Help with Image fades

Hi,
Haven't used Flash in a couple of years now, and it has
changed a lot...so I am a bit behind with the times. I need to do a
site with a each section of the website having a background, that
fades in when the user goes there. I want the transition from
section to another to be smooth, and the new background image fade
in on top as the other fades out (at the same time!)
Also how do i make some of the links on my website HTML pages
and some flash? I need to be able to link back to the flash section
of a site when clicking on the flash section. I found an example on
the Louis Vuitton site, if you click on your account or newsletter
and then click back to the Services it will go back to that
specific section of the flash site.
http://www.louisvuitton.com
- check it out to see what I mean.
Hope you can help, I want to start developing my flash skills
again.
Thanks

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I have not used Flash for almost 10 years and things have changed. I have 20 photographs that I would like to set up and have fade in and out, but can find no help on how this is done. So many options have been added to the Flash program that I am lost. I din't think it would be that big of a deal.Could I get some help on how this is done? All images are the same size and I just want to have the first appear for a few seconds and then fade out while the next fades in. Then have the second stay up for a few seconds and then fade out while the 3rd fades in... It really isn't that big of a deal, I'm just lost on getting started.
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Hi there,
I wrote simple code showing and hiding MovieClips called "pic1", "pic2"...
I used no classes, everything's on timeline frame, so it's as basic as it can be. I hope you know how to reference to children of MovieClips and such, coz probably you won't want to have everything on main timeline. So, what you need to have this code working is put each picture to its MovieClip and set them on the stage and set their instance names. Don't set their alpha or anything, code will do it.
As I said, it's very basic. Usually it should be done dynamicly from library or even external files, but I think it could cause some trouble for you, and that's not what we want.
Edit: "var timer:Timer = new Timer(3000);" - Here the 3000 number means 3sec from fade to fade, so when fade time is 1sec, a picture is fully visible for 2sec.
Edit2: for 18 pictures it's gonna be 18 MovieClips in the library so it's a mess, so if you think you can handle more complex AS, just say.
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const FADE_TIME:Number = 1;
const FRAME_RATE:int = 30;
const PIC_NUM:int = 2;
var _actPic:int = 1;
var _alphaPerFrame:Number;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(3000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, handle_timer);
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for (var i:int = 1; i <= PIC_NUM; i ++)
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function showPic(num_:int):void
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I am pretty new to photo shop and have cs3 extended.
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well...........l when I try to open Gif with the import and chose the video frames to layers...am getting a message saying I need Quicktime 7.1 to be able to do??? and when selecting import that is the only option I have to open my animated picture?...YOU HAVE BEEN SO MUCH HELP! THANK YOU SO MUCH...!
BLUE MONDAY EXCLUSIVES
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:23:27 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Help with image ready on ps3 extended
I'm not sure anyone mentioned this but if not to open GIFs using the import you have to enter the GIF name as GIF isn't listed as one of the options.
It sounds like you are viewing the images in a maximized screen mode. To view more than one document, press F to cycle through the screen modes. FYI, only the contents of the currently selected document can be viewed in the layers palette.
I'll just talk about copy/paste so as not to confuse...
If you are going to copy/paste, click the frame around the dog document to target it. Your layers palette will now contain the contents of the dog document. Click on the layer in the layers palette with the selected dog over transparency. With that layer highlighted in your layers palette, press Ctrl A; then Ctrl C. (Select<Select All; Edit<copy if you prefer using the menu.) This will copy that layer into your clipboard.
Next, click the frame of the document containing the animation. Click the topmost layer in the layers palette because we want you dog to be in the top layer. Press Ctrl + V. (Edit<Paste if you prefer using the menu).
Your dog is most likely going to be too big. Use Edit<Free Transform to size and move the dog to the desired location.
At this point, your dog should be showing in each frame in the animation palette.
Example:
http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/25315/with-palettes-open.jpg
I'm using the older Image Ready me method. The highlighted place in the palette is where you switch methods between the old method and the new timeline. Notice, I have the layers and animation palette both in the workspace...and I'm not in a maximized mode. The red arrow shows the correlation between the frame and the layer represented by it in the layers palette.
Image:second-image.jpg
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You could even more than the one image if you want the dog to appear to move. Use the eyeball visibility to determine which pose will be used for that frame.
Example:
Image:jump-creature-gif.gif
Here, I used transform warp to adjust the pose of the creature for a few frames as he's jumping the creature...just for fun.
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In the future, Swing related questions should be posted in the Swing forum.
Whenever i browse and select a .jpg it displays "��t��o\�[��+�p��B3�+�p��B3�" You can read in a jpg file and treat it like a text file.
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I sure could use a buddy who has Skype or something who I can shoot questions like this to. My designer wants a retainer of $3,000 but I can do most of my own stuff in Photoshop. Sometimes I get stumped though, and just need a 30 second tutorial. So I am coming here.
I basically need to figure out how to change this image:
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Here is a TUTORIAL on doing rounded corners. Hope it helps.   Could not get insert link to work so try this. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2 F%2Fmatthom.com%2Farchive%2F2004%2F09%2F10%2Ffast-rounded-corners-in-photoshop&ei=q2l8T_T8 LcKZiQKQnt3uDQ&usg=AFQjCNEsGI12k8Ck-GiuIWMUOLC6m3xoYw
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Hi,
Please,please, can someone help me with an imaging issue and show me what I'm doing wrong.
I'm a swing beginner and I'm trying to create a application for a board game. Currently I'm using JLabel components to try and create jpeg pieces over a JPanel component that has the board background.
Currently I've written the code for the board background component and the pieces but can't get the image to appear on the background.
Please can someone show me what I'm doing wrong.
If someone can help me get this working, I've got 16 dollars from other posts in this forum I can give you.
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public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
super.paintComponent(g);
          g.drawImage(backgroundImage,0,0,this.getWidth(), this.getHeight(), null);
private Image backgroundImage = new ImageIcon("./Board.gif").getImage();
public class PieceIcon extends JLabel {
public PieceIcon(String symbol)
System.out.println("./"+symbol+".jpg");
          pieceImage = new ImageIcon("./"+symbol+".jpg");
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
          super.paintComponent(g);
          g.drawImage(pieceImage,playerBoardPos.getX(),playerBoardPos.getY(), this);
private Image pieceImage;
Main:
JPanel content = new JPanel();
PieceIcon testPiece = new PieceIcon("Dog");
BoardPanel boardIcon = new BoardPanel();
getContentPane().add(content, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
content.add(boardIcon, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
boardIcon.setLayout(new javax.swing.OverlayLayout(boardIcon));
boardIcon.add(testPiece);

