# flash

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## [Text change after animate?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-change-after-animate/183648)

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**Author:** [@the\_bdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/the_bdd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-change-after-animate/183648 "2006-04-03T02:29:03Z")

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Hiya ppl, is there a way to create a motion/fade tween with text and still be able to change the text without having to redo the tween because it has been converted to a symbol???

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## [Tween class](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-class/184178)

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**Author:** [@natronp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/natronp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tween-class/184178 "2006-04-03T02:11:59Z")

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i'm attempting to use the tween class to animate my menu system. I've got it all working except for the intro animation. I want the five nav elements to drop into place using the tween class. I'm using frames to delay…

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## [Scrolling the Timeline in Flash on OS X](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-the-timeline-in-flash-on-os-x/184174)

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**Author:** [@Slazareth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Slazareth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-the-timeline-in-flash-on-os-x/184174 "2006-04-02T23:41:49Z")

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Is there anyway to scroll through the timeline in OS X using the scroll wheel on a mouse or on the trackpad? If there's no built in way to acheive this feature is there a 3rd party hack for it? Thanks!

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## [Finding drive letter?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-drive-letter/184166)

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**Author:** [@Tattered](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tattered)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-drive-letter/184166 "2006-04-02T23:00:33Z")

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Can flash find a drive letter, like find out what drive letter the DVD-ROM drive is?

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## [Flash to tap into a wordpress database?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-tap-into-a-wordpress-database/184144)

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**Author:** [@digiLan2005](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/digiLan2005)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-to-tap-into-a-wordpress-database/184144 "2006-04-02T22:56:21Z")

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Hey Everyone, Does anyone have any experience using actionscript to tap into a wordpress database (movable-type)? I'm just wondering how difficult this would be or if anyone has been successful with this. Cheers, An…

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## [Random Songs?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-songs/184155)

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**Author:** [@Robin105](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Robin105)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-songs/184155 "2006-04-02T22:09:23Z")

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Hey guys i am back for more flash help :love: How can i make a button that u can click and it will play a random song, after it plays the first RANDOM song then it will play another song at RANDOM Example: I got 8 s…

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## [getBounds() really confusing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getbounds-really-confusing/183799)

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**Author:** [@BuG56](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BuG56)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getbounds-really-confusing/183799 "2006-04-02T21:07:16Z")

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Hey, I've tried looking through the flash help, through several books, tutorials, and posts but I still don't understand how I use getBounds. It's really frustrating. I need to use it to detect collision on all four side…

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## [Exporting Moving .gifs](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-moving-gifs/184139)

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**Author:** [@Ravmaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ravmaster)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-moving-gifs/184139 "2006-04-02T21:03:24Z")

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\[CENTER\]is there anyway that i can export a .gif image that still moves? im trying to get my logo to come out as a .gif becuase my friend needs it for our game and i cant find a way to get it to move and it cant be a…

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## [FlashAmp-like freeware](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashamp-like-freeware/184146)

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**Author:** [@grenouille](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grenouille)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flashamp-like-freeware/184146 "2006-04-02T21:00:57Z")

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Hi, Does anybody know of a freeware like FlashAmp? Thnx, grenouille

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## [Bilingual website](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bilingual-website/184142)

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**Author:** [@CayoHueso](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CayoHueso)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bilingual-website/184142 "2006-04-02T20:40:51Z")

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Hi everybody, I would like to create my portfolio website in two versions, one english and the other one spanish. I was wondering if you could give me some advice, or direct me to any tutorials where I could learn a go…

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## [SEO for flash site tipps, tricks](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seo-for-flash-site-tipps-tricks/183946)

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**Author:** [@jankratochvil](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jankratochvil)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seo-for-flash-site-tipps-tricks/183946 "2006-04-02T16:59:00Z")

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I made site http://bresco.cz cca a half year ago. This is full flash site and a load text from external txt file. I tried to find this site e.g. at Google, Yahoo, .. - I did not found the site. I entrede some keywords, b…

