Making pop-up pictures in flash

Question

So I have a site with a large number of photos on it - on
each page I have thumbnails laid out. Currently, I'm using
javascript to pop up a new window with a large version of the
picture when someone clicks on it - the pictures are in html files
so that the pop up window looks as clean as possible, but still I
can't make the window look as clean as I would like it using this
method.
So I remember seeing somewhere a photo gallery where using
flash, if you would click on a picture, the big version would come
up in the center of the screen, with the edges of the screen faded.
To get back, you could press escape or click on the faded edge of
the screen, or just click anywhere on the screen.
I've done some basic flash in the past - however my knowledge
of Flash is rudimentary, at best. Can somebody point me in the
right direction where I could find out more about how to do the
effect I just mentioned? Also, how hard would you say this is to
do? Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Could you please be a little more specific with your
response? Again, I only have rudimentary flash knowledge, and I
have never worked with AS before.
http://nifurniture.com/Furniture/bedroom_sets.html
Thank link is an example of the pop up windows that I was
talking about. Open it up in IE for the best example of what I
mean...
Click on a thumbnail picture in that link to get the pop-up
window. There is still a bottom browser bar in IE and still a URL
bar. I set the javascript for the pop-up to not include any of that
stuff, but using javascript this is about as barren as I can get
the window to be, and it is still not to my satisfaction.
My vision is that when you click on the thumbnail, the edges
of the screen get grayed out, and the full size image gets enlarged
from the background to the front, and clicking anywhere on the
screen will take you back to how it was. I need a specific tutorial
on how to do this, and if someone could give me a link to either a
tutorial for this or a closely related topic I would really
appreciate it.