How To Create A Simple Flash Slideshow

[barrym67]

Hi there everyone. I am not very clued up with Flash as I would like to be. I need to create a very simple slide show of images, I suppose flash would be the answer.

An example of a site that I like is here: http://international.carveryachts.com/

Does anyone know what programme I can use to create such a slide show. I want it simple, no forward of back buttons or having to use premade templates.

Any feedback would be most wonderful - thank you.

[jyoung]

It appears that the site you referenced uses javascript to do the slide show. Here is a link that may give you what you want - and it's free. http://www.barelyfitz.com/projects/slideshow/

Hope this helps.

[juergen]

I used Xara to create this. I followed instructions from the help:
Flash Animations- Your first animation.

I hope the transparency transition is what you mean.

Juergen

[barrym67]

Tks for the link jyoung and jeurgen I like that tomato transition you made. I will look in the help and see if I can find how to do it. You guys have been great, thank you so much for your help.

[barrym67]

I used Xara to create this. I followed instructions from the help:
Flash Animations- Your first animation.

I hope the transparency transition is what you mean.

Juergen

Juergen

With you help I managed to get a slideshow on the go. Please tell me how you managed to get the images to "fade in" and out. I would apprecitat it.
Thanks a stack.

[juergen]

Sure,

Create new animation.
On first frame do following:

1. Copy the image to be displayed as 2nd one.
2. Set name to something meaningful (Create New Names)
3. Set transparency to flat - 50%
4. Copy image 1 on top
5. Set display time for frame1 to .. 2 seconds .

Copy frame

1. Set transparency of the front image to 100% to make it invisible
2. Select back image and set transparency to 0%.

Look at flash preview.

Juergen

[barrym67]

Juergen thanks you so much for your time. I will give that a bash, wish me luck, the animation (flash) approach is new to me and a little confusing and all because I don't know how.

[jim64]

Juergen

With you help I managed to get a slideshow on the go. Please tell me how you managed to get the images to "fade in" and out. I would apprecitat it.
Thanks a stack.

Maybe this is Taboo but I purchased Wondershare 's Flash gallery creator and it does great with transitions and exporting to HTML or just a simple SWF I have 2 slide shows on my media page of my site.

[ibaadn7710]

nice work remi and juergen. thax for share . here is my flash work check out


http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...a-designer-pro
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...ft-my-tab-demo

[barry100]

Hi Barrym67. I would recommend you do not use flash as a slide show as it is not cross browser compatable (dosnt work on apple products at all) and that you should use Jquery instead. Much simpler to code and works on all browsers. As a web designer of over 10 years I can assure you very few people now use flash for anything more than games... Jquery is the way forward.