Simple way to create a slideshow? Real simple - no controls needed.

Question

Greetings - new client wants a series of images fading into
one another on
their homepage. I think Flash is the way to go. I have done
this before
manually using pictures on separate layers and adding
tweening and alpha
fades but its a mare to do if there are many images and
difficult to tweak
afterwards. Is there a simple cheap or free tool that does
this kind of
thing? I dont need user controls or thumbnails - just fading
images. I have
Flash pro.
Thanks.
James Loudon
www.fatgraphics.com
websites:
hotography::video

Answer 1

Thanks Jim
I'll give that a go. Much appreciated
James Loudon
www.fatgraphics.com
websites:
hotography::video
"Jim Esteban" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's a simple piece of code that does just what you
want. It's yours.
> Put
> the images in the same directory as the flash file and
make sure they are
> the
> correct size because it doesn't do any resizing or
centering.
>
> var localPath:String="flash/slides/";
> var counter:Number=0;
> var counterMax:Number=300;
> var fadeRange:Number=50;
> var hifadeThreshold:Number=counterMax-fadeRange;
> var lofadeThreshold:Number=fadeRange;
> var fadeDelta:Number;
> while(_framesloaded<_totalframes)
> {
> for(var i:Number=0;i<1000;i++)
> {
> //do nothing
> }
> }
> var slides:Array = new Array([
>
"image1.jpg"],["image2.jpg"],["image3.jpg"],["image4.jpg"],["image5.jpg"],["imag
>
e6.jpg"],["image7.jpg"],["image8.jpg"],["image9.jpg"],["image10.jpg"],["image11.
>
jpg"],["image12.jpg"],["image13.jpg"],["image14.jpg"],["image15.jpg"]);
> var currentSlide:Number;
> function changeSlide(number:Number)
> {
> if(number >= 0 and number < slides.length)
> {
> currentSlide = number;
> placeholder_mc._alpha=100;
> loadMovie(localPath + slides[number],"placeholder_mc");
>
> for(var i:Number=0;i<1000;i++)
> {
> //do nothing
> }
> }
> }
> changeSlide(0);
> this.onEnterFrame=function()
> {
> counter=counter+1;
> if(counter>=hifadeThreshold)
> {
> fadeDelta=counter-hifadeThreshold;
> fadeRange=counterMax-hifadeThreshold;
> placeholder_mc._alpha=100-((fadeDelta/fadeRange) * 100);
> }
> if(counter<=lofadeThreshold)
> {
> fadeDelta=lofadeThreshold-counter;
> fadeRange=lofadeThreshold-1;
> placeholder_mc._alpha=100-((fadeDelta/fadeRange)*100);
> }
> if(counter>=counterMax)
> {
> counter=0;
> changeSlide(Math.abs((currentSlide+1)%slides.length));
> }
> }
> prev_btn.onRelease = function()
> {
> changeSlide(Math.abs((currentSlide-1)%slides.length));
> }
> next_btn.onRelease = function()
> {
> changeSlide(Math.abs((currentSlide+1)%slides.length));
> }
> progress_mc.onEnterFrame = function()
> {
> var
progressAmount:Number=Math.round((counter/counterMax)*100);
> this.gotoAndPlay(progressAmount);
> if(progressAmount == 100)
> {
> this._visible = false;
> }
> else
> {
> this._visible = true;
> }
> }
>