Transparent backround in flash animation?

[MarciaB]

Yes, but how did you know this code? I'm talking about Inserting an image and when you click on the icon you have to insert the URL of this image...
Btw I know how to insert links and attachements, that's easy.
I don't get it, sorry

[gwpriester]

Marcia

Make your background the same color as the page background.

This is more difficult if you have a patterned background but it can work if the background pattern is random enough.

Gary

[Intbel]

Yes, but how did you know this code? I'm talking about Inserting an image and when you click on the icon you have to insert the URL of this image...
Btw I know how to insert links and attachements, that's easy.
I don't get it, sorry

Right click on your attachment - select 'properties' in the resulting drop-down menu and the url you need is at the bottom of that menu.

[Egg Bramhill]

Marcia, you can't link a file from your own computer.

The best way to do it is to attach the swf file to your post.
Save it.
Right click over the swf file link and select properties.
This gives you the talkgraphics url.
Select & copy this url.
Now go back and edit your post.
See the attachment below, this is what you need to type in.
It consists of open square bracket flash = url close square bracket quality=best width=Enter the required width height=Enter the required height open square bracket /flash close square bracket

I can't enter the code as it is as you wouldn't see it.

[MarciaB]

Gary: Thanks, but I already did that as you can see...

Raymond : now tell me how I can cheat, as my little flash movie says! Or did you mean what Gary wrote about the backround making the same colour?

Egg: This is what I meant, thank you

[Intbel]

Gary: Thanks, but I already did that as you can see...
Raymond : now tell me how I can cheat, as my little flash movie says! Or did you mean what Gary wrote about the backround making the same colour?
Egg: This is what I meant, thank you

Yup, make the background the same colour as the page on which it is to be placed like wot you did.

I often do that with animated gifs as well especially for my own site so when folks nick 'em they are browned off when they find they have a 'orrible yellow backgound which doesn't fit in with their own colour scheme.

I choose my colours for a reason ..

[Grafixman]

My flash and html knowledge are nonexistent, but I did remember something called wmode=transparent. It's supposed to make flash animations exhibit a transparent background when it appears on the top of your webpage. Perhaps someone more experienced can shed more light on this?

[Grafixman]

OK, here's a quickie html page cooked up in PI. I embedded the swf file used in this topic. It came out non-transparent on the generated page. Added the parameter wmode and value "transparent" after the head tags, then added the wmode="transparent" on the properties of the embedded swf file. It worked here.
Unzip the html page and the image folder on the same directory to open the page properly.
Google for "Flash transparency"
The instructions were there on the first link of the Google list.