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Creating Slideshows in Flash CS3
By Craig Campbell
Running Time: 2 hours, 31 minutes
Compatible Versions: Flash MX2004, Pro 8, CS3
Actionscript: 2.0 is used.
Overview
This series is a compilation of ten practical tips for creating slideshows from scratch in Flash. These tips start with the absolute basics and gradually become more and more complex and functional. By the end of this series, you’ll be able to create your own dynamic, animated slideshow in Flash that load pictures from an XML text file.
(A basic understanding of Flash is recommended before viewing this series.)
Detailed Video Descriptions
1 - Basic Slideshow (Running Time - 15:45)
In this tutorial, Craig Campbell shows you how to create a basic slideshow from scratch by importing pictures into their own keyframes and creating “next” and “previous” buttons so the user can cycle through the images.
2 - Basic Animated Slideshow (Running Time - 15:57)
In this tutorial, Craig builds on the previous tip by adding animated transitions between each of the images in the slideshow.
3 - Improved Animated Slideshow (Running Time - 12:16)
In the last tip, where we created an animated slideshow, we ended up with 64 frames of content on the main layer of our Flash file. In this tip, Craig shows you how to achieve the same effects in only 5 frames by putting all of the animations inside movie clips.
4 - Slideshow Mask Animation (Running Time - 10:42)
The previous few tips have seen a couple of slideshows created that consisted of images fading in onto the stage. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create more complicated transitions using mask animations.
5 - Loading External Images (Running Time - 15:37)
Importing images into your .fla file to create a slideshow is certainly an easy way to do things, requiring very minimal ActionScript, but if you have numerous images, then your slideshow file size will start to get pretty big, which will leave your users twiddling their thumbs, waiting for the site to load. In this video, you’ll learn how to import images dynamically using ActionScript, making the load time much more bearable.
6 - Buttons for Dynamic Slideshows (Running Time - 14:41)
Our last tutorial took us only so far into the world of making a dynamic slideshow. In this tutorial, you’ll learn the code that you need to add to the buttons in order to get this type of slideshow to function properly.
7 - Movie Clip Loader (Running Time - 19:39)
The MovieClipLoader class allows you to keep track of loading information for dynamically loaded assets. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the MovieClipLoader class to create a preloader for your slideshow images.
8 - Animating Dynamic Images (Running Time - 9:11)
Just because you’re loading images dynamically now doesn’t mean you don’t want them to be animated. In this tutorial, Craig will teach you how to use the Tween class to animate your images onto the stage using ActionScript.
9 - Better Animated Transitions - Adding the Text (Running Time - 16:54)
In this tutorial, you’ll learn the code necessary in order to make one slideshow image fade in right on top of another one using ActionScript.
10 - XML Slideshows - Scrolling Text Animation (Running Time - 20:57)
This tip introduces you to the wonderful world of XML slideshows. XML allows you to create a slideshows that can easily be updated simply by updating a text file and uploading new images to your server.
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