At 12/4/10 06:56 AM, Deskitoon wrote:
Hey guys, new to newgrounds (pun!), and was hoping I could get some basic information from you guys.
Ah, welcome ;) Enjoy your stay.
First off, how do people make videos that have loading screens? And play/replay buttons?
You'll want to direct all Flash related questions to the Flash Forum. They will be able to help you a lot more then we can here. However, I do know that the 'preloaders' as they are called, can be downloaded from right here. If you're wanting to make you're own, you'll have to ask the flash forum.
And, by extension, how are people getting ads on these little loading sections?
Once again, I have no idea...I'm sure that's a very common question in the flash forum.
What's newground's policy on copyrighted music, or more "well known" songs that aren't in the audio portal? Big no-no?
I've seen it done plenty of times. As long as the flash animation is your own work, and you've given the artist due credit in the little 'audio' section of the flash info, you shouldn't have any problems. If you do decide to use music from the audio portal, just credit them in the same place though. I might add, there's tons of great music in the audio portal. It might not seem like it at first, but do some digging - there's some great stuff there.
If I'm wanting to make revenue, but I need to use someone else's music, how does that work? Does the person (be it someone in the audio portal, maybe) who made the music require a cut of the profits? (I'd be more than happy to share it, obviously! I'm just trying to find out if it's a rule).
Yup, just credit them in the submission, and it will be shared. I would imagine the particular artist would have to have revenue sharing enabled to do this, though...so you might not even have to share anything if you credit an inactive account....not sure....as long as the artist is credited though, your back is covered.
What's the best way to size files for Newgrounds use? I ask this because, i made a very short animation, which was about 4MB in size. I then watched the fantastic Avada Kedavra animation, which is pretty darn long, and I think it said it was slightly over 10MB. The two file sizes didn't really seem to be in proportion with video length, so am I doing something wrong?
You can compress them if you need to, but the max is 10MB standard. Many people are finding this limit to be a bit low, and are sending a message to an administrator to bump up their account. If you find that you can't compress your flash file and lower without losing quality, I would urge you to send a PM to Tom, a site administrator. You can find his profile here. While you're there you might as well take a gander at the rest of the admins, as you'll see them throughout the forums if you decide to post regularly, that and you'll see them having fun poked at them, especially in the general forum. IE Wade is usually called 'Wadolf'.
Thanks for reading, guys n' gals. Hopefully I'll enjoy being a part of this community :)
Like I said enjoy your stay. I have no idea why I typed all this...but hopefully this answers some of your questions.
