Small Unwanted Image Movement in .swf File

Hi. I'm not a Flash developer, so please excuse this question
if it is sophomoric. Someone created a .swf file for my site that
transitions multiple images in & out. It can be seen here:
http://www.shadyladylighting.com.
The problem is the images seem to abruptly move/jump as they
are in transition. It's almost as if they jump quickly before they
change. You have to look close to see it, but it's very annoying
once you see it happening.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how it should be
fixed? Although I can't fix it I must hire someone to do so, and
basically I want to know what the problem is before I pay someone
to fix it.
Thanks,
Mike

Hard to say what that problem is without seeing the source
(FLA) file - do you have that by chance?
Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
Community Expert
GACUTIL wrote:
> Hi. I'm not a Flash developer, so please excuse this
question if it is
> sophomoric. Someone created a .swf file for my site that
transitions multiple
> images in & out. It can be seen here:
http://www.shadyladylighting.com.
>
> The problem is the images seem to abruptly move/jump as
they are in
> transition. It's almost as if they jump quickly before
they change. You have
> to look close to see it, but it's very annoying once you
see it happening.
>
> Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how it should
be fixed? Although I
> can't fix it I must hire someone to do so, and basically
I want to know what
> the problem is before I pay someone to fix it.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>

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