty ("loadBar", _xscale, "((_root.getBytesLoaded() /_root.getBytesTotal() )*100)");
ifFrameLoaded ("Scene 1", "End") {
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", "Start");
}

so basically, it SHOULD increase the width of the preload bar as the movies progressively loads, and it SHOULN'T start playing the main scene(Scene1)until the whole scene is finished loading.

It doesn't do this!

i haven't done much actionscripting b4, so any help would be appreciated.

you can see the extremely CRAP movie at: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/adamstuff/paragon3.html

Preload Scene 2
Is it possible to just make a preloader for scene 2 in scen 1?

Preload Scene
anyone know how I can preload ONE specific scene in my movie? For example, I have a movie with 10 scenes in it. I want to preload scene 6. How can I do that

TIA

How Do You Preload Each Scene?
I have made a new flash document with four scenes. If I insert a preloader it preloads all four scenes first but I only want to preload each scene instead of all four. Can someone tell me how I need to correct this problem.

Thank You

Preload Next Scene Only
Hey y'all. I made a preloader based on this tutorial http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...689/index.php, but I don't want it to preload the whole movie before presenting the option to continue. I just want it to preload the next scene (or "Home" page). Can anyone tell me how to do that?

Thanks for your help.
Summarah

Preload Only 1 Scene
Hi guys!

I have got 1 .fla file with 4 scenes and I only want to preload one of them. How can I do to preload an specific scene?

TIA

Preload Just One Scene
Could anyone tell me, is it possible to preload just one scene and leave the others to stream? All the preloaders that i have found out there, just get the bytes total of the entire movie clip and calculate the percentage loaded based on that.

Thank you

Preload Scene
How do I preload a scene and not an entire movie, My movie have multiple scenes and my preloader is taking too long. is there a way to preload one scene at a time instead of the whole movie. this is the code I am using now. thankyou

Attach Code

interval = setInterval(preload, 100);
function preload() {
var current = _root.getBytesLoaded();
var total = _root.getBytesTotal();
var percent = Math.round(current/total*100);
loader_bar_mc._xscale = percent;
if (current == total) {
gotoAndPlay("mywork");
clearInterval(interval);
}
}

Preload Scene Only
I have a preloader that gives total amount loaded feedback. But at the moment I only want it to preload a scene at a time rather than the whole .swf file. How can I change the script to do that? At the moment i have this...

my_bytesTotal = Math.round( this.getBytesTotal ());
my_bytesLoaded = Math.round( this.getBytesLoaded ());
my_percentLoaded = ( my_bytesLoaded / my_bytesTotal) * 100;
this.my_bar._height = 36 * ((100 - Math.round (my_percentLoaded)) / 100);
this.loadedAmount.text = Math.round (my_percentLoaded) + "%";
if (my_bytesLoaded == my_bytesTotal) {

this.gotoAndPlay ("start");

}

Also, my 'skip intro' button only seems to work AFTER the scene has loaded and begins playing rather than during the preloader, is this because the actions on the main timeline take precedence over those on the canvas?

Thanks for helpiong this total flash noob,
Jeremy

Preload A Scene
I have

iBytesTotal = _root.getBytesTotal();
iBytesLoaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
iBytes = (iBytesLoaded/iBytesTotal)*100;

This obviuously loads the entire movie.

I just want to be able to load a scene, called 'animation', how would i alter this code to make it work.

Thank you

Preload A Scene?
Is it possible to preload a scene? If so how would you do it? Thanks in advance

BSMH

Help On Adding A Preload To An Existing Movie.
I made a Flash movie, but I didn't put a preload at the beginning. At that time I didn't know what a preload was. Is it possible for me to add a preload to an existing movie? How can I push the entire movie 2 frames forward so I can make room for a preload at the beginning? I'd appreciated any help anyone can give, thanks.

URGENT - Preload Scene
URGENT !!!

Please, I need urgent help !
I created a preload scene for intro I'm making up and Flash
somehow add 90 Kb to the first frame of that scene.
My preload scene have 30 Kb and now sudenly 120 Kb.
When I try do delete that scene to make a new one, Flash
move that 90 Kb to the first frame of main scene,
and I'm going crazy !

Can anybody tell me what is a trick ?
I need help urgent.
Grateful
stef

How To Preload If Scene Is Made Up Of Mc's
i'm trying to preload my flash movie which has 5 frames. on those frames are movie clips which are at least 100 - 200 frames long. so how do i do it?

Preload Every Scene Seperate ¿
hi all

this just crossed my mind...
is it possible to preload every scene seperate ?

i know its silly.. hehe

anyway thx in advance

Preload An SWF To Play In A Later Scene
Hey all...

I was wondering what the code would be to preload an external .swf in one scene to be played later down the main timeline in a different scene.

The first main movie has a nice preloader animation, but I would like this separate .swf file to not be part of the initial preloaing and simply start loading in the background while the main timeline is playing, so that is could be preloaded and begin playing when the playhead finally arrives at the appropriate place and scene.

