Comments on: Flash Tutorial: Quick and Easy Zoom Effect on Mouse Over

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:31:22 +0000

Hi BG,

It might be your version of Flash. I’m not sure which version AS 2.0 started (I’ll have to do a little research), but you should be able to select AS 2.0 or 1.0. Try going to Edit > Publish Settings and see if you can change it there. This tutorial is for AS 2.0, so that could be your problem. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help, but I’ll try and research the version thing.

Thanks for reading,
Mike

By: BG

BG — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:39:28 +0000

Hey Mike,
I am using a very old version of flash (5) and I can’t get the zoom affect to work. I’ve followed step by step 3 times and think it has something to do with my version. Any thoughts? I don’t have the ability to select ActionScripts 2.0 at the beginning, so I am wondering if that might have something to do with it?

Thanks!
Brendan

By: MB

MB — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:55:25 +0000

Hi Mike
thanks for the great tutorial. I can make it work (after switching to Actionscript 2.0) but the part i just cant get right is the nested graphic symbol. (I created mine without the text). When I try to create a symbol nested in another…my breadcrumb doesn’t look like figure 1…it simply creates another in scene 1? I’ve tried everything, I am making sure i am in symbol editing mode before creating the new symbol, but no luck. help?!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:01:34 +0000

Hi SuziQ,

A couple other readers have shown interest in the project that Lou was working on. Lou and I worked together on that quite a bit, and so I’ve come up with quite a few ideas of writing a similar tutorial. Unfortunately, I just haven’t had the time lately to get it done… working full-time, new freelance projects, and moving into a new apartment… Things are starting to settle down a little now that summer is coming to an end, so hopefully get some new tutorials (including that one) up soon. Lou’s project came out pretty good (a few glitches that needed some work…), so it’s definitely something I plan to write a tutorial based on. However, Lou’s project was a real-world project with copyrighted imagery and information so I am unable to share the actual project with my readers, but I am anxious to write a similar tutorial, so check back soon.

Thanks for reading,
Mike

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:55:26 +0000

Hi Gowri,

Unfortunately, I haven’t had a lot of experience exporting for .exe, however I believe the .exe only compiles the Flash player assets. You would still need to include the other assets (.xml and as files) in the same folder as the .exe file. I apologize that I don’t have much free time these days to try and look into a better answer for you, but hope this helps.

- Mike

By: SuziQ

SuziQ — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:27:00 +0000

Hi there, Im reading this site for the 1st time and Mike, youre a bit of a genious I must say. Looking forward to trying out some of your tutorials.
I was most interested in the tutorial that Lou was asking for help about, the zoom in on technical diagram. If youre out there Lou, any chance I could get in touch and get a sneak peak of your project? I’m currently exploring a similar zoom idea. That would be awesome!
-SuziQ

By: gowri

gowri — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:43:16 +0000

hi Mike i am now stuck with a small problem. my client wants the flash file as exe. i managed to find the converter, but since my case involves requiremnet of picture files n other xml and actionscript files.. converting only the swf to exe doesnt display the movie properly. kindly help,

thanks and regards
Gowri

By: gowri

gowri — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:21:23 +0000

Hi Mike,

i know its out of scope but then i thot if i know how to get for 1 thing i just ud reuse the code for n number of boxes…

and yeah i know that web site is real complex thou… me too a beginner trying to wet my feet but then my 1st project gotta be so “EASY” i jus like to get a link to start up with…

Regards
Gowri

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:30:43 +0000

Hi Gowri,

Wow, talk about out of the scope of this tutorial..

The example you have is really quite complex and I imagine is done using primarily ActionScript. This tutorial was meant for beginners to get their feet wet in Flash.

That said, I have been working on a tutorial to do zoom in and out on click, but it’s nothing compared to what your example does. Check back soon for that tutorial, since it might start you on the road to doing something like that.

Thanks for reading!
- Mike

By: gowri

gowri — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:40:34 +0000

hi Mike,

my project displays a series of images in chess board format and when clicked on 1 they shud be zoomed in to with a border and on click again zoom out to the initial screen. please help me to work out this.

the thing i want is something similar to this http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/3dwall/example2.html
but not exactly this one.. i just need the zoom in and zoom out effects. could you please help on it

thanks a heap..