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## [Would This Be Difficult To Make?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-this-be-difficult-to-make/183982)

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**Author:** [@joshmpratt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joshmpratt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-this-be-difficult-to-make/183982 "2006-04-02T15:30:38Z")

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I'm very interested in designing something like what these guys have on their site: http://www.plaudit.com I'm talking about the Identity, Multimedia, Web, and Print sliding menu thing that the've got going on. I'm …

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## ["\_level" Pathing Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-level-pathing-problem/184130)

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**Author:** [@DougOfTheAbaci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DougOfTheAbaci)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-level-pathing-problem/184130 "2006-04-02T14:37:49Z")

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I'm making an XML powered menu for my website and it works fine as a stand-alone movieclip on my stage. But when I nest it inside a few more movieclips it stops working and I don't see why. The original path was "level…

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## [Video paused when loading via NetStream object within a function](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-paused-when-loading-via-netstream-object-within-a-function/184037)

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**Author:** [@marcusjw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marcusjw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-paused-when-loading-via-netstream-object-within-a-function/184037 "2006-04-02T12:01:40Z")

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Hi, I'm having a problem loading an FLV file via the NetStream object. The following is on frame 1 of my root timeline: loadMovieClip(); function loadMovieClip():Void { // Create new NetConnection object …

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## [Why doesn't this work in IE, yet it does in FF](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-this-work-in-ie-yet-it-does-in-ff/184018)

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**Author:** [@boswell255](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boswell255)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-doesnt-this-work-in-ie-yet-it-does-in-ff/184018 "2006-04-02T10:55:41Z")

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I recently made an animation, uploaded it to the web and then decided to show all of my friends. Most of my friends use IE, and they cannot view the movie. I dodnt realise untill one of them asked why it wasn't loading, …

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## [Photo Gallery with Drop Down Menu?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-with-drop-down-menu/184028)

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**Author:** [@hondo311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hondo311)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-gallery-with-drop-down-menu/184028 "2006-04-02T05:17:28Z")

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i've searched and searched, maybe someone can help me out? ok, i have a gallery exactly like Kirupa's tutorial: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/photogallery.htm i'd like to add a drop down menu that contains butto…

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## [Font Size](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-size/184108)

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**Author:** [@audrius\_05](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/audrius_05)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-size/184108 "2006-04-02T04:49:44Z")

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does anyone know how to make in css or or any other way font size on the website that wouldn't change even when you define size using view/text size/ in another words to make font size let's say 11px and no matter if yo…

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## [Array help \[flash 8\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-help-flash-8/184110)

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**Author:** [@brighteyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brighteyes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-help-flash-8/184110 "2006-04-02T03:44:08Z")

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Can anyone tell me why this doesn't work. It is almost directly taken from here- http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary069.html ActionScript Code: \[FONT=C…

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## [How is it done, draggable fullscreen \[renamed\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-it-done-draggable-fullscreen-renamed/183301)

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**Author:** [@waseem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waseem)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-it-done-draggable-fullscreen-renamed/183301 "2006-04-02T03:37:21Z")

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Hi people i am dieing to know how they do this effect where you drag around a large area, i think they put all pages on one large one and you drag around. Iseen this effect on many websites. I rally wanna know, plz help…

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## [Brighten a Color](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104)

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**Author:** [@bbraga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bbraga)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104 "2006-04-02T03:18:14Z")

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Hello! Does anyone know how to reduce or brighten a color by for instance 10% in AS? Example: i have this color 0x3399FF (some blue) and i want do do something like this newColor = BrightenColor(0x3399FF) // call fu…

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## [Loadin external html files](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadin-external-html-files/183957)

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**Author:** [@WolfRyder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WolfRyder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadin-external-html-files/183957 "2006-04-02T00:48:12Z")

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Hi all, I wanted to know whether it was possibe to load external html files into a dynamic text field like the \<iframe\> tag in html and is so, could someone please tell me how??? Thanking You, Wolf

