Flash edit

hey guys. I am building a website and i need help on one
thing. Can i add animation to a graphic that i already have, for
example, to a photo ?
I am using flash mx pro 2004.
Can someone help me out, please.
Thank you so much
Luis Martins

The answer to your question seems so glaringly obvious, that
I wonder whether the rest of us are misunderstanding the question.
If you've opened up Flash MX2004 even once, then you should realize
that you can add as many animations as you want to anything. If
you're a complete beginner in Flash, then check the excellent Help
files that come with the program, especially the section "Getting
Started In Flash" and the tutorials.
If you're trying to animate something as an overlay to your
photo, then all you need to do is add a new Layer in the Timeline
window (right-click anywhere within the Timeline and select "Add
Layer"). You can then drag that layer above or below the layer
which holds your photo. In the blank layer, do your new animation.
Are you asking whether you can extract elements from the
photo and animate them? Well, in Flash it wouldn't be at all easy
to do that. Better to open the photo in a photo editor such as
Photoshop and break it apart into separate graphics. Those could
then be imported into Flash and animated.
Maybe you need to clarify your question more.

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Originally posted by:
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>feel so restrained by using these templates
what templates? Halo? Don't.
> need to have structure but what if you want to make
different structures
> for certain pages on your sight
No problem (see below)
>moving items from Flash to Dreamweaver is a pain in the
arse.
Don't move - import them
>drop them into Dreamweaver
see above
>I've bought every dog gone book and CD on the market
All the books in the world on Dreamweaver cannot replace
books/tutorials on
HTML and CSS before you get to the hair-tearing stage (oops!
too late!)
> Please for all you veterans out their, explain to me
like I'm a 12 year
> old. What am I doing wrong?
Not a veteran (well, not in experience lol!) - what you're
doing wrong is
going about using Dreamweaver like you would Word or as if
it's WYSIWYG -
it's not.
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http://www.w3schools.com/ on
the left, learn X/HTML and Learn CSS.
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road, but without a grounding in HTML and CSS, you will
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Jo
"bubblesblow" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:[email protected]...
> Hi guys and gals, I am in a unfomfortable situation now.
I have awsome
> ideas of
> how I would like to implement my creative talents in
building awsome
> websites
> but I cannot seem to transfer over what ever graphics,
text, buttons to
> Dreamweaver. I'm creating .swf files but when I try to
open up any item
> created
> from Flash it gets all weird. I cannot seem to save
those graphics and
> such to
> html so I keep getting like a grey box with the flash
logo.
>
> Now, moving items from Fireworks to Dreamweaver is fine
but moving items
> from
> Flash to Dreamweaver is a pain in the arse.
>
> Also, I TOTALLY understand that Dreamweaver is a awsome
formating tool but
> I
> don't know about you guys but I feel that I feel so
restrained by using
> these
> templates. I understand that websites need to have
structure but what if
> you
> want to make different structures for certain pages on
your sight?
>
> Yes using CSS is very customizable but MUST you have
templates to put any
> type
> of graphic on a Dreamweaver design view?
>
> All I want to achieve is making simple graphics with
Flash, Edit those
> graphics with Fireworks and drop them into Dreamweaver.
That's ALL I want
> to do
> but I'm having such a hard time doing this.
>
> I'm beginning to feel completely retarded or something
but I'm just not
> getting it. I've bought every dog gone book and CD on
the market but I'm
> just
> not getting this concept.
>
> But then again, I am a beginner so slap me twice, lol.
>
> Please for all you veterans out their, explain to me
like I'm a 12 year
> old.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Also, I'm trying to build a simple mock up of a simple
web page with like
> 5
> navigational pages. I want to have buttons, graphics,
text, sound and
> video
> just to include what most websites have just so I can
get a understanding
> of
> how to put together a web page.
>
> Do you guys have suggestions on this idea?
>
> Thank you once again and god bless.
>

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Too Hard Problem

Actually, there are two problems. They are program problems,
I think, not my. Please look it, maybe you´ll help to find
some solution.
First:
Look
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my last project, a web in flash. The problem is in preloader.
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Movie and there View>Simulate Download, and as normal local
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Actionscript 2.0....
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I have a series of images that I want to be able to swap out
on a weekly basis in my flash piece. I used the image loader to
call them from my webserver, and when I am in flash, editing my
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"Josh Rose" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have a series of images that I want to be able to swap
out on a weekly
>basis
> in my flash piece. I used the image loader to call them
from my webserver,
> and
> when I am in flash, editing my .fla, they appear
perfectly. But once I
> publish
> the flash piece, a white box appears in their place, and
the images never
> load.
>
> It doesn't matter whether I publish the flash to the web
and place it in
> the
> same folder as the images, or just publish it and view
it from my
> harddrive...
> either way, the images do not show in the .swf... they
only show while
> editing
> in flash. I am calling dynamic text from the same
server, and it works
> perfectly. Any help is appreciated.
>

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Leslie,
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Hunt

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