Making a photo Gallery in Flash cs4
Is there an easy way to make a cool looking, interactive photo gallery that i can insert into my website usuing flash?
The safest answer to give you is... no, there is no easy way for you to make a cool looking interactive photo gallery. To achieve whatever it is you consider cool looking and interactive requires understanding how to design with Flash and Actionscript. Your best bet for getting a start on making one is to search Google using search terms like... "AS3 gallery tutorial" and add in any other terms that represent what you want.
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Error in creating XML photo gallery with Flash CS4 and AS 3.0
Hello, all. I've been creating an XML photo gallery with Flash CS4 and AS 3.0 following a tutorial. I followed the instructions step-by-step but at the end I got the following error message instead:
Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found.
Could anyone in the community assist me as to how to solve the problem? The script has no errors and last time I checked all the applicable files (the .xml file, the .jpg files, the .swf and the .fla file) are in my Documents folder on the Mac.
Looking forward to your suggestions!Check the folder structure
Flash is not able to get some file thats why the IO Error.
trace the url path just before u load the file and u will be abel to find whether that file is in specified folder or not.
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I am having trouble with actionscript. I am making a photo
gallery and my buttons and layout are just dandy everything's
looking fine. The buttons do nothing, and i know i need
actionscript to make it work but i have no idea how to even begin.
I have what i want the buttons to show made in a movie clip I just
need to know how to how to have the clip come up and be centered
when clicked. Please help me.depends on whether you are using AS3 or AS2.
either way, however, you're looking to work with "event
handlers"
onRelease()
onPress()
onRollOver()
onRollOut()
etc...
so in AS2, if you have a button named "test_b" on your main
timeline, you would assign an action like this...
test_b.onRelease = function() {
trace("this is a test to see if this button works.");
AS3's event handlers are a little different. -
How can I create a photo gallery in flash cs3, Iam a beginner in flash
How can I create a photo gallery to put into my current flash site Iam creating? Using flash cs3, can anybody suggest any tutorials (noting complicated with me being new to flash cs3)
When going on line I saw that maybe you can use Dreamweaver, XML, or even Photoshop can anybody explain the difference between using one or the other?
THanksIndeed, google ftw.
For example:
+as3 photo gallery flash tutorial
reveals many including this one:
http://www.flashmagazine.com/Tutorials/detail/as3_photo_gallery/ -
Photo Gallery using Bridge CS4 - trying to follow instructions, but no luck
I'm running Photoshop CS4 Extended, and am trying to figure out how to create a Photo Gallery.
Adobe instructions for using Bridge to create a photo gallery say this:
Adobe Output Module provides a variety of templates for your gallery, which you can select using the Output panel. Each template has one or more style options, which you can select and customize to suit your needs.
Important: Though gallery previews display a maximum of 10 files, your complete gallery will appear when you save or upload it.
Select the files or the collection or folder that contains the images you want to include in the web gallery.
Choose Window > Workspace > Output.
If the Output workspace is not listed, select Adobe Output Module in Startup Scripts preferences.
PROBLEMS:
(1)In Bridge, there is no such item as Output under Window > Workspace.
(2)In Photoshop, there is no such item as "Startup Scripts" in Edit > Preferences.
(3)In the Adobe CS4 Sample Scripts/JavaScript directory, there is no such item as Adobe Output Module.
There must be some other secret that the instructions forgot to mention... but what IS it???Finally noticed I was running Bridge CS3 --- my old shortcut apparently still pointed to that version, even though I do have CS4 installed.
When I launch Bridge from within Photoshop, version CS4 does come up.
Will now go explore further, using the proper release... -
They are recomending that you use Bridge for web galleries, but I have always liked the way PS did them.
There is a plug in called "Web Photo Gallery" included with the programme that allows you to use the old method, which I have put it in the plug in folder as instructed. However I get a message that there is no template for a web photo gallery when I try to go Automate-web gallery.
Can anyone point me as to what I am doing wrong or not doing.
ThanksGalahad_5389 wrote:
There is a plug in called "Web Photo Gallery" included with the programme that allows you to use the old method, which I have put it in the plug in folder as instructed. However I get a message that there is no template for a web photo gallery when I try to go Automate-web gallery.
You have to load the templates for the old method too! CS4 doesn't use them.
