# New and need some help **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 7, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067 "2002-06-07T11:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/1 "2002-06-07T11:46:56Z")
Hi All, I have been very fortunate to have stumbled onto kirupa’s site…first off three cheers for him! He has put together an amazing resource community. My question is this…I want to make a flash site that can show some swf’s. Like a portfolio page so to speak. I want the swf’s to be in a scene in thumbnail size and then when clicked open a new window to a larger more viewable size. Is this possible? Does it have something to do with levels? Can someone advise? Thanks in advance! Donna ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/2 "2002-06-07T12:18:18Z")
hey there how r ya? yeah it is possible… what u have to do is to create a button first… text or a image. (a thumbnail of your swf). And in the actions of the button write: on (release) { getURL (""); } and in between the “” “” write the name of your swf file. e.g on (release) { getURL (“Biography.swf”); } Is that what u wanted? Jak… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/3 "2002-06-07T17:28:26Z")
Tutorial here : [www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/loading.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/loading.asp) pom 0] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/4 "2002-06-07T23:04:24Z")
Wow, You guys are quick thanks for the tips and I will try them out and let you know how it works. How do I create a thumbnail of the swf? or…do I just publish it with a small size? and publish a second time in a larger size? Thanks Donna ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/5 "2002-06-07T23:51:51Z")
Well, you could for instance use a screenshot of the animation, import it in tiny tiny in your main movie, and then turn it into a button that will loadMovie. pom 0] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/6 "2002-06-08T01:19:54Z")
How do you do a screenshot of it? I have taken classes and was never shown how to do that! Thanks for your help Pom! Hope someday that I may be able to do the same for someone else. Donna ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/7 "2002-06-08T02:51:18Z")
well donna, if u have photoshop or something, you could open up the pic from the fla. file that u wanna create as a thumbnail and then compress it in photoshop so the file isn’t big. This is what i have done, creating an image that is 250Kb to just 18.6Kb… When you save the picture in photoshop you should be prompt with a small dialogue box that asks what quality would u like to save it as. Either “small” or “large” (large would be up to 12) in quality. But drag it down till it’s about 5-6 in quality. You’ll know what i mean when u see it… This will decrease the file size of the pic. But the disadvantage on this is that the quality wont be as good. BUT since it’s only a thumbnail it shouldn’t be a problem… i hope this helps… 🙂 if not i’ll try and explain it better… Jak… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/8 "2002-06-08T18:39:16Z")
To get the screenshot you can use the Print Screen key on your keyboard…at least that is what i do…then: -Paste it into Photoshop -Crop the image u want -Go to Image/Image Size…and change the “pixelage” (is that a word??? \: ). Depending on the size of your Movie, a picture about 35/100px is fine for a thumbnail. If u do it that way, when you save it you wont have to sacrify the quality so much. A “9”, which is a pretty good quality picture, would still make a very small file depending on the size of the image… If you don’t have the print screen function or photoshop then I would’ve wasted my time 😕 …Kidding! 😉 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/9 "2002-06-08T20:41:15Z")
Where do files go when you do Print Screen ??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/10 "2002-06-08T23:35:23Z")
To go into something called ‘Presse-Papier’ in French. They are stored for a small amount of time, that is to say until you copy something else. That’s why you have to do it all in one movement : PrintScreen/paste !! Cheerios, guys ! and girls… pom 0] ---
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Thanks so much for you help and such quick responses. I am new here and the response is great!!! Hope I never hear anyone complaining about this because I will go to bat for you. Iam going to try to work this out now! Thanks again, Donna ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-and-need-some-help/2067/12 "2002-06-09T02:48:22Z")
um… the word in English is ClipBoard. If you’re gonna get into the habit of doing PrintScreens, you really should invest in a screen capture program. Investing in it will be easy because it is FREE. Just go to [www.downloads.com](http://www.downloads.com) and to a search for “screen capture”. These programs offer great flexibility and options that simply do not exist when using conventional methods.