Macromedia Flash

[paul_mc]

May not be one for here, but here goes!
Does anyone know how to import an animated gif into Macromedia FX and then link it into Activtudio it does not resize itself to obscure my writing on Activstudio?

I just really want a small animation in the top right hand corner - out of the way of my working out!!!


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Have a go at this one I made earlier!!!

PS click on the bath and the train.

[Daniel Bunker]

It's easy to create a swf from an animated gif in Flash:

Just choose File, Import, Import to Stage, select the location of the animated gif, and Flash will import it in keyframes. Resize the stage to be the same size as the gif, publish, and you're done.

ActivStudio has a minimum size of flash file window so don't make it too small. The other settings used were placeholder and start automatically. Quick example attached.

Dan

[airskeeter]

Daniel,

If I have a flash file and want to change the background, is it easy???

[Daniel Bunker]

Well it should be quite straight forward, especially if the background is on its own layer.

You'd need the original .fla file. I could have a look if you post it here.

[paul_mc]

Thanx I will have a try and get back!
Probably spend all of the rest of the afternoon on it now!!!

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[paul_mc]

Any one know how to change background colour of gif to make it same as flipchart?
Got the gif to work but it stands out on a coloured background


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[airskeeter]

Jim,

This is the file, I want to have a black bckground on it. Could you send it back as a .swf?

Thanks!!!

Bill

[Margaret Allen]

errrrrr +wave+

Who is Jim? :eek: :confused: :rolleyes: :eek:

[Daniel Bunker]

Perhaps it's Jim'll Fix It?

Anyway, the black-out is duly applied.

[airskeeter]

Sorry Daniel,

traf niarb(turn it around backwards) must be the medication I was put on yesterday........

I apreciate the assistance. Maybe we should get together. I could give you anything that I can about ACTIVstudio and ytou could teach me some flash stuff.....

Thanks friend... [clap] [clap] [clap]

[airskeeter]

OK. Now how do I download it? It will only open.....

[Daniel Bunker]

Right click on the file and select save target as....

It worked for me.

[airskeeter]

Ahhhhhhhh, I found out my problem. I use Mozilla and it would not let me save the target.

Switched to IE and it did!!!

Thanks folks. That fixes a whole bunch of my flash issues right there....

[paul_mc]

I found a way to quicly change the background of a gif animation and put it back into activstudio as an swf file.
U need an appliaction like "Ulead gif animator 5" to change the background to any colour u want and then save it as a flash file.
When linking to the flash file click on save in file and placeholder and then resize the placeholder.
Heres on I tried for Activote.

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[Margaret Allen]

Really nice Flipchart.... love the content of the voting questions. Have you posted it to the Activote section of the Resources bit of the website? [clap]

[Stuart Collins]

Ahhhhhhhh, I found out my problem. I use Mozilla and it would not let me save the target.

Switched to IE and it did!!!

Thanks folks. That fixes a whole bunch of my flash issues right there....

Firefox calls it "save link as..."

[airskeeter]

Might be an issue with my version. It would not save the link as a .swf file. It saved it as something else...