Flash Intro for a webpage

[Mark Otto]

What would be a good effect or something for an intro in Flash? i am just learning so dont go too hard on me :p

any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Timan Veteran]

try swish easy and can do alot :) www.swishzone.com

[Mark Otto]

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Originally posted by Timan

try swish easy and can do alot :) www.swishzone.com

yeah im usin that right now :p....

any other things u guys with flahs exprience could reccommend?

[Hypercube]

Remember to have a nice preloader and also an option to skip the movie for the 56kers :)

[yashiro]

Don't do it!

Flash intros are rubbish and turn away more people than they attract.

[Mark Otto]

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Originally posted by yashiro

Don't do it!

Flash intros are rubbish and turn away more people than they attract.

why is that?

[twist]

my experience with swish is that while its easy to use, it makes the files way bigger then they should be by putting a keyframe on every frame and not tweening.

if you want small just use code.

[Eduardo]

Agree with yashiro

just say no to intros.

Intros are good for movies, because you see the movie one time.

A site isn't like a movie, people want to do things and interact, not watch intros while the clock tick.

Maybe you could add a cool flash in the side or invite people to see it.

Just my 2 cents

[twist]

itro's are good if you use them to load the rest of the site while it plays and give the user and option to skip the intro.

[Mark Otto]

yeah i see what u guys mean....now im just tryin to work out my new site in flash...im a flash n00b so its not too easy for me :p

anyhoo yeah, ill be skippin the intro and just makin a flash site if i can get this to work :s

[liar2]

just say NO to flash. Flash is evil, and many of us hate it. Especially 56kers.

[twist]

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Originally posted by liar2

just say NO to flash. Flash is evil, and many of us hate it. Especially 56kers.

obviously you have no idea that a poperly done flash page will load much faster then a normal html page with images.

vector is much smaller. its just when dolts put bmps and wavs into the swf that they get really large.

[liar2]

actually, every flash site that i have ever been to has been really huge. I like to stay away from flash personally. And flash intros IMO are pretty pointless.

[Attyk]

The kings of flash

http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm

Done properly. If you use swish then you know nothing about flash and need to learn. If you know nothing about flash why bother making an intro? Swish flash creations are lame text effects that are just ugly and show that you have know clue of flash and made an intro just to look cool.

Flash is an art. If you do it badly, you are taking away from your site. There is already to much bad flash out there...dont add to it.

[twist]

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Originally posted by Attyk

The kings of flash

http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm

Done properly. If you use swish then you know nothing about flash and need to learn. If you know nothing about flash why bother making an intro? Swish flash creations are lame text effects that are just ugly and show that you have know clue of flash and made an intro just to look cool.

Flash is an art. If you do it badly, you are taking away from your site. There is already to much bad flash out there...dont add to it.

i wouldn't call 2advanced the kings of flash, they are good no doubt but there are lots of poeple that are way better at not just the look but the coding too.

2advanced has a nice look, but its getting old and over used.

[Attyk]

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Originally posted by twist

i wouldn't call 2advanced the kings of flash, they are good no doubt but there are lots of poeple that are way better at not just the look but the coding too.

2advanced has a nice look, but its getting old and over used.

Doesnt matter if they are old and overused. Way better you say? How about some links. I would love to see all these sites out there. One more question? Whats wrong with 2advance's coding?

[undeRliRcs]

http://www.balthaser.com (use to have a great intro, but that's gone)

http://www.praystation.com (ingenious usage of actionscript)

http://www.onyro.com (a designer's portfolio/news?)

there are a lot of other great sites, but just can't remember them just now

[twist]

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Originally posted by liferay

http://www.balthaser.com (use to have a great intro, but that's gone)

http://www.praystation.com (ingenious usage of actionscript)

http://www.onyro.com (a designer's portfolio/news?)

there are a lot of other great sites, but just can't remember them just now

thanks life ;)

i'll look for more links today after i get up

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

http://www.m-axis.com/site2/main1.htm

used to be a favourite of mine until he changed the layout and ruined it...

but what he has is still good!

[undeRliRcs]

there's a lot of good flash sites here:

http://www.macromediawebcontest.com