How to automate photslide template in flash 8

Question

I have flash 8 professional. I am not a html professional,
previously i used frontpage 2003 for web creation, and now i dabble
with dreamweaver 8 too. I have little html knowledge.
I am trying to create a photoslide using the Flash 8
Professional ready provided templates. There is one called " modern
photo slideshow", which has a controller that the user clicks to
forward or go back to see the photos.
What i want to do is this. I want theslideshow to automate,
ie. play automatically. I dont want any controls to show on the
page, or any skins or text. I also want to change the way the photo
changes to the next one, ie. either by motion, or by fading out,
and into the next one, or something else.
Can anyone tell me how to automate the images? Bear in mind
im a total novice. The help files in Flash 8 don't give you much
information. they annoyingly assume you know it all, and are a
professional.
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

The Photo Slide show is a Flash Movie that is a simple cut
from one frame to the next. It is somewhat I described minus
placing the images into MovieClips and instead on one frame on the
timeline, a set of frames providing a tween.
You could delete the _controller layer. Delete the frame 1
actions in the _actions layer. Then on the picture layer and
captions layer you would expand the keyframes to extend the time
the photos are appearing. Click on them and press F5 to insert a
frame. The template movie is 12 frames per second so you need 12
frames for 1 second of viewing.
You need to do the same on the other layers but you can do
that to the right where the captions and picture layer end to save
extra steps. On the last frame of the _actions layer you insert a
keyframe and add the action gotoAndPlay(1) to get the repeat loop.
Then if you want to fade in or out content you can proceed to
replacing the images with MovieClips containing them and then doing
the tweening I explained.
Bottom line is you will need to learn about the Flash IDE
timeline and how to manipulate it.