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## [Need help with "setFocus"](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-setfocus/184100)

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**Author:** [@Mattiax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mattiax)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-setfocus/184100 "2006-04-02T00:46:31Z")

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Hi, How to change focus from text field 1 to text field 2 if the user types in one character in text field 1?? This is my best guess... if (text1.length == 1) setFocus("text2"); Is my code totaly wrong or am I on…

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## [Sliding Menu - need MC to play after sliding has finished](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu-need-mc-to-play-after-sliding-has-finished/184049)

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**Author:** [@chocito](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chocito)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu-need-mc-to-play-after-sliding-has-finished/184049 "2006-04-02T00:12:03Z")

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Hi, I have created a Sliding Menu with about 12 sections. In one of the section/s I have a MC inside that I want to play. Is there a way to tell a MC to play once sliding has completed? Say based on pixel position (of …

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## [Kirupa tutorial help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-tutorial-help/184070)

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**Author:** [@DarkArrow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DarkArrow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-tutorial-help/184070 "2006-04-01T22:46:46Z")

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\[LEFT\]Hey all, I'm new to flash and found the Kirupa website that I like the desgin of =) I'm doing the tutorial 'Creating a Simple Flash 8 Animation' and on page 3 it tells me to change the text to 'alpha'. I've looke…

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## [Image Gallery w/ XML, FLASH & PHP (drop to the Folder)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-gallery-w-xml-flash-php-drop-to-the-folder/184073)

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**Author:** [@cyber\_rio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cyber_rio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/image-gallery-w-xml-flash-php-drop-to-the-folder/184073 "2006-04-01T22:19:27Z")

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Guys, I am looking like crazy over the web to find some tutorial ,or files that will create a flash image gallery where the only thing that I will need to do would be to drop the picture in the folder and everything els…

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## [Airline route map](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/airline-route-map/184061)

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**Author:** [@maurits](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maurits)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/airline-route-map/184061 "2006-04-01T22:12:21Z")

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Hello everyone, I am creating a routemap that resembles an airline route map. Please take a look at the following: http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/dests.php?flash=chk I have something that resembles this, but my 'ro…

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## [Preloaded swf before transition question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloaded-swf-before-transition-question/184064)

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**Author:** [@flyingzenmonkey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flyingzenmonkey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloaded-swf-before-transition-question/184064 "2006-04-01T21:58:47Z")

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hi i would like to ask if anyone can solve the mystery of preloading a external swf , that has a transition .. for exaple this tutorail , but with a loader on each transition of movie http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20…

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## [Strange problem with attachmovie](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-problem-with-attachmovie/184085)

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**Author:** [@turb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/turb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-problem-with-attachmovie/184085 "2006-04-01T21:56:12Z")

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Hi, I'm doing this in an external file : //Attach Library MC this.attachMovie('link', 'l' add i, i, {\_x:420, \_y:210}); and i've got that error : ')' or ',' expected this.attachMovie('link', 'l' add i, i, {\_x…

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## [Volume in flash (NOT SLIDER) :)](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/volume-in-flash-not-slider/184040)

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**Author:** [@JeffSnow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeffSnow)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/volume-in-flash-not-slider/184040 "2006-04-01T20:50:14Z")

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I imported some sound files in flash, and can't seem to mess with the volume of the clips. some are really loud and I want to turn them down a bit. how can I do that?

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## [\[Flash 8\] PNG, JPEG, or GIF saving in AS via BitmapData?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-png-jpeg-or-gif-saving-in-as-via-bitmapdata/184078)

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**Author:** [@billyflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/billyflash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-png-jpeg-or-gif-saving-in-as-via-bitmapdata/184078 "2006-04-01T18:15:48Z")

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Now that Flash 8 has introduced the BitmapData class allowing you to get at the invidiual pixels of an image among other things, it's pretty trivial to 'save' an image to the server. Just gather up all the pixels and sen…

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