Flash workflow method

I have a few questions about Adobe Flash and i'm hoping you
guys could help me
out.
One of my assignments is to find a better way to develop and
structurize Flash applications
(animations/motion graphics/ websites).
I'd like to know if there is a way to give more structure in
a Flash project (kind of a like a workflow method)? That both
designers and developers can work faster on a single flash project,
making flash documents/projects better organised (in the library as
well as the timeline/layers and the names of movie clips, buttons
and graphics). I searched on the Adobe site, lots of blogs and
forums. I have found a lot of information so far, but i'm still not
certain
about some things, so that's why i posted this.
Thanks in advance for any info!
greetings

Hi,
There currently isn't a generally available way to extend Builder's design view. It is something that we've considered adding as a feature, though, so I'd be glad to hear more about how you would use this. Drop me a note directly and we can discuss. It's buntel at adobe dot com.
Thanks!
Tim

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internal_error       = 3
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am getting the error when object type ->
Implemented ----"
Object type components have higher release level than object type"
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From Top to BOttom
Click on the Business Object and the again
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Hi all.
Your previous post on this topic was great people!!
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Andrew,
There are a couple of things that you can do. While you may
not know the server path, you DO know enough things to have the SWF
work.
You will always know where the FLV is in relation to the SWF,
you must, or else you cannot ever make this work. With this
information, you can use relative paths to link to the FLV. The
relative path will, by default, start at the location where the SWF
is on the server.
IE:
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folder called "videos" for the file "myVid.flv"
But, I must stress, while relative paths work, an absolute
URL is always better (in my opinion). If you know what the path to
your SWF is going to be, regardless of server, you can construct an
absolute path.
We do this all the time where I work. As we have more than
400 locations across the country, we send the files we build out to
a server at each location. We know where the files are in relation
to the root of the server. So we open a new LocalConnection
instance, and grab the IP property to get the server path, then
build an absolute path as follows: "
http://"+myIP+"/pathToSWF/pathToFLV/myVideo.flv"
- where "myIP" is the ip address of the server, "pathToSwf" is the
path on the server where the SWF is, "pathToFLV" is the path to the
FLV from where the SWF is, and "myVideo.flv" is the video. But,
this can only be done where you know the location of your files on
the server. If you don't know this, then you have to use the
relative paths detailed above.

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For that object method, you can go to table HRS1201then fill in SWOTP, SWMTD(Object and method).
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I have created a .flv with the intention of making it
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publish my .fla and create the default .html and .swf files and
they work just fine on my website and local machine while testing
the application and playing the .flv file. My challenge is
packaging up this application for a third party web designer to use
who some has familiarity with .html and does not have any flash
experience. Is there any easy way to prepare flash for hand off to
a third party and make it easy for them to post and play the files
on their web server ? Does anyone have an example of an easy way to
make the files play independently without knowing the path of the
destination web server in advance ?
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sure I get the path of their web server correct ? would it be
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I tried to do this as well and then my application no longer
worked as the path did not reflect the actual location of my .flv
file.... I am sooo confused.
I think I am struggling to ask this question correctly. Any
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their final destination path would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew

Andrew,
There are a couple of things that you can do. While you may
not know the server path, you DO know enough things to have the SWF
work.
You will always know where the FLV is in relation to the SWF,
you must, or else you cannot ever make this work. With this
information, you can use relative paths to link to the FLV. The
relative path will, by default, start at the location where the SWF
is on the server.
IE:
In the SWF, you link the video as: "videos/myVid.flv"
This SWF will look, starting from its own location, into a
folder called "videos" for the file "myVid.flv"
But, I must stress, while relative paths work, an absolute
URL is always better (in my opinion). If you know what the path to
your SWF is going to be, regardless of server, you can construct an
absolute path.
We do this all the time where I work. As we have more than
400 locations across the country, we send the files we build out to
a server at each location. We know where the files are in relation
to the root of the server. So we open a new LocalConnection
instance, and grab the IP property to get the server path, then
build an absolute path as follows: "
http://"+myIP+"/pathToSWF/pathToFLV/myVideo.flv"
- where "myIP" is the ip address of the server, "pathToSwf" is the
path on the server where the SWF is, "pathToFLV" is the path to the
FLV from where the SWF is, and "myVideo.flv" is the video. But,
this can only be done where you know the location of your files on
the server. If you don't know this, then you have to use the
relative paths detailed above.

Help with a workflow / method please.

Hi,
I'm new to this forum and a three month novice, so please bear with me.
What I’m trying to do is create a “photo album” where the 3D camera moves from photo to photo and as it reaches each photo, the video there plays, then stops, then we move on to the next photo.
I have created an animatic to show the idea:
Link: [http://reels.creativecow.net/film/animatic]
I’m happy that I understand how to use framing and hold frame behaviors to get the movements and the video segments to play.
But, here’s the question:
Each video is an edited piece, maybe an interview, of about two to three minutes in length.
So,how best to assemble this?
Do it all in Motion, bring in all the 2/3 minute videos and then render, or,
Create the camera motion and then render out and composite the video segments in FCP.
( I do want to keep the perspective views of the video segments as shown, not bring the video to full frame )
Or is there another method / way to do this more easily?
All suggestions will be gratefully received.
Regards, Euan.

Hi Adam & Christina,
Thank you both for your help.
Sorry for the delay in answering, but I've been putting your thoughts to the test.
Adam, I hadn't made the connection that I could put the motion project back into FCP without rendering it first.
That helps a great deal.
Perhaps you could explain more about that still frame and how it would be of help?
Christina, yes, templates make sense. However the insert video segments to go in the drop zones would be of varying lengths. As far as I know, I can't alter the duration of the template within FCP?
I have thought of a variation on the above thoughts.
A) make the main Motion camera animation with drop zones, save as template.
B) make another template where I have removed all objects except the drop zones.
C) bring both templates into FCP, where I can slice and extend template A to suit the length of the videos put into template B.
I am proposing putting template A on V1 and B on V2.
I am hoping this will give me timing flexibility, without having to go back and forwards to Motion from FCP.
Do you think this is feasible?
Many thanks, Euan.

Flash working methods

Hi,
Can anyone assist with some tips on the best way to do certain things.
For example:
If you have a fairly lengthy interactive animation and need to refine an animation which is nested in a movieclip - do you have to keep compiling the whole main time line to check it out?
Or
You have three text builds that grow individually but they all need to end up left aligned as a bullet list - do you have to sort of guess? because you cant run the nested animations without compiling the whole time line.
If the answer is essentially yes then there has to be a better working method I need to grasp.
Thanks all
Best
PAul

There are a few options for playing movies in the editor, but if you need to view how embedded movies play wrt a containing timeline, then you do need to use the Test options which will compile an swf file as an output.
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