SlideShowPro News

02.28.08  |  SlideShowPro for Lightroom 1.1.4 released

This release keeps the Lightroom version in sync with Flash, plus fixes a vertical alignment problem when not using the wet floor effect.

Registered users can download here if interested.

02.28.08  |  SlideShowPro for Flash 1.7.4 released

This fixes a drawing issue with a few parameters when assigned values via ActionScript, plus a crazy conflict when using the component in FLAs that have Arial embedded in dynamic text fields (ahhh Flash, you crazy devil).

Registered users can download here if interested.

02.26.08  |  Trials available across the board

After far longer than I’d care to admit, we finally have a free, fully functional trial of SlideShowPro for Flash for people to download, test out, and kick around. Containing both the Flash extension and the standalone version (in SWF form), the trial is exactly like the real product except it’s limited in the amount of content it can load (three pieces of content total).

With that, all three of our products now offer free trials for new users to try out. This isn’t exactly useful news for existing users, but hey. Better late than never, as they say.

02.25.08  |  SlideShowPro for Lightroom 1.1.3 released

This update brings the Lightroom version up to the latest build of SlideShowPro, plus throws in a couple of small updates, including more accurate vertical centering when using the wet floor effect, and a modification to the loader.swf and index.html files so that the path/file name of “param.xml” can be modified through FlashVars if necessary.

02.25.08  |  SlideShowPro for Flash 1.7.3 released

A patch update that fixes a few full screen related issues, plus a little glitchy issue when calling the nextImage() / previousImage() methods repeatedly. The standalone version was also updated in this release to support dynamically assigning the path to “param.xml” in case developers need to assign a file with a different name or location. If interested, you can read the full update notes here.

02.22.08  |  Shannon Jensen

It’s always interesting to see what Flash developers who know their way around ActionScript can do with SlideShowPro for Flash, and photographer Shannon Jensen is no exception. Shannon’s portfolio uses SlideShowPro, but you won’t see the component anywhere. Instead, Shannon is hiding SlideShowPro and leveraging the data and imagery it loads from SlideShowPro Director to construct her own navigation and playback system (based on the experimental “Filmstrip” demo we offer on the SlideShowPro for Flash download page). Shannon is also dynamically resizing imagery according to the browser window size by manipulating the size of the (unseen) SlideShowPro for Flash instance. And to top it all off, some really great photography in there as well. In all, one of the more creative (and advanced) uses of the component around.

02.18.08  |  SlideShowPro for Flash 1.7.2 Released

This release squashes an album switching / video bug, plus a problem with requesting “Crop to Fit All” content from Director when using the “Fullscreen” Content Format option. Also modified the behavior of “Video Auto Start” so that when set to “Off,” the preview is treated like regular slideshow content and can be rotated in auto-playback mode just like imagery. Clicking a video play button stops playback and plays the video.

The one thing that’s new is the formal addition of the export/import JSFL commands I wrote about recently, which have been updated since that initial beta to prevent versions of Flash earlier than CS3 from running the