This is what the instructions say:
Web Photo Gallery
The ability to create a Web Photo Gallery is now available in the Adobe Bridge CS4 OutputModule. We highly recommend creating your Web Photo Galleries this way. If you would like to continue using the legacy Web Photos Gallery plug-in (WebContactSheetII), please follow these steps:
1. From the Photoshop CS4 install disc, drop the //<language>/Goodies/Optional plug-Ins/Automate/WebContactSheetII plug-in into the //Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plugins/Automate folder
2. From the Photoshop CS4 install disc, drop the //<language>/Goodies/Presets/Web Photo Gallery folder into the //Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets folder and then restart Photoshop.
Note: See below for a movie demonstrating the above steps.
Optional: To add this legacy functionality back into Bridge (as a menu item):
1. From the Photoshop CS4 install disc, drop the //<language>/Goodies/Optional plugins/Bridge Startup Scripts/photoshop_web_contact_sheet folder and photoshop_web_contact_sheet.jsx file into following locations:
* Mac OS: //Library/Application Support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS4/Adobe Photoshop/
* Windows XP: //Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS4/Adobe Photoshop/
* WindowsVista: //Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS4/Adobe Photoshop/
2. Restart Bridge.
There is also a instructional video on that page. -
Dynamic Photo Gallery in Flash using AS3.0 and XML, but it doesn't work and missed up my app.
Hi,
I am creating an iPad app using AS3. The app contains three sections.
One of those sections (chocolate sources)contains Dynamic Photo Gallery using XML. The photos, thumbnails, and text in this section are loaded from XML.
I faced may issue when I tried to run this app:
The gallery photos didn't show up
The thumbnails (buttons to navigate the photo gallery) didn't show up at all. (The thumbnails should show up under the photo gallery box.)
The text doesn't show up (the text should be in every photo as describtion)
I want to include Swipe in the photo gallery, how can I do that?
When I click on "Chocolate Sources" button, the photo gallery appears in every section, here are print screens describe what I mean:
The photo gallery covers the home screen too.
Here is my XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sources>
<section>
<details>
Cocoa tree exists in the tropics area, such as Central and South America.
</details>
<image>
<url>coca1.jpg</url>
</image>
</section>
<section>
<details>
Cocoa is supplied in many countries such as Indonesia, Ghana, Brazil, Ecuador and Cameroon.
</details>
<image>
<url>coca2.jpg</url>
</image>
</section>
<section>
<details>
Dark chocolate helps to relax and reduce the stress and blood pressure because it has antioxidants elements, which helps in vasodilatory process.
</details>
<image>
<url>coca3.jpg</url>
</image>
</section>
<section>
<details>
Chocolate provides energy and hyperactive sometimes because it contains high level of caffeine and sugar.
</details>
<image>
<url>coca4.jpg</url>
</image>
</section>
<section>
<details>
Chocolate could be mixed with many different flavors, such as mint, strawberry, orange, banana, vanilla, hazelnut, almond, coconut, and etc.
</details>
<image>
<url>coca5.jpg</url>
</image>
</section>
<section>
<details>
Chocolate is expressing of well hospitality and good time due to its lovely taste.
</details>
<image>
<url>coca6.jpg</url>
</image>
</section>
</sources>
And here is my Action Script for "Chocolate Sources" section:
stop();
function Choco1(evt:MouseEvent): void {
gotoAndStop('16');
choco_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Choco1);
function Souc1 (evt:MouseEvent): void {
gotoAndStop ('31');
souc_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Souc1);
function ShopIn1 (evt:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop('46');
shops_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,ShopIn1);
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Loader;
import fl.motion.MotionEvent;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.sampler.NewObjectSample;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
var xmlLoader: URLLoader = new URLLoader (new URLRequest("sources.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, finishedXmlLoader);
var xmlFile:XML;
var xextend:int = 10;
var gal:galary = new galary ();
gal.x = 85;
gal.y = 165;
addChild(gal);
var txfe: TextField = new TextField ();
txfe.x = 25;
txfe.y = 45;
var tformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat ();
tformat.bold = true;
tformat.color = 0xFFFFFF;
tformat.size = "18";
tformat.font = "Arial";
txfe.defaultTextFormat = tformat;
addChild(txfe);
function finishedXmlLoader (e:Event): void{
xmlFile = new XML (xmlLoader.data);
var leng:int = xmlFile.image.length();
txfe.text = xmlFile.image.details[0];
for (var i:int = 0;i<leng;i++){
var b:thumbs = new thumbs ();
b.x = xextend;
b.y = 480;
b.buttonMode = true;
b.details = (i+1).toString();
addChild(b);
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, theMosover);
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, theMosout);
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMosClick);
var bloader:Loader = new Loader();
bloader.load(new URLRequest("thumbs/" + (i+1) + ".jpg"));
b.addChild(bloader);
xextend += b.width + 50;
var loader:Loader = new Loader ();
loader.load(new URLRequest ("pictures/coca1.jpg"));
gal.addChild(loader);
function theMosover(m:MotionEvent):void{
m.currentTarget.alpha = 0.5;
function theMosout (m:MouseEvent):void{
m.currentTarget.alpha = 1.0;
function onMosClick(m:MouseEvent):void{
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("pictures/" + m.currentTarget.details + ".jpg"));
gal.addChild(loader);
txfe.text = xmlFile.image.details[int(m.currentTarget.details) -1];
I need an urgent help to fix the errors and make this section work well.
