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I have made some displays using graphic equalizers if you want to display your music.
I can help with these. (these are streaming 1 meg music files)
http://www.diversioncentral.com/mp3player/kool.html
(koolmoves demo)
http://www.diversioncentral.com/
(Flash MX demo)
let me know.
How do you come up with the name point 19 when there are only 12 points on the star?:rolleyes:
Pretty cool display... I would like to put something on there like that, and have worked on some very basic designs. I just need to keep fooling with the program. Thankfully Koolmoves is a lot easier for me than Flash and Swish.
And the name.... that's a long story. One that Idon't really want to post here:devil:! I will say, though, that it has nothing to do with the graphic!!!
how do you do that?
If you want the display, I will need a song from you or you can use swift MP3.exe and I can give out the fun file so that you can do it yourself. I cannot get koolmoves to display the ID3 tags from the mp3 reliably. Hopefully someone here can tell me how. With the Flash mx version it is easy. There is also a koolmoves mp3 player at necromanthus.com which uses an XML playlist.Quote:
Originally posted by smblkc
Pretty cool display... I would like to put something on there like that, and have worked on some very basic designs. I just need to keep fooling with the program. Thankfully Koolmoves is a lot easier for me than Flash and Swish.
If Blanius is talking to me: i take an MP3 and put in the ID3 tags, after it was ripped and converted, (I have fruity loops, guitar pro, cdex and a lot of other software), I use swiftMP3 and it makes a swf file with the variables that makes the equalizer works. It is qued with the song at 20 frames per second. Then this swf is loaded into the graphic equalizer program swf with loadmovienum(). The percentage is nothing but (current frame/total frames)/.01. when the percent reaches 99.9, the next movie is loaded.
Yeah it's the response of the bars I couldn't understand how you did that. So you have another program that reads the frequency of the mp3 and generates the eq bars? Not sure I understand that totally.... I know how to get the id3 tags into KM shouldn't present too much of a challenge using PHP there are several Classes out there that PHP can use to extract the ID tags which can be sent along to the flash fairly easily I would think I know someone that did exactly that using 3dfa for his XML playlist mp3 player. Soon as I get a chance I'll look at doing it.
So tell me where did swiftMP3 come from? googling it now.
http://www.swift-tools.net/Quote:
Originally posted by blanius
So tell me where did swiftMP3 come from? googling it now.
keep in mind there is no support really from these people. And I have yet to get the xml playlist to play one song after another. What I have is something different. I have gotten koolmoves to read the ID3 tags but it is unreliable. Something simple I suppose.
My Koolmoves built site is now up and running.
There are a couple of issues to resolve.
If you click on a new video clip before the current one is finished loading (not playing) it will lock up the flash player (should be fixed soon) The photo area is not there yet. and the file area is still a ways off. But the basics are there and I'd appreciate feedback.
The only thing not done in KM is the video player and the videos.
Size is getting a little big and may seperate the interactive page to a loaded swf. Is there a way to pull that clip out and make a new free standing clip so I can load it in at run time?
My Site
In the start the index page loaded very fast so no problem there.
Note: Look at the top right hand corner of the CINE link and then look at the shadow and you should see a white square at the top.
The problem of the locking up (I assume the CINE link) gave me a warning that macromedia may run slowly when I clicked when a video was loading. It really did nothing at all. I could watch them all but the videos are way too large to look at with my 56K modem. Maybe you are targeting people with T1 lines. Please give a size of the file being downloaded so that people like me can see what we are waiting for in terms of time...
.Size is getting a little big and may seperate the interactive page to a loaded swf. Is there a way to pull that clip out and make a new free standing clip so I can load it in at run time?
Use LoadMovieNum to load the interactive stuff when the web page index.html firsts loads. (the buttons seem to be inactive???)Never tried this myself, and it may delay the way your web page loads at the start. Try to make sure the swf's are not gigantic in the first place. Then again i am not sure of the question. Hope that this helps.
I got hold of Koolmoves a week ago, and I'm hooked! I'd being toying with getting hold of Flash but the price seriously put me off. I just kind of jumped in with KM (well, it's the best way to learn!) and this forum had all the hints and tips I needed when I got stuck. I'd seen the neat Flash animation on other sites but didn't realise how much fun it was to MAKE this stuff!
