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Improving the ImageManager class

March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

The ImageManager class, introduced in the last post, has been modified to expand its usability.  In the first iteration, the id of the image displayed was contained internally and could not be used by an outside function or class; in the modified version the current image id is announced to external event listeners via a custom [...]

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Using a fly transition to load images: the ImageManager class

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

The ImageManager class displays a series of images with the transition from one image to the next actuated by a mouse click.  Otherwise hidden next and previous arrows are displayed when the mouse is hovered over the image – clicking on the right half of the image navigates to the next image and clicking on the [...]

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Using the GridLoader Class with Paging: PageManager Class

November 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · AS3 Custom Classes

In the last post, I introduced the GridLoader class which loads a grid of thumbnail images. The settings defining the grid and list of thumbnails are defined in a XML file. In this posting, the PageManager class is used to add a paging function to the grid. The number of pages and [...]

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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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Loading Scrolling Thumbnails: ThumbnailScroller Class

September 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

The ThumbnailScrollerFromArray class displays a user specified number of vertically aligned thumbnails and employs a scrollbar to bring others into view. Arrays are used to define the arrangement of the thumbnails, the scrollbar and the url’s and titles of the thumbnails.

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Building a slideshow: ThumbnailLoaderFromArray Class

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · AS3 Custom Classes

This post combines the ThumbnailLoaderFromArray class with the ImageViewerFromArray class to construct a slideshow.
Two arrays are created, the first thumbsArray, is created defining the urls of the thumbnails displayed, their widths and heights; the second array, imagesArray, holds the same data for the larger images.

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