thanks.try:
txfe.text = xmlFile.section[int(m.currentTarget.details) -1].details;
instead of
txfe.text = xmlFile.image.[int(m.currentTarget.details) -1];
and add your thumbs to gal, not the stage. when you're done with the gallery, remove gal. -
How to import Bridge CS4 photo gallery into Dreamweaver CS4?
I'm a novice when it comes to web design, but am starting to master DW CS4. While searching for a way to create good looking photo galleries I found an online video explaining how to do it using Bridge. The process in Bridge was strainght forward and simple. However, I have not found how I can bring the photo gallery I created in Bridge into a page based on a template in Dreamweaver. Can it be done? How?
I designed a template for our website which I would like to use for any photo galleries in order to maintain the same "look and feel" and ease of navigating within our website (www.aquacomgroup.com).
Please help!I'm having the same problem & desperate to find out how to do this!! Help!!
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Transferring Windows Photoshop CS2 web photo gallery styles in Mac Photoshop CS4 web photo gallery
Hi,
My name is JatinderPal Singh. I'm migrating from Vista to MAC and before I purchase the upgrade from Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop CS4 I need to know that can I continue to use my existing web photo gallery styles in CS4 after installing the add-on feature. Because I know web photo gallery is not default in CS4. We need to manually add this feature. I hear from other photographers that this is a problem. Can you please confirm that this is possibleCheck this out:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/04/a_few_useful_reminders.html
Remember to install the Picture Package too.
Additionally, make sure you have updated to Photoshop 11.0.1 and applie the update to AOM, the Adobe Output Module. -
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, WendyWonderwendy wrote:
> 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
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.
Best Regards
Urami
!!!!!!! Merry Christmas !!!!!!!
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
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What is the easiest way to put a photo gallery into an existing website?
I am ready to give up. This really can't be this difficult.
Either that or I am the dumbest person in the world. Up until now, I didn't know that I was.
I just want something easy.
I am designing a website using Dreamweaver Cs5.5. I am on a PC with Windows Vista Operating System.
I have an existing website www.metzartonline.com.
On the Gallery page, I want to include a simple photo gallery where I can showcase paintings. I would like a simple (theres that word again) grid that shows the photos as thumbnails. When you click on the thumbnail, it shows the image in a larger size with a small caption.
I've tried using Bridge which was very easy to set up but I'm at a loss on how to integrate that into the webpage. After lots of research, I've come to the conclusion that integrating that into an existing website just insn't that easy to do.
I purchased the Classic Photo Gallery from Flash Development 24 because it was described as "easy to use."
It is not easy to use.
The steb by step guide for one, isn't even written in proper English. I've tried to work with it an I've emailed support several times.
I'm ready to give that up.
I just want to make a simple gallery that I can integrate into an existing website.
Can anyone suggest the easiest program to use?
Please?You can use Adobe Bridge (it is built into Dreamweaver) and Adobe Fireworks. Once you have Dreamweaver open, go to File and you will see "Browse in Bridge". Adobe Fireworks is a separate program and must be installed to make this work. The instructions below are step by step and I was able to follow them even though I am not overly experienced in Dreamweaver. I created these with Dreamweaver CS4 but the instructions below should work for CS5 as well.
The first address here is to create a photo gallery with the Adobe Output Module which you open in Bridge.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Bridge/3.0/WSCF044571-2772-4d28-9EBD-2C9F46AF008A.html
The second address explains how to incorporate the gallery into a Dreamweaver page.
http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/gallery/embed1.php
Here is my wife's website for her art: www.tanglewoodbrushstrokes.com
You may want to look at the galleries there first to see if they are what you are looking for.