Our uni class is having a re-union this summer, so I've made a kind of "Flash invite" that we've emailed to people. If you want to take a look at what I managed to make in my first week click here! I'm quite proud of it really :p
Great program, great tips from people on here! Can't see me needing Flash proper for a long while yet :)
There is no way you could have made this site so fast and clean. It is too impressive:D
This is really Kool
:D
Hi Mr Moore, it got me thinking and ultimately having a closer look too.Really impressive.Loads of action script too and not a single call for help. Well Done.Quote:
There is no way you could have made this site so fast and clean. It is too impressive
One thing I was wondering about though is how you managed to get KoolMoves to translate your button commands as pure action script,
"on (release) {
stopSounds();
_root.gotoandplay("Start");
}
when the KM default would be a multiple command (1) "Go to Keyframe 3 and play on release" (2) Stop sounds on release" unless you scripted them manually, which you obviously did. Seems a very advanced and complicated, not forgetting to mention "Really Impressive" way to go about things for a week long user. Cheers
Thanks for visiting my site, and for the positive feedback! The play again button at the end is hand coded - I had problems at first with the sound looping on top of itself. I just kind of pieced the code together by looking at example scripts posted in the fourm, a bit of knowledge about script, some trial and error, and being very stubborn :)
My signature line of "Just five more minutes..." gives a clue as to how I got the flash done in a week. It only takes five more minutes to get the text just right.. and then five more to get the button working... and before you know it it's 3:30am and you're still convinced it'll be finished in just five more minutes :)
Man does that sound familiarQuote:
and before you know it it's 3:30am and you're still convinced it'll be finished in just five more minutes
Is there some place I can go to get treated for KM addiction! I'm hooked.
I always wondered how they made those little animated birthday cards. Well, now I know, and here's my first one one that I made for a friend's 30th. A bit of clip art and hey presto. Instant card!
I also made a valentine card for my wife (thank you KM - I hadn't bought one and the e-card went down a treat). That's on my site too, but it comes with an extreme cheese factor! If you think you can cope then you can take a look... show me the cheez!
I think I probably ought to stick with my day job as an engineer, but this stuff is so much fun :p
just tell your wife that it took sooo many hours to create the e-card:D
Not cheezy at all mate,, it's pure putrifying gorgonzola. But it's a nice little presentation, in fact I might nick it for when the missus gets on her next high horse lol,, Nice work.
Here's my Koolmoves site:
www.armanbohn.com
Based on my love for the Atari 2600!
I love koolmoves!
I've been playing again! My sister is expecting a baby in a few weeks, so I thought it would be neat to make a countdown to the due date. I specifically wanted a timer where the numbers "scroll round" like a mileometer in a car. Couldn't find one so I did a custom job on a "static" timer.
In the course of writing the final animation I also messed around with some movie clips that are triggered at random (a teddy bear, a butterfly, and a baby chuckling). For the bear and butterfly there's a little bit of actionscript to make sure they don't trigger if they're already playing.
It's on my homepage if you want to check it out.
Hello
Finally after some months I´ve my first two KM webs.
www.dzcab.lv
Architecture studio on Riga. For this i did more thanten differents test, finally is this but i don like anymore and i will change soon. That bird is idea of owner and i´m still waiting to put his original bird design.
I had some technicals problems with scripts and latvian language (not possible on dynamic text) and for next i´ll need to do it lighter, this is 500kb, people say is slow.
On future there will be more pictures.
www.riga-hostel.com
Under construction. I´m happy with my work here it looks good :mrpimp:
there is new project on:
http://www.riga-hostel.com/web1.html
By the way i´ll be working on this hostel, probably we open on may, i hope.
And, last but not less, my own page
www.castronauta.tk
I like also, there are links to other projects which i have to finish or fix. I like specially "candels"
You can see my first steps on flash with Cofee cup firstarter on "workcamps".
THat´s all until now
Juan Castro
Nice work castro but keep one thing in mind,,, when you work with flash as a general page builder,,, don't use all the flashy effects just because they are there,, try to keep it simple. The less bull**** then the longer your potential customers will stay and digest the whole site. Have a look at this.. it's 100% koolmoves but it was voted as the most user friendly site in Valencia in last years IUMA expo http://www.sofasria.com also this one has just had some nice write ups as being informative, user friendly and simple to navigate,,, I don't really agree with the action stuff and the silly colours but the client wanted it and as always,, the customer is always right lol.But apart from that.. it is a very user friendly site. http://www.chaletspain.com
So what I'm basically saying that it's possible to make a good "Flash" site but try to stay away from "Flashy" sites. The more crud you place on your page then the more customers are going to get bored and go somewhere else... It's a well known fact. Cut out the long intros and give pertinent contemt about your product. When you think about it,,,, that's why the visitors hit your site in the first place,,, for pertinent information,,, not impertinent intros.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by castronaut
www.riga-hostel.com
I like the outline of the buildings. This has always been one of my favorite ways of presenting a city.
www.castronauta.tk
You can see my first steps on flash with Cofee cup firstarter on "workcamps".
Do not see were firestarter is used.
Firestarter was good to start but very poor to make good flash web pages.