Any ideas?

Thanks
-Brian-

Preload Content In A Scene
I'm using the ProgressBar component to create a preloader for my flash file, however I only want the ProgressBar to preload the content for the first scene in the movie as opposed to the entire thing. Normall I just use _root for the ProgressBar.source, however is there someway I can set the source to be the content for a scene as opposed to the root?

Preload Scene 1 From Scene 2?
Is it possible to preload scene 1 using a preloader in scene 2. The reason I ask is because I dont want to have to move everything o scene one up three frames, its the way I`ve built the movie .
Thanks

Preload 1.jpg For Scene 1 And 2.jpg For Scene 2
story: i'm creating like a book in flash - frontcover/main/backcover = 3 scenes. frontcover and backcover have external jpgs. it's ok if i have a preloader on the frontcover, but it's kind of awkward on the backcover cause all it does is loading the backcover.

Is there anyway to tell flash to load the backcover jpg together with the frontcover and like cache the backcover jpg till it is needed when you come to the backcover?

Preload + Multiple Scene Problem (?)
Hey,
I have put myself in a situation !
I started a site, but forgot to place a preloader on the first scene !
Is there a possibility to make a scene the first one (by a code or something)? if not can i make a .swf preload the .swf site ?
Thx guys (and chicks !)
G.

Preload Each Scene Upon View, And Not The Whole Movie?
Hey flashers,

I have a movie which consists of about 8 scenes, I would like to be able to put a preloader for each scene so the viewer wont have to load the whole entire movie each time they go to the website. (This would also save a lot of bandwidth). Everytime I've tried with a preloader, it just loads the whole movie.

Here is what my movie looks like:

http://www.ext311.com/joe

I'll post the .FLA if it is needed.
'
thanks!!
-Joe

injoy311@aol.com

How To Preload The First Scene And Show It While Loading Other Scenes
hi,

I have a swf as a base animation and I load different swf files as sections.
Those swfs that load as sections have 5 scenes each inside them.So we load a movie with 5 scenes into another base swf.

Problem is;

we don't have to see the all 5 scenes, 3 of those scenes are shown if the user wants to see.Normally we have to see the first 2 scenes and we call the other 3 with a button.
Normally I have a preloader for that 5 scenes totally.But now,I want the preloader load 2 scenes and show them.While we are seeing those 2 scenes,I want the computer download the other 3 scenes.But show the animation when the first 2 scenes are downloaded.You see what I mean?
Now while we see downloaded 2scenes, we can call the one of the 3 scenes.It can show if it is downloaded already or can show another (6th) scene that says loading....

I guess I am not very good at explaining it, please ask me if there is anything unclear.

Is it possible and how?

Thanks in advance

Adding Scene Issue
Hi !
I did flash project in one scene. I put preloader in frond of it (in new scene). Preloader works fine, but the code in next scene doesn't work at all!!!!

I didn't find any solution. I tried to paste all frames to new empty movie with two scenes. Script started to work, but gotoAndPlay commands dont work correctly.

Leos

Trouble With Adding A New Scene
Hi,

I have a main scene that begins with a animation. Now when i add a new scene to house a preloader and place it above the main scene and play the movie the preloader works fine but when it plays the next scene everything stops at frame 1. At 1st I thought it was my preloader but i tripled checked it and it was fine, I also just added a blank scene but i get the same problem. Im using flash 8. ne 1 ever get this problem?

thx

Problems Adding Just A Scene
hi guys,
i am getting in pain just adding a second scene to my flash 8 artwork.
...i have finished an intro and now the movie should jump to a second scene using gotoandplay("scene2", 1).
as soon as i add the second new scene from the scene inspector and play the movie, i get a movie that stops playing to the first (i think it's so) frame of first scene....well at the end ...as soon as i add a scene, the movie stops. no code added or removed!!!it's strange!!!
please helppppp
thank
adro

Adding A Link To Scene
Hi,

I am a total beginner in Flash and wanted to know, how to add a link that opens in a new window to a scene?
I found out that on AS2 it was done in a manner similar to:

ActionScript Code:
on (release)
{
getURL("http://www.google.com",_new)
}
or something like that.
Right now I got to this:

ActionScript Code:
Scene.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,goTo);
function goTo(e:MouseEvent) {
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.google.com/");
navigateToURL(request);
}
But I get an error 1061

Basically I need to add a link to another web page on my banner.

Help please?!

Preload Images
Hello

I am tying to preload images (used elsewhere on my site) with Flash. I'm sure I've seen a tutorial on this somewhere. Any help or pointers are greatly appreciated.

