Articles tagged “Flash Firestarter”

How do I make an animation where images fade into each other?

The following step-by-step instructions will show you how to create a Firestarter animation featuring three images that fade into each other. When you create your own animation, you can add as...

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Article ID: 593 | Published On: Jan 14, 2009 | 2,259 views | Rated 5 stars by 1 people

Flash displays over DHTML menus.

In the past, Web designers had to deal with browsers that displayed Flash movies on the top layer of DHTML pages, even if the stacking order of the page dictated otherwise. However, the new...

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Article ID: 518 | Published On: Oct 8, 2008 | 2,118 views | Rated 4 stars by 25 people

Basic Tutorial - Creating an Introduction for Your Website

Table of Contents Before You Begin Getting Started Adding Sound Adding Text Adding Motion Effects Previewing the Movie Action Effects Working With the...

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Article ID: 108 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 23,076 views | Rated 3 stars by 381 people

Why can I only see one picture, I inserted several pictures in the movie.

This is has to do with the layers of a movie. By default, only the top layer is displayed, hiding the pictures behind it. You will need to use blank frames to hide the image on top and display an...

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Article ID: 99 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,843 views | Rated 3 stars by 367 people

I receive an error when trying to install Firestarter.

Try downloading the installation file again. If it ask you to overwrite the previous one, say yes. Try to install the program with minimum things running in the background. The more...

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Article ID: 107 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 2,962 views | Rated 3 stars by 352 people

Deselecting all Objects

When editing your movie, you may come to a point where you want to change the movie setting, such as movie transparency, movie length, etc. However, when editing your movie, the only properties...

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Article ID: 88 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 2,989 views | Rated 3 stars by 346 people

Uploading your Movie

1.) Click on the button. This will open the mini-ftp tool. The first time the mini- ftp tool runs, you will be asked to enter a new server profile. 2.) On the first blank, enter a...

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Article ID: 96 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,729 views | Rated 3 stars by 341 people

Can I Transfer SWF Files Made in Firestarter Into Programs Like Flash™ Studio?

No, you will not be able to transfer files from Firestarter into another Flash™ tool, or vice versa. Firestarter can only edit .FIRE files created in Firestarter.

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Article ID: 100 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,123 views | Rated 3 stars by 332 people

How to make a transparent background

To make your movies transparent, simply paste this code in between the HTML Object tags. <param NAME="wmode" Value="transparent";> The transparency doesn't work in Netscape at...

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Article ID: 104 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 7,620 views | Rated 3 stars by 328 people

Converting Animated GIFs to Flash™

Firestarter has the capability of converting animated GIF files into Flash™ files, mainly to reduce their file size. Once the file has been converted to a SWF file, you will not be able to...

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Article ID: 89 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,416 views | Rated 3 stars by 324 people

Adding Images

To insert an image into a Firestarter animation, click the Add New Image button . This opens a window allowing you to browse your computer for the image you want to insert. After inserting...

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Article ID: 92 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,918 views | Rated 3 stars by 304 people

Adding a Flash™ Firestarter Animation to a Webpage

The first step in publishing an animation created using Flash™ Firestarter is setting up a Webpage for the movie to play on. You can either create a new Webpage or add the code to an existing...

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Article ID: 91 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 6,777 views | Rated 3 stars by 300 people

Creating Special Effects

Special effects are the heart and soul of any flash movie. Firestarter comes with many different effects, for both text and images. To apply one of these effects first select the image you...

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Article ID: 94 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 7,007 views | Rated 3 stars by 277 people

My sound is too slow/fast and/or distorted!

This problem occurs because the sound file you are using was not recorded with the quality needed for Firestarter. The sound file must be recorded at a sampling rate of 16-bit 44.1KHz (also known...

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Article ID: 101 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,650 views | Rated 3 stars by 276 people

What is Flash?

What is Flash? A little history lesson. What can Flash do? How can I make Flash work for me? Starting out. Where do I start with...

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Article ID: 111 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 10,679 views | Rated 3 stars by 252 people

Is CoffeeCup Software Compatible With Windows 64-Bit?

Officially, all of our software is supported under Windows 7, XP, and Vista 32-bit. However, many of our users are able to use the software with Windows 64-bit running in Windows XP...

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Article ID: 617 | Published On: Feb 24, 2009 | 2,098 views | Rated 3 stars by 4 people

Intermediate Tutorial - Creating an Interactive Menu/Webpage

Table of Contents: Before you Begin Begin your Movie Using Hotspots Start adding Text Using mailto: The Stop Action Jump to Frame Create the Footer...

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Article ID: 109 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 16,535 views | Rated 2 stars by 633 people

Adding Actions Links

Action links allow a user to interact with your movie. To add an action link, first click the Add Hot Spot button in the Toolbar . This will insert a "hot spot" in the upper left-hand corner...

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Article ID: 87 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,972 views | Rated 2 stars by 485 people

What is an Action?

Using Action frames is the first step to adding user interaction. By clicking on the button, you will be prompted what type of action you want to insert. A play movie action will play the movie...

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Article ID: 98 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,569 views | Rated 2 stars by 478 people

Adding Sound

There are two options for inserting sounds in an animation created using Flash™ Firestarter: track or sound clip. In either case, you must make sure the sound file is in WAV or MP3 format,...

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Article ID: 95 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,383 views | Rated 2 stars by 466 people

I can't save my SWF file after creating it.

The issue is that the .SWF file extension is either not associated with any program or it is associated with a Macromedia program. You will need to change the association to Internet Explorer....

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Article ID: 110 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,795 views | Rated 2 stars by 441 people

Start Creating your Movie

The first time you start firestarter, a quickstart wizard will load, allowing you to create your first movie. If you ever wish to load the quickstart wizard when Firestarter is running, click on...

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Article ID: 90 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,320 views | Rated 2 stars by 409 people

Using the Grid to Position your Objects

If you find it difficult to align your images and text in Firestarter, there is a grid option that will help you with this task. The grid menu is found in the upper right hand corner of the...

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Article ID: 86 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,513 views | Rated 2 stars by 402 people

How Do Layers Work?

Without layers, you would only be able to display one image at one spot in the movie. However, using layers, you can have images that overlap, or pass in front of each other. There are three...

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Article ID: 97 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 5,421 views | Rated 2 stars by 396 people

Adding Text

To insert text in Flash™ Firestarter, simply click the Add New Text button . After the text is inserted, you can edit the text using the Text field under the Object Properties tab . You...

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Article ID: 93 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,616 views | Rated 2 stars by 378 people

Adding a Firestarter Intro to a Visual Site Designer Website

This article explains how to insert a Flash introduction created with Flash Firestarter into a Webpage created with Visual Site Designer. Note : These instructions differ slightly from...

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Article ID: 170 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 5,608 views | Rated 2 stars by 341 people

How to Add Flash Objects to Visual Site Designer.

Follow these steps to add a Flash object created in one of our Flash programs (Web Form Builder, Photo Gallery, Web JukeBox, etc.) to a Visual Site Designer page. You will need to have both...

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Article ID: 279 | Published On: Aug 16, 2005 | 6,115 views | Rated 1 stars by 702 people

How does the Convert Animated GIF to Flash work?

This will convert the animated GIF of your choice, to the Flash format, SWF. This SWF file can be used in a webpage just like any other SWF file. You can press the "View HTML" for the source...

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Article ID: 106 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 8,849 views | Rated 1 stars by 366 people

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