Koolmoves is better, of course
On workcamps section
Italy 02
http://arriu.freeservers.com
Serbia 04
http://dvorskabasta.emartweb.com
Juan Castro
www.castronauta.tk
I also like your home page with the golden triangle. I think it is off to a great start. You could stop some of the pop ups as they are bothersome.
As for coffee cup, they have to shamelessly advertise their name on the software. Even after you pay for it. The software works good but c'mon.:rolleyes:
About pop ups
I use Opera, i've forgot what is pop up.
And how i said , i didnt like that web www.dzcab.lv, so now there is new design, more simple, very simple and not so heavy, 173kb instead of 500.
Juan Castro
www.castronauta.tk
I've been playing around with ActionScript to try to get the hang of duplicating clips and so on. I can't believe how powerful this stuff is! My latest effort is here - it started as a bit of an experiment. I started with just making clips move with script, and then the code kind of grew to include making simple patterns. Then somehow color changing got included.
The end result was somewhat unexpected, but its actually quite relaxing.
Best described as "musical circles" I guess.
The only downside is I can't stop KMing now...
Addition: I decided to collect together everything I did and make it accessible from this page rather than having to hunt around the site :)
Hi Guys,
Here’s a web site I’ve designed and created with KM recently. Please take a look when you have a moment and let me know what you think.
www.skirmishbristol.co.uk
Excellent, freaking great, awesome, the best yet! Other koolmovers should try the skirmish game locaded in the menu at the top right.:cool:Quote:
Originally posted by Pellinore
Hi Guys,
Here’s a web site I’ve designed and created with KM recently. Please take a look when you have a moment and let me know what you think.
www.skirmishbristol.co.uk
Hi,
Sorry to mis-lead you there slightly, I forgot to mention earlier that unfortunately the game accessed through the link uses Flash MX. (via a third party) The skirmish.co.uk site is purely KM, and I am hoping to create a game specifically for them sometime in the future with KM of course.
Apologies tmoore for getting you excited ;)
Right,,, you have the ability... BUT,,, now think about this,, You've just scared away about 50% of your possible customers,,, Your Flash presentation is f$%&ing brilliant,,, but the presentation as a web page is Sh&t,, Have a look at what you are trying to promote,,, Flash is not the Bees Knees,,, it's a tool to be used within the normal internet rules and accepted norms. You have tried to write new rules and it will fail unless you conform... I don't care what anybody says,,, The web runs on html and we have to live with it,, make your pages compatible,, and you'll be helping the flash lovers as well as yourself. This isn't a heavy critiscism,,, just a pointer to make pages conformable,,, and I really do like your production,, bit obscure at times but it's really good...Cheers
Hey, gusmus...
I bet ya did not see the links at the bottom of the "splash" page.
Pellinore has made alternative pages, such as a text only version.
[Great presentation design, by the way.]
Thanks, for reminding us of html, gusmus...
As I have said before, html is the "cake" of the web and flash is the "frosting".
KM really takes the cake.
MMMMMMMMMM cake, cake doughnut. :doughnut:
Doc'Ree
i did not find the songs and never saw a rapper with a (Gibson?) acoustic. I do like the faded images of yourself and the guest book is very nice.:cool:Quote:
After a few site designs, I found one I like. Pretty simple and not much fancy but it does the job. The image of the whirlwind is an image I made back in 2002 when I first started flashpulse.com. I used it on my original website which was all html and no flash. I haven't made very many, just html, sites since my purchase of KM. :D
Ok if you read the forums at all you will see I am very new to this, here is my first attempt, any feedback and tips I would greatly appreciate. http://www.jonathanbaird.com
Nice work so far! Looks and sounds good. :DQuote:
Originally posted by jonathanbaird
Ok if you read the forums at all you will see I am very new to this, here is my first attempt, any feedback and tips I would greatly appreciate. http://www.jonathanbaird.com
I like it, especially the city at the top of the page.Quote:
Originally posted by jonathanbaird
Ok if you read the forums at all you will see I am very new to this, here is my first attempt, any feedback and tips I would greatly appreciate. http://www.jonathanbaird.com
I know it is not fully functional yet, but I am working on that. Can one of you tell me how to make it resize to the viewers screen res? Or is that not possible?
I don't recomend this because it will make your text unreadable by some. I think the current standard to design with is 800*600.Quote:
Originally posted by jonathanbaird
I know it is not fully functional yet, but I am working on that. Can one of you tell me how to make it resize to the viewers screen res? Or is that not possible?
But if you want change the width and height to
WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%"
and add this to the body using your own background color.
<BODY bgcolor="#XXXXXX" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0">
Also if the swf is loaded and not the html, the swf will resize itself to the screen.
That worked great, I appreciate it.