Flash Photo Gallery Question

[Wonderwendy]

Hello,
I am a photographer interested in designing a photo gallery website.My
question is how are the special effects created in Flash for when a thumbnail
is clicked and the photo downloads into the picture viewer? (such as the photo
fading in , the photo is assembled from small blocks, the photo downloads from
left to right, the photo downloads after a flash of light) Is there a name for
these effects? Thank you so much, Jim

[charles.crepin]

I don't think (I might be wrong on this) that there are effects that you can
simply apply like that. You need to create those with Flash. All are feasible,
but it requires some knowledge of Flash and ActionScript. You might want to
first search for some tutorials on the mechanics of a picture-thumb viewer.
Once you have it setup begin to work on your transitions.

[urami_]

These are some complex components/files you can get free off the net:

http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=139
ImageGallery 3

http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=135
Photo Album

http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=124
Image Fader
This particular sample is the closets to what you are looking for. It is XML
driven so all the files information can be edited w/o changing the Flash movie.
You can define 9 transitions along the image name and the rest happens automatically.

There are many more samples online, search for stuff like "flash photo gallery"
or "flash gallery", some free some shareware but definitely plenty.

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