Roll over a small photo and above it (or beside) the large photo is displayed

Question

Hi All
What is this called: When you roll over a small photo and
above it (or beside) the large version of the photo is displayed. I
would like to create a photo gallery that works this way. Could
someone tell me what this is called? Or better yet, where I can
learn how to do this? A free tutorial perhaps?

Answer 1

c2design,
> What is this called: When you roll over a small photo
> and above it (or beside) the large version of the photo
> is displayed.
I don't know that the phenomenon has one ultimately correct
name. I
might call that a "click to enlarge" or "rollover to enlarge"
effect.
> I would like to create a photo gallery that works this
> way. Could someone tell me what this is called? Or
> better yet, where I can learn how to do this? A free
> tutorial perhaps?
Flash generally provides many ways to accomplish a desired
task. One of
the easiest ways I can think of to get what you're after is
to create a
button symbol. Put your small image (the "thumbnail," it's
usually called)
into the button's Up frame. Put the large image in the
button's Over (and
perhaps Down) frame. In the Hit frame, put a shape that
represents where
you want someone to roll over in order for the Over frame to
show.
Typically, you'd just put the thumbnail into the Hit frame at
the same
horizontal and vertical position it was in the Up frame.
You could also program this effect with ActionScript, but
since you
posted in the general forum, let's see what you make of the
button approach.
Write back if you still have questions. :)
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
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http://www.quip.net/blog/
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