There are two disadvantages to these galleries. One is that to add or subract images requires creating a new gallery. The good side is that this can be done fairly quickly once you become accustomed to how they are created. I can do a new one now in a half hour or less. To make it easier, you can go to split screen once you have the new gallery made and substitute the html for the new gallery in place of the old one without recreating your page parameters for the gallery.
Secondly, the galleries created in Fireworks use flash technology so they will not work on Iphones or Ipads. To correct this on my wife's website, I upgraded to CS5.5 in order to use HTML5. I am going through the tutorials for creating HTML5 web pages now. Once I have completed them, I will be re-doing my wife's site. I haven't yet figured out how I will create and install the galleries yet. I have posed a question about albums for HTML5 on this forum. Using HTML5 appears to be more complex than what I have experienced in the past, but we will see.
Hope this helps. Don't get too frustrated when you go through the tutorials above. Take your time and you will be able to figure it out. If I could do it, so can you. I am a 65 year old retiree who only began working with Dreamweaver about three years ago. My work experience was not in the computer field although we bought our first computer, an Apple IIE, in 1980. -
Embed Web Photo Gallery in ASPX
I've been trying to embed a generate Web Photo Gallery (default Flash based one) into an ASPX web page using LR3.2. I actually have a Master Template setup. I realize that the generated code is intended to be used as a stand-alone HTML web page. Has anyone had much luck embedding content from the generated Web Photo Gallery into an existing webpage. Any tips or samples would be appreciated.
Thanks John. I was able to get things up and running via iframes. Now, if I could figure out a way to remove the header they use on top of the Flash templates to get some extra room, that would be great .
I think the existing templates are good, but I hope they add more refinements down the road. -
Flash CS4 loader class content not displaying in browser
Hello,
I'm very new at Dreamweaver and actionscript so any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm on a PC and created a simple gallery in flash cs4 to load images on a button click. The images are being loaded with a loader class. When I test the gallery in flash the images load correctly. However, I inserted the .swf into Dreamweaver and when I uploaded the page onto the server, the buttons and the animation worked correctly, but none of the images were being displayed. I tested it in both Firefox and IE and it did not work in either browser.
I thought maybe the files were in the incorrect location, but everything is in the same file, including the .swf and the images. I'm also using TweenMax and all those files are also together with the .swf.
I also ensured that I had the latest version of the Flash player, but it still is not working.
Thank you!Thank you for the quick response! I am not actually using XML - I am loading the images from a folder. Here is my code:
function clicker(e:MouseEvent):void
var myMC:MovieClip = e.currentTarget as MovieClip;
switch(myMC.name){
case"_button1":
loader.load(new URLRequest("imgs/image01.jpg"));
break;
case"_button2":
loader.load(new URLRequest("imgs/image02.jpg"));
break;
//loader class
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,placeimage,false,0,true);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,errorhandler,false,0,true) ;
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,preload,false,0,true);
this.addChild(loader);
//handler for the loader
function errorhandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void
trace(e);
function preload(e:ProgressEvent):void
trace(e.bytesLoaded);
The imgs folder is in the same folder as my .swf and has been uploaded. Could there be something wrong with the links? -
Creating a photo gallery with upload feature.
I am making a photo gallery for my website. I think it would be cool to allow the upload of images to the server. I will make the gallery search for images in the folder on the server and display them, but that is not my problem. My problem is how to allow them to upload. I have been to many sites unnseccessfully. Are there any good tutorials on how to do this and how to make the server side script. And, if possible, can i do it with out a script on the server?
Welcome Alex -
Any picture you display on your site can be saved to the visitor's computer.
If you ZIP each gallery, a simple link to the zipped archive will offer the visitor
an option to save to their computer. -
Problem: Photo Gallery not working.
Hello i am new at flash. I created a simple photo gallery
using flash CS3. I had 11 photos to show and i created 11 keyframes
and put a uiloader on each one of them. Then i added buttons and
linled them to the uiloaders. I changed the source values of the
loaders. So when i clicked a button, the selected uiloader with the
photo attached to the source of it was seen. It has such a simple
logic. Because i don't know enough actionscript to do it easier.
Anyway the problem is i make it work on my computer but when i
uploaded it to my site it doesn't work properly. I can see the
buttons but the photos are not seen. I checked the files and
folders but everything seems right. What might be the problem. How
can i solve it?Try duplicating the folder structure of your website, on your
local drive. You may need the path from where the html file is, so
you would add "/mages" to the loaders for instance. Not sure what
you setup is, but I have found that using LoadMovie, I have to set
it up so it doesnt work when I test the movie in Flash, but it will
work when I open the html file...
Maybe you are looking for
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