The video ad.

I guess I'm confused. If you mean the Utah Farm Bureau piece, that was done in Vegas and is a streaming .asf file. We don't have any video ads...that I'm aware of. The only Flash is the menu, and we have several animated gif files. Can you send me the link to the page in question?

No, you're not confused. I am trying to punch through my ignorance of how the "Farm Bureau" ad was done. I, too, want to be able to offer that type of rich media ad on one of my sites. One of the features in Flash MX Pro is the ability to do embeded video - such as your ad. I was trying to find a connection with Vegas and Flash.

I'm not familiar with .asf files. I'll go read about that.

No. That is a streaming media file. No flash in it. It's an embedded Windows Media player. We don't use any Macromedia products here any longer unless we are more or less forced to use Director for a couple things.

asf is a no-longer supported format from Microsoft. That publicity piece is now nearly 4 years old, that's how old the format is. Embedding media players is easy, it's just html. There are tons of free html templates that will do this too. asf will open in any windows media player, but has been replaced by wmv file format.

Ok. I'm off to learn how to embed the Windows media player. Thanks for clearing that up.

If you use Dreamweaver, here's an article that'll help:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/mediaplayer.htm

And there's some links at the bottom for non-DW info from Microsoft on the same topic.

Just a small warning... while you can embed media files, not all browsers will play them correctly if embedded, some won't even "see" them that way. You're better off to spawn an external link. If you want a more polished look, then Flash IS the way to go. You don't really need the professional version of Flash either. You can embed smoothly with the regular version.

My soon to be released new web site uses Flash almost totally.

I include several "movies" and take it a step further by having a little TV monitor embedded within the main Flash movie, then the "movie" plays within the monitor if you click on a button. Because its Flash, you avoid some of the browser issues embedding in HTLM directly which can cause issues with some browsers.

Looking forward to seeing your new site BB.

The examples on the macromedia site of embeded video is pretty impressive. Any chance you'll do a tutorial on this (that is, the process of getting from Vegas to Flash) topic, BB.

The majority of tonight will be using your tutorials on color correction. I can't tell you how appreciative of those tutorials. Good vibes your way.

" not all browsers will play them correctly if embedded, some won't even "see" them that way."

Is that because not everyone has a way to view Flash?