Oh, and since you probably won't be needing a layout manager, try the following:
setLayout(null);
ChessPeice peice1 = new ChessPeice(...);
add(peice1);
peice1.setBounds(x, y, width, height);also, your ChessPeice paintComponent method should look more like:
... //in constructor
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(image.width, image.height));
setOpaque(false);
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
   g.drawImage(...);
}Make sure that if you call the component's getSize method to determine the width and height you do it after pack has been called. If you call getSize before then, it will return 0 for the width and height values.
Another advantage to this approach is that the peices only draw in the areas they need to.
Hope this helps.

Help with image placement in new browser window.

I need help trying to position images that are being opened
in a new browser window. I have created a photo gallery with
thumbnails that are links to the larger image. Ive used the
behaviors panel to open the new image in a new browser window but
the image is always shown at the top left margins of the new
window. Is there a way to 1. center the image in the new window, 2.
change the background color of the new window that opens.
Any help would be appreciated.
Stu

If, as I read it, you are simply opening the image, it will
always be upper
left and cannot be changed. IF you wnat to position it, you
will need to
create a new html page and position your image on that page,
then call the
page, not the image from your thumbnail link.
In Dreamweaver in the command menu try the "Create Web Photo
Album" command.
It will create all of your pages, links and thumbnails for
you. (requires
Fireworks)
Michael Hager
www.cmhager.com
"Stu127" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I need help trying to position images that are being
opened in a new
>browser
> window. I have created a photo gallery with thumbnails
that are links to
> the
> larger image. Ive used the behaviors panel to open the
new image in a new
> browser window but the image is always shown at the top
left margins of
> the new
> window. Is there a way to 1. center the image in the new
window, 2.
> change the
> background color of the new window that opens.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Stu
>

