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Entries from October 25th, 2009

Loading a Grid of Thumbnails: GridLoader Class

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

The GridLoader loads a series of thumbnail images in a user specified grid of rows and columns.   If either the row or the column setting is set to 1, the class resembles the earlier ThumbnailScroller and ThumbnailSifter classes.   Differences between this class and the others is the method with which hidden images are made visible; [...]

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Improving the ImageRollover Class: Applying a ColorFilterMatrix

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

In a earlier post, I introduced the ImageRollover class. This post describes a variation of the original with an additional function that uses an Actionscript 3 ColorMatrixFilter to programmatically generate the second desaturated, gray-scale image – saving an additional trip to Photoshop.

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Shifting Thumbnails with Tweened Movement: ThumbnailShifter Class

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

The ThumbnailShifter class, like previous variations, displays a limited number of thumbnails through a mask and uses a pair of buttons to move hidden thumbnails into view. The class relies on a XML file for all user-defined settings and list of thumbnails.

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Loading the ThumbnailScroller from XML: ThumbnailScrollerXML Class

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

In this latest variation of the ThumbnailScroller class a XML file is used to supply the class with its requisite parameters. In place of the three arrays used previously, a single parameter – the path to the XML file – is required.  A sample file is shown below    

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Improving the ThumbnailScroller Class: Adding a Horizontal Layout Option

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

The ThumbnailScroller class has been modified so that it can generate either a vertical or horizontal layout. A new parameter format has been added to the array gridArray (see line 9 below). Legal values for format are VER or HOR (all caps).

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