Not your average photo gallery transition

[gina]

Please can someone give me aclue as to how to create the transitions between photographs as seen here.

http://www.ijusi.co.za/interview_pics.html

This is not your usual photo transition but i really like it and would like to find out how to do it.
I know some basic action scripting.

Thanks!
Gina

[JacobHaug]

Looks like just a fancy motion tween to me. If you want I could make a sample file for you to look at. If you want a sample file, please reply requesting for one.

[gina]

Hello Jacob!
Thank you so much for replying. A motion tween you say. I kind of thought that and tried something like it but with not much success. A sample file would be fantastic! Yes please!

Thanks again...
Gina

[JacobHaug]

I will post one up tomorrow, you are the next person on my, make a flash file list...lol

[gina]

Thanks Jacob, looking forward to it!
Gina

[JacobHaug]

I will have something up here very soon, I promise!! Sorry I have been really busy, but I have some time off from work, so I should be able to get something up here soon. If I don't have something up by Friday, or have not commented reply, that way the thread sends me an email, and puts it back at the top. That way I will remember, I will get to it soon!!

[gina]

okay thanks, Jacob
I will be patient. Until Friday!
Gina

[JacobHaug]

Ok Friday, coming soon...lol

I will post again Friday. Just keeping the tread at the top...lol

[gina]

good morning, jacob
Hope you had a good weekend! You havent forgotten about me have you?

Gina

[JacobHaug]

No, of course I haven’t forgotten about you...But umm I don't really remember what I was going to do for you, but I haven’t forgotten. The above link does not work anymore, so I don't remember the effect I was going to recreate.

[gina]

Oh good!
This is the link agian




http://www.ijusi.co.za/interview_pics.html

Gina

[JacobHaug]

This is the best I can do for now. I did not do the third button, as I was in a hurry. But here you go, you get the picture. You can add on to, and edit this and improve upon it any way you like. Here is the URL to the file.

http://www.jacobhaug.com/webforumz/f...ps/gallary.zip

[gina]

Thanks very much, Jacob!
That gives me good start...
Have a great day...

Gina

[JacobHaug]

Your welcome. Glad I could help!!

[gina]

Good morning, Jacob
Thanks for your file. I used it to create a gallery with about 12 images and it works well.
But just one thing, if I am on Image #9 say and I click on # 3 button, how do I make it scroll through all the images from 9 back to 3? (Because at the moment it just clicks back, without 'scrolling' )
As seen here http://www.ijusi.co.za/interview_pics.html which really is the essence of the gallery. It must be an action script command but which one! Can you help?

Thanks! Have agreat weekend..
Gina

[JacobHaug]

Honestly, I did not even look at the gallery long enough to notice that effect. But if I had of noticed that effect, I would have set the Fla file up differently. This effect would be easiest achieved by....making an (if) statement that would say something like...

User clicks picture_3, and is currently on picture_5...

If the user is on picture_5, then reverse the playhead and continue to the specified picture (picture_3).
Then just repeat for the other pictures...

If the user is on picture_1, then continue to the specified picture (picture_3).
If the user is on picture_2, then continue to the specified picture (picture_3).
If the user is on picture_3, then do nothing (picture_3).
If the user is on picture_4, then reverse the playhead and continue to the specified picture (picture_3).
If the user is on picture_5, then reverse the playhead and continue to the specified picture (picture_3).

Sounds hard, and really it is. You would have about a two page (if) statement. But that is the easiest way it can be done, as far as I can think of at the moment. Also, I hate to say it, that photo gallery is a pretty hard one to make, as you can tell from my crappie sample file. I spent about ten minutes on it and that was the best I could come up with. If one of my clients asked for this type of effect, I would probably spend about a week perfecting everything on it.

Hope this helped, and Good Luck!!

[gina]

Thanks, Jacob

I know, its not as easy as it first appears. I will try the IF statement, thank you for all your help...
Have a great day!

Gina

[JacobHaug]

Glad I could help!!

[gina]

Hi jacob

Regarding the if statment..i understand what this does however how do I write the condition that tells it where the user is
AND
How do I tell it to reverse the playhead?

Say the user is on pic_5 and he clicks back to pic 1
if (user is on picture_5 ie frame 54) then reverse playhead to pic_1 ie frame 2 ??
I suppose i have to use identifers right?

This is hard! You're right.

Gina

[JacobHaug]

It will be really hard, and you are just getting started. Reverse frame code by macromedia, will only take you back to the previous frame. So if you are on frame 33 then it would take you to 32. You would need to tell it to go to and play a certain frame. That would be a reversed motion. Sorry I forgot about the reverse frame thing. You might be able to accomplish the reverse frame and play, but I don't know the code to get it to continue. Check the actionscript dictionary.

This might be something you would want to wait on, until you are a little more advanced in actionscript. I could do it, but it would probably take me a week or two...if that makes you feel better. Try something simple...to start with, then work your way up to advanced. Good Luck!!