Flash Site Design - CONVERT SWF / FLA FILES TO MOVIE CLIPS

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CONVERT SWF / FLA FILES TO MOVIE CLIPS

liamfahy

2006-09-24, 6:24 pm

Hi all!

I have just created my first website, please have a quick look -

www.thebrightsidedesign.com

Each page is an individual swf file which as you can see is giving me problems
with a gap between each page. to solve this I have been advised to convert the
whole site to one flash file and have each current swf file as individual movie
clips.

1. is this the best way to solve my problem?

2. is this a really big job?

3. How do I do it!!? Please remember that I am very new to Flash - I need to
know how to quickly convert an fla file containing symbols, tweens etc etc to
one single movie clip?

Thanks

Liam

Moca

2006-09-24, 6:24 pm

hi Liam

Thats very nice for a newbie :)
hhhmm well you are in a tough spot right now, usually

you want to keep elements that are repeated throughout all sections in a
separate movie and load the others on top with the content for each
section. So your border, logo and background would be the base so when
you load the others you don't get the flickering and you can control the
content animation.

To convert each fla into a movie clip is not hard.
1. create your new fla resize the canvas to your content
2. open the fla you need to convert and make sure all layers are unlocked
3. select all frame on the main timeline and copy frames
4. on the new fla, make a new movie clip and paste frames into the 1st
frame of the movie clip

I still recommend you to consolidate the repeated elements on the main
timeline on its on layer and movie clip.

liamfahy wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have just created my first website, please have a quick look -
>
> www.thebrightsidedesign.com
>
> Each page is an individual swf file which as you can see is giving me problems
> with a gap between each page. to solve this I have been advised to convert the
> whole site to one flash file and have each current swf file as individual movie
> clips.
>
> 1. is this the best way to solve my problem?
>
> 2. is this a really big job?
>
> 3. How do I do it!!? Please remember that I am very new to Flash - I need to
> know how to quickly convert an fla file containing symbols, tweens etc etc to
> one single movie clip?
>
> Thanks
>
> Liam
>
>

liamfahy

2006-09-24, 6:24 pm

Hi,

THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY - IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND IF YOU COULD
OFFER A LITTLE MORE ADVICE I'D BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL!

I'm having trouble converting an entire .fla file to a movie clip.

I select all the frames in the fla file.

then go to a new document sized correctly and create a movie clip symbol.

then I use "pate in place" and paste what I copied into frame 1 of this movie
clip.

But this doesn't seem to work - I just get a static image of the page rather
than the moving movie clip.

What am I doing wrong??

thanks a million!

Peter Blumenthal

2006-09-24, 6:24 pm

Select all your frames, then CTRL+ALT+C (Apple+ALT+C on a Mac) to copy
frames. Go to your new document, edit the movieclip you created, then
CTRL+ALT+V to paste frames (again, Apple+CTRL+V on a Mac). That's it!

BTW - it is best not to cross post to multiple forums. Might seem like it
improves your chances of an answer, but it actually makes it harder to help,
as someone might not be aware of advice you got in a different forum, and in
some cases wastes the time of people who answer, as they may be duplicating
what you have already been told elsewhere.

P

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