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## [For Actionscript Guru! Beginner needs help!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-actionscript-guru-beginner-needs-help/294139)

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**Author:** [@fredy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fredy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-actionscript-guru-beginner-needs-help/294139 "2009-08-09T18:06:33Z")

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I have flash action game , I use SWF editor. What actionscript i need, to send the user balance to my Mysql and save it there. and when the user come back to the game get the same balance from the last time(override the …

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## [Fun with infinate loops. Loop works, controls do not](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fun-with-infinate-loops-loop-works-controls-do-not/294138)

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**Author:** [@kolobus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kolobus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fun-with-infinate-loops-loop-works-controls-do-not/294138 "2009-08-09T17:57:50Z")

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Hey all, So I've continued to tweak the code I'm using for my news ticker. While the infinate loop problem from ealier has been solved I can't seem to get the forward and backward button to work fully. I have it set so …

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## [Drag and zoom](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-zoom/294133)

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**Author:** [@trnghosh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trnghosh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drag-and-zoom/294133 "2009-08-09T09:35:50Z")

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Here is the example fla. What I want to drag the button towards right ( upto the end of the line on the right side) and the box will be zoomed in ( centre) and when I dragged the button towards left ( upto the end …

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## [Exploding pixel text on mose over](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploding-pixel-text-on-mose-over/294128)

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**Author:** [@Quadrant\_X](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quadrant_X)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exploding-pixel-text-on-mose-over/294128 "2009-08-09T03:24:41Z")

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like this but with text. (text is pixely and on mouse over does the above) sorry i's not showing up (edit)

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## [Twitter Widget Sometimes Doesn't load](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/twitter-widget-sometimes-doesnt-load/294124)

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**Author:** [@KennFletch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KennFletch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/twitter-widget-sometimes-doesnt-load/294124 "2009-08-09T01:07:11Z")

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I'm a graphic designer. don't now a bit of javascript. I'm building this website and I have this twitter widget. recently its started not to load or poup on the site. I think its because I have a few swfs. Right above …

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## [My updated new website nonflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-updated-new-website-nonflash/294123)

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**Author:** [@Stuntrunner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stuntrunner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-updated-new-website-nonflash/294123 "2009-08-09T00:29:40Z")

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i hope its not so blinding this time http://palmtree.forumotion.net/index.htm

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## [Sliding menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu/294121)

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**Author:** [@mlebouac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlebouac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sliding-menu/294121 "2009-08-08T23:25:31Z")

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Hi I'm using this code to have a sliding menu that was posted here but i'd like a next and prev button instead of several buttons (b1, b2 etc...) . I'm a newbie with AS3, I bought books but I'm stuck and I need to hav…

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## [Movie clip dissapears after I set \_width to it!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-dissapears-after-i-set--width-to-it/294118)

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**Author:** [@tokey666](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tokey666)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-dissapears-after-i-set--width-to-it/294118 "2009-08-08T21:14:22Z")

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Alright, I am pulling my hair out on this one. haha. Check it out. I am creating an XML gallery. I am able to load in the gallery info from the XML just fine. The preloader works just fine. And I can set my \_x and my…

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## [Js/php/.net script that plays actionscript?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-php-net-script-that-plays-actionscript/294114)

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**Author:** [@hpaum99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hpaum99)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-php-net-script-that-plays-actionscript/294114 "2009-08-08T19:36:09Z")

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Is there anything out there that can play an swf file from an javascript code? (or any kind of script) I have a page of links, each link will load a different swf movie into the main swf container. Thanks, Hiren

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## [External text loads but CSS won't style](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-loads-but-css-wont-style/294113)

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**Author:** [@adlib33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adlib33)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-loads-but-css-wont-style/294113 "2009-08-08T19:01:13Z")

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Can't get the CSS to style an external txt. Copy loads as supposed to and thru a trace I can see that the css stylesheet is recognized but it won't actually style the text. For instance, \<span class="header"\> Heading\</sp…