TIA
John

Preload Images
Hi,

please help me! One animation contains 10 pictures. Their size is 1000 kb. Loading of this animation takes a long time. I need detailed instruction for the preloader, which doesnt load the full animation (all these 10 pictures), but only the first picture. Preloader loads first picture. Before I have a look at this picture, in the background the rest of pictures (9) will load.
Thanks very much. George

sample: http://mujweb.cz/www/doncella

Preload Images, Please Help Me...
Hi,

please help me! One animation contains 10 pictures. Their size is 1000 kb. Loading of this animation takes a long time. I need detailed instruction for the preloader, which doesnt load the full animation (all these 10 pictures), but only the first picture. Preloader loads first picture. Before I have a look at this picture, in the background the rest of pictures (9) will load.
Thanks very much. George

sample: http://mujweb.cz/www/doncella

Preload Images, Please Help Me...
Hi,

please help me! One animation contains 10 pictures. Their size is cca. 1000 kb. Loading of this animation takes a long time. I need detailed instruction for the preloader, which doesnt load the full animation (all these 10 pictures), but only the first picture. Preloader loads first picture. Before I have a look at this picture, in the background the rest of pictures (9) will load.
Thanks very much. George

sample: http://mujweb.cz/www/doncella/preloader.zip

Xml Preload Images
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Preload Images
Hello!
Is it possible to make a preloader for dynamic loaded images?
There is 32 images that will be randomly loaded into my swf file (only one per session).
Please help me...

Preload Images With XML?
Hello,
Is there a decent tutorial out there for preloading images with XML? I built a gallery swf that loads images on the fly (on button release), now I need to find a way to preload them when someone clicks the button.

Preload Images From Xml
I need to preload some images, they are less then 1kb but the number of images can go up to 20+ and are variable in both name and number). The number of files and the name of the files are gotten from a xml file.

These images then have to be converted to buttons.

It loads the xml and images fine, but if its more then 1 image it wont load. Alsoo It doesnt register mouseclick events or even an alpha property on it.

How can I load an array of images that act as buttons?
Here is the code:

Code:
var mapcontainer = new MovieClip();

var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showXML);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("xml/sitemap.xml"));

function showXML(e:Event):void
{
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var sitemap:XML = new XML(e.target.data);

var i:Number = 0;
for (i = 0; i < sitemap.link.length(); i++)
{
GenerateSpots(i);
}

function GenerateSpots(i:Number)
{
var bla:String = sitemap.link.tracktype[i].text();
var img:String = "images/" + bla + ".png";
var trackloader:Loader = new Loader;
trackloader.load(new URLRequest(img));
trackloader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,result);

function result(evt:Event):void
{
trace ("fully loaded");
mapcontainer.addChild(trackloader);

trackloader = sitemap.link.tracktype[i].text();
trackloader.y = sitemap.link.locy[i].text();
trackloader.x = sitemap.link.locx[i].text();
trackloader.alpha = 0.5;
}
}
}
I've tried to put the image in a new bitmapdata after its loaded, but it wouldnt work (Type Coercion Failed)

Code:
function result(evt:Event):void
{
var trackimage:Bitmap = new Bitmap(evt.target.content.bitmapData);
mapcontainer.addChild(trackimage);
trackimage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,
}
test);
And even if that worked, it probally wouldnt load them sequentially or at once, but overwrite each other because the next i is fired in the for loop before the old one is finished.

Thanks

Best Way To Preload Images..
I have multiple images that will be backgrounds for the different pages. There's many ways of doing this.. I'm just wondering what's the ideal way.
I'm thinking I could...

Create an array which contains an array for each photo [Boolean(whether the photo's been loaded), URL]. Then I would load each url, and when they're done I would change bool to true for that url.
then I could save the image in a new container, and move it off stage to replace for later.

If I load them all, then do nothing with them, not putting them on the stage or anything, and load them again, would it load instantaneously?

Also should I load them at the same time, or one at a time?

Preload Images
Hi,

Is that anyone know how to preload images to the Flash Library? Or it is impossible to do that?

Preload Images
Hi, I was wondering is there is any way to preload a JPG from a website and when its loaded show it... this is my code so far... 1 line

Code:
loadMovieNum("http://www.mywebsite.com/image.jpg",2);
thank you

Preload Images
Hey,

Say i have a photo gallery of images that i load from outside my swf file and into a container_mc, when i upload to the web and you click on a thumbnail to get the larger image, the transition plays through but then you have to wait for the photo to load, it dos'nt look good.

Can i some how preload all the image? or get the transition to wait until the image is loaded? which is the best way to do this??

How does it work?

Help is apprecaited thanks.

ck

Preload Images Right After The Other
Hello everyone,

I have a client who needs a flash front page which loads images dynamically one after the other. (ie. the effect they want is one image should fade in, then the next image should preload, the first image should wait until the second image is done preloading. Then once the preloading is done, the first image will start to fade out and the next image will start to fade in and so on for x number of images)

Is there a script out there that can help me out? I have tried this on my own but have not gotten good results.

Here is the link to the FLA: http://test.un-identified.com/test/msSample.zip

And the example: http://test.un-identified.com/test/msSample.html

Thanks