Any Body Good At Flash?

Ok I know this doesn't have too much to do with "aquafication" but I think it would still be real cool.

There is this screen saver that (dare I say it) microsoft has for download called bliss.

Click here to see/download

In the file that you can download, there is an AVI movie of clouds flying over the sky and it loops.

I would love to have this as an active desktop, and I hope it is possible to somehow include the AVI into a flash-HTML.

If anybody knows how can you please give it a try????

Or if it isn't possible can somebody just please reply to this post.

Sorry if this kinda thing annoyes some of you aqua guys,

I love OSX too and I pretty much hate microsoft but this would be a cool project if anybody can do it.

Thanks guys

Nickman

#8009

I gave it a shot making it for you. It works but it really slows down your computer. It can probabaly speed up if you tweek the settings in the fla file included in the zip.

:::look at later post for new download links::::

If anyone wants to host these files like AquaSource or AquaXp they can.

Hope you like it!

#8026

Thanks Beric!!

That is really cool what you've done!

It works perfectly on my computer and doesn't slow up anything.

However one problem, my desktop is 1280*1024!

I dont have any programs to edit flash with so if you could, can you please make one in 1280*1024 for me?

The work you've done is greatly appreciated, thankyou very much,

Nickman

#8051

I make a 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 versions of the active bliss wallpaper. I also made a seperate zip for the fla reducing the download size dramatically.

(copy into address box)

Thansk beric those are really cool!

#8093

do you think that you could make a 1600 x 1200? I was looking for this along time ago actually and it is a great idea. I just hope if you can do that size that it wont slow the computer down. Anyway thank you in advance and great work.

#8099

Im Having problems downloading them i cant get all of the file it times out on me and i only get like 3/4 of the file.

#8101

Hey Beric I have 15 megs of space on my geocities page, I can host some of those files but not all of them if you want,

or do you already have somewhere to host them?

Anyway thanks a lot for the 1280 version, it works fine and looks great on my PC.

Thanks!

Nickman

P.S the downloads from your link are reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaly slow, it took me like 3 hours to d/l a 10 meg file!

Thats why it is timing out for some people.

But you probibly know this already.

#8130

I just uploaded a 1600 x 1200 version, the link to it is in my post above.

Nickman you can mirror the files if you would like and i know that my host is really slow. I'm trying to get a new one.

If someone really wants a file and can't download it send me a pm or email and i'll send it to them.

#8132

OK Beric I'll mirror them when I have the time

#8138

That's awesome! Where can I get more fullscreen flash backrounds?

#8495

hey beric i know that this might be a lot to ask but could you tell use not so good flash users how you did these?

please, please, please (LOL)

thanks

Sebek :blink: :blink:

#8598

I added some mirrors to the files, I hope they will be faster. You sill have to drag the link into the adrees box. I really need new hosting!

Sebek:

It is really easy to do a flash file from a avi movie if you have flash mx, all you have to do is import it, resize the workspace, resize the imported avi, then export the swf. Then in any html editor you import the swf and then the only thing that is a little complicated is using java script to make the html file strech to the background when you make the html file you active desktop.

#8823

thanks for the info. now i know just about nothing for java scripting so if you could give an example that would be great. thanks again.

Sebek

#8862

This is the java script i used for the html file:

var runonce;

function Open(appName,windowStyle) {

if (!windowStyle) windowStyle=1;

var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");

if(!runonce) {

WshShell.Run(appName,windowStyle);

runonce=true;

setTimeout("runonce=false",100);}

}

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