Need help with image gallery and preloader

Here is my portfolio site currently. WWW.PALMEI.COM. When you go into the the galleries you can view the images; the images load and it's all working fine. But if I was to go back on the page before the image was to load the image loads later which is then in the way of everything and cannot be deleted or removed. What would a solution be for solving this problem. Also, my preloader is not working at all as you can tell.
Here is my code in frame 1 for the perloader:
[AS]
stop();
loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, updatePreLoader);
function updatePreLoader(evtObj:ProgressEvent):void
                    var percent:Number = Math.floor((evtObj.bytesLoaded*100)/evtObj.bytesTotal);
                    preloader_txt.text = percent+"%";
                              if (percent==100) {
                                        nextFrame ();
[/AS]
Thank you very much for your help. Have developed headache and need some new eyes on it.

Thank you again Ned for your reponse as you helped me solve the image array problem last week or so ago.
Here is the code:
[AS]
stop();
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var sep3Tween4:Tween = new Tween(Sep2_mc, "y", Regular.easeOut,338 , 655, 1, true);
var sepTween4:Tween = new Tween(Sep_mc, "y", Regular.easeOut,0 , -320, 1, true);
BoyBack.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Portfolioclick);
function Portfolioclick(evtObj :MouseEvent) {
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           removeChild(B);
var BoyBackTween:Tween = new Tween(BoyBack, "y", Regular.easeOut,510,487,2, true);
BoyBackTween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onfinis);
function onfinis(e:TweenEvent):void {
BoyBackTween.yoyo();
var arrayB:Array = [ B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8,B9, B10, B11, B12];
var arrayImages:Array = ["ill_1.jpg","ill_2.jpg","ill_3.jpg","ill_4.jpg","ill_5.jpg","ill_6.jpg","ill_7.jpg","ill _8.jpg", "ill_9.jpg","ill_10.jpg","ill_11.jpg","ill_12.jpg"];
var imgLoader:Loader = new Loader;
var B:BlackBox = new BlackBox();
B.addChild(imgLoader);
for (var i:uint=0; i<arrayB.length; i++){
     arrayB[i].mouseChildren = false;
     arrayB[i].addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onButtonOver);
     arrayB[i].addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onButtonOut);
     arrayB[i].addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonRemoveB);
           arrayB[i].addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick);
           arrayB[i].imgNum = i;
                 imgLoader.y = 100;
                      imgLoader.x =275;
                      B.y = -55;
                 B.x =-100;
function onButtonOver( e:MouseEvent ):void {
     var B:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.target);
     if(B.tween){
       B.tween.stop();
     B.tween = new Tween( B, "y", Regular.easeOut,600, 591, .5, true );
function onButtonOut( e:MouseEvent ):void {
     var B:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.target);
     if( B.tween ){
       B.tween.stop();
     B.tween = new Tween( B, "y", Regular.easeOut, 591, 600, 1, true );
function onButtonRemoveB( e:MouseEvent ):void {
removeChild(TwoDtxt);
function onButtonClick( e:MouseEvent ):void {
   if(this.contains(B)){
       removeChild(B);
   imgLoader.load(new URLRequest(arrayImages[e.currentTarget.imgNum]));
   imgLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE , loaded);
function loaded(event:Event):void {
     addChild(B);
      var targetLoader:Loader = Loader(event.target.loader);
var AlphaTween1:Tween = new Tween(T1, "alpha", Strong.easeOut, 1, .20, 2.5, true);
var AlphaTween2:Tween = new Tween(Bottom1, "alpha", Strong.easeOut, 1, .20, 2.5, true);
[/AS]
Before the image loads if you were to click on the boy with the balloon"the back button" the image would than load later on say the"portfolio" part of the site.

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