SWF Intro Question

[grimmylina]

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if I could get some help with something. I found a cool swf movie I would like to use as an intro to a website.

How can I do this? I only have the swf file...not the fla one. Can i somehow use a page redirect to accomplish this?

Thanks,

Allie

[ryanbutler]

Due to copyright infringements, I wouldn't typically recommend this, but you decompile the SWF file into an FLA...from there it at least gives you a source file to work with even if it's disorganized. Which would then allow you to include a link inside the FLA file to another SWF file or web page.

[grimmylina]

Ohhh...but you would still have to know your way around Flash right?

[stellyx]

Yes you would have to know flash, think about an unassmbled car, you got all the parts and now you gotta put them together.

not to be mean or nothing but what you would be doing is wrong, someone who knows how put their time into creating something that you think is neat or beautiful and you just want to take it?

[Ferret]

Yes you would have to know flash, think about an unassmbled car, you got all the parts and now you gotta put them together.

not to be mean or nothing but what you would be doing is wrong, someone who knows how put their time into creating something that you think is neat or beautiful and you just want to take it?

Eh, don't be too quick to assume what the nature of this file is. For all we know, this could have been posted somewhere saying it's available for public use.

Yes, you can decompile it and add your own links. You can also add some JavaScript to the page that will link the entire page to the next one with an onClick(). One more idea is to do a redirect timeout: if the intro is 12seconds long, redirect after 15seconds. (Note that with any introduction, you should have a text link to skip the intro for people that don't have flash or for people who don't care to watch it for the 35th time.)

Finally, if you are ever not the original writer of some content, you need the original writer's (http://www.copyright.gov) permission to post it. If you've gotten this permission, great. If not, ask or find (or create) something else to use.

[ryanbutler]

someone who knows how put their time into creating something that you think is neat or beautiful and you just want to take it?

While I'm not advocating doing this, there's nothing on the web that I have seen in the past five years that a new or innovative idea, but I whole heartily agree with your point. Plus, I was assuming that this user would use the file as an example of how to do the job for the particular application.

[Ferret]

While I'm not advocating doing this, there's nothing on the web that I have seen in the past five years that a new or innovative idea, but I whole heartily agree with your point. Plus, I was assuming that this user would use the file as an example of how to do the job for the particular application.

Hehe, it doesn't have to be new or innovative to be protected by copyright laws... just look at pop music.

[ryanbutler]

Well as we all know intellectual property rights on the web is a farce for the most part, at least in my opinion ;)