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## [3D rotation of rendered images... :?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-rotation-of-rendered-images/294109)

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**Author:** [@nickybrownell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nickybrownell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3d-rotation-of-rendered-images/294109 "2009-08-08T16:52:16Z")

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Hi, I'm having a little trouble grasping 3D rotation... now I know that saying 3D in flash can mean a lot of things, so here's a link of what I'm trying to achieve: 3D Rotation I'm trying to rotate a diamond... and…

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## [Date format changing](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-format-changing/294107)

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**Author:** [@outback](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/outback)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-format-changing/294107 "2009-08-08T15:41:33Z")

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Hi all, I'm having a really huge problem formating the date of my MySQL database field. the date field shows by default yyyy-mm-dd and I need it to show mm.dd.yyyy can anyone explain to me how can I do this? thanks f…

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## [Create bitmap](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-bitmap/294095)

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**Author:** [@tragic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tragic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-bitmap/294095 "2009-08-08T08:18:52Z")

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Can somone tell me what stupid mistake I am making with this code, I get 2 errors on the addChild(bmp):1180 and 1120. This is copied straight from essential actionscript 3 package FlashPackage{ import flash.displa…

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## [Exporting videos?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-videos/294094)

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**Author:** [@Jjp\_productions](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jjp_productions)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-videos/294094 "2009-08-08T06:12:16Z")

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Is there any way to export videos to where they'll have good quality? It's fine in the SWF form, but when I go to export as AVI it gets nasty.

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## [Add on(press) event to dynamically created movieclips](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-on-press-event-to-dynamically-created-movieclips/294093)

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**Author:** [@patspats](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/patspats)\
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**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-on-press-event-to-dynamically-created-movieclips/294093 "2009-08-08T06:05:46Z")

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hi everyone i have a movieclip named "mc" and i want to load many images in it and add on press event to those images. For that, i have a button which is when click adds images to movieclip "mc". I created empty mo…

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## [Horizontal sliding menu](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-sliding-menu/294091)

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**Author:** [@neeldin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/neeldin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-sliding-menu/294091 "2009-08-08T05:47:46Z")

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hi friends i m looking for a script to make a horizontal sliding menu just like one of the at the site \[COLOR=#003366\]www.carron.com\[/COLOR\] pls do the needful Thanks Dinesh

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## [Sending email without mail()](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-without-mail/294090)

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**Author:** [@arundracula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arundracula)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-without-mail/294090 "2009-08-08T04:08:15Z")

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I have a site hosted at byethost. They says sendmail supported. The mail() function returns true. But the mail is not received. So I used the phpmailer to use gmail SMTP. It is working. In the received mail my gmail id …

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## [Hiding skin](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-skin/294089)

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**Author:** [@rwilliams1961](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rwilliams1961)\
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**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-skin/294089 "2009-08-08T03:48:59Z")

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i am kind of new to as 3 and need help with controlling external flv playback. i wants users to have access to the standard controls (play, pause, rewind, audio, etc). but i only want those options to appear when you m…

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## [Spreading out slow operations](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spreading-out-slow-operations/294088)

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**Author:** [@Tekkan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tekkan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spreading-out-slow-operations/294088 "2009-08-08T03:01:27Z")

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lets say I want to apply a colortransform to a movieclip with a large 5000x5000 bitmap in it. this operation is slow. is there any way to spread this operation out over multiple iterations?

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## [Keep sprite flipped?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keep-sprite-flipped/294087)

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**Author:** [@Press\_Tilty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Press_Tilty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keep-sprite-flipped/294087 "2009-08-08T01:36:41Z")

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Doing a side scrolling game - if i press right/left, he goes to the movement frame. i want him to go to the stopped frame when no key is down, but the frame shows him facing right. how can i make it 'remember' his direct…

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## [Text to speech](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-speech/294080)

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**Author:** [@Leo75](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Leo75)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-to-speech/294080 "2009-08-07T23:16:26Z")

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Hello everyone! Is there a way to create a text to speech aplication in AS? Thanks Leo.

