Creating a banner in Flash

Hello all,
I am thinking of creating a banner in flash..
What are some of the advantages or options I would have versuses just creating a banner in fireworks..
-One I know I could fade in and out for effects..
-Two I can create movement..
-Is there anything else??
I am creating this for a website and I am using Photoshop, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver..
I am thinking I can just plug into the Fireworks file before I splice it..
-Does this sound right?
I guess I could also just do this in Fireworks yet it probably will not look as cool.

If you want alot of animation or dyanmic effects use flash. If it's basically just static with some links use something else. Of course you can mix and match. The best approach is to just jump in and try something.

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Thanks again Nancy.
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FLA - that's the Flash source file, and is created and edited in Flash
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SWF - the published file from Flash, and many other programs have the ability to export content to this format.
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http://www.esppromo.com/index.asp
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William

Edit:
i'm sorry. it is a huge work to type this and will be confusing as hell. i'm already up to 1 full word page of explanation. Though i am able to do it, explaning it in full lengh is ... well.. very hard. Way harder than it is to make your flash itself.
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I'm sorry. i really wanted to help you do it, but it is just a monstruous job to write all this.

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Do NOT use Fireworks for print work. Use Illustrator, InkScape, InDesign, Scribus, Xara Designer Pro, Photoshop, etc, anything BUT Fireworks. Fireworks is meant for web graphics.
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Source
However, you can change the limit.
Make sure that Fireworks is closed, open Fireworks CS6 Preferences.txt file located in:
Windows 7/Vista: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Fireworks CS6\English\
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Fireworks CS6\English\
MacOS X: Library/Preferences/Adobe Fireworks CS6/en/
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<key>MaxDocSizeInPixels</key> <integer>6000</integer>
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<key>MaxDocSizeInPixels</key> <integer>10000</integer>
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Hi,
I am trying to create a personal portfolio website using Flash CS4.
Understand that there are a number of ways to create web pages using Flash.
One way is to create separate swf files for the web pages and load them when the web page is requested.
Another way is to put the pages in separate frames in the same swf file or to use scenes and use gotoAndPlay().
Another possible way is to create separate movie clips for the web pages.
Wonder if anybody can advice the recommended way of creating the web pages.
Thanks in advance.
regards,
ladybug

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this sites are really helpful.but,i have used sound through button.so how it is possible to attavh the link with slider.i have created slider also.
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http://previews.learnflash.com/previews/flash/basicslideshow.html
It seems like a great tutorial. However, as I am following it, I can't make my slide show work as the tutorial demonstrates. Specificall, after creating the buttons as shown, my slide show will not stop at the next frame, but rapidly runs through all the slides.
I have worked with the tutorial for several days and can not get it to work for me. I get the below error messages when I follow the turorial.
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This is what part of my screen looks like:
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christian

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But how do you create the fixed header and a footer with navigation and the navigation between 30 to 40 "pages" or "movies"? I am assuming there is some automated method to create navigation...
We want a fixed header, fixed navigation in a footer, movie content in the center, and the ability to automatically move from "page" to page and also allow the student to click Next and Previous buttons to move from page to page.
I would greatly appreciate a link to a tutorial or any advice on getting started.
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Miss_Angela wrote:
> I am trying to create a flash intro like this one....
>
>
http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/
>
> I am really new to flash and don't know much beyond
making menus. I have
> looked at different tutorials, but I don't see anything
about how to create an
> intro like this one.
Check in help under the Tutorial section for "Add motion
tweens"
Basically you need to import your images, convert them to
instances like
movie clips or graphics symbols then motion tween them to get
them move
and use color effect Alpha to get them to fade in.
Check the help first and tell me how far can you get from
there, whatever
problem you face, post back, will help you go ahead with it.
Best Regards
Urami
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
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out where to start. I think that what I need to do is convert the
text to xml and then php to a mysql database and then back the same
way to post it. Is there a way to use loadvars to do that or should
I use the xml connector component?

You can also use something like Blogger and simply make your
Flash page import the template. There's one tutorial on this sort
of thing
HERE.
Here are a few Flash sites I've done using Blogger as a
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http://www.msu-rentals.com
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http://www.parkeastinc.com
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