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## [Passing a single variable - the easiest way?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-a-single-variable-the-easiest-way/294079)

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**Author:** [@tokey666](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tokey666)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-a-single-variable-the-easiest-way/294079 "2009-08-07T22:18:30Z")

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I have a client that wants a slideshow. XML. And I am using the simple thumbnails slideshow tutorial on here. However, they want the thumbnails, when clicked, to open to a new window that displays the full sized pictur…

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## [Counting XML Nodes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/counting-xml-nodes/294076)

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**Author:** [@Spykes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spykes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/counting-xml-nodes/294076 "2009-08-07T21:28:39Z")

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I'm creating a news rotator based on RSS feed XML. I would like to display the number of news items and which number is currently displaying as they rotate through the timer. (i.e. item 2 of 4) I have been able to get …

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## [Lots of little MVCs or just one MVC?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lots-of-little-mvcs-or-just-one-mvc/294074)

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**Author:** [@smeared](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/smeared)\
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**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lots-of-little-mvcs-or-just-one-mvc/294074 "2009-08-07T21:17:02Z")

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ok.. so say you're building a website.. with a few different simple applications. a slideshow, a mp3 player, and whatever else.. I'm completing my first MVC website, and I have one main question. do i use one large…

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## [Frame anchor actionscript from previous frames? - as2](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-anchor-actionscript-from-previous-frames-as2/294072)

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**Author:** [@hondo311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hondo311)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-anchor-actionscript-from-previous-frames-as2/294072 "2009-08-07T21:00:18Z")

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Hi, I have a timeline with a bunch of frames. At the beginning of my timeline (frame 2) I have actionscript that makes movieclips that are transparent (alpha 0) visible, and also some rollover and link/button code us…

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## [HELP! actionscript on buttons](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-actionscript-on-buttons/294070)

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**Author:** [@slowguy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/slowguy)\
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**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-actionscript-on-buttons/294070 "2009-08-07T20:44:47Z")

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Can someone tell me how 2 put actionscript on buttons? Im, u kno, slow... anyways, if anybody could help me id be really grateful? I use Flash CS4 Pro actionscript3.0. Thx!!

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## [Weird Array](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-array/294063)

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**Author:** [@Offrenbaruna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Offrenbaruna)\
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**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weird-array/294063 "2009-08-07T18:10:42Z")

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Hello forum, here I am again with another question this is more about a for loop. Here my code function overFunction(){ var tt:MovieClip = this for(var i=0; i\<howManyThums ; i++){ var t …

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## [Strange firefox bug with input field?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-firefox-bug-with-input-field/294060)

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**Author:** [@test1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/test1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange-firefox-bug-with-input-field/294060 "2009-08-07T16:59:45Z")

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I'm using firefox 3.5.2 and I'm getting a really unusual bug when using the input field in flash. For some reason if hit the return key or use any of the arrow keys it will fire off twice. For example if I hit return it …

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## [Animated website structure question \[example inside\]](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-website-structure-question-example-inside/294055)

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**Author:** [@omgnoseat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/omgnoseat)\
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**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-website-structure-question-example-inside/294055 "2009-08-07T16:33:12Z")

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Hello, I´ve been practising in the development of an animated flash website, and I was wondering a few things about way the website should be structured. The website will have alot of animations to- and from pages. I …

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## [Reduce cpu usage with bitmapdata?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reduce-cpu-usage-with-bitmapdata/294047)

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**Author:** [@magarik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magarik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reduce-cpu-usage-with-bitmapdata/294047 "2009-08-07T13:56:06Z")

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hello dear kirupa folk i often need to do alpha / colormatrix transitions on very large, complex movieclips. this has proved to be very heavy on CPU. i want to create a bitmap photo of an mc, hide the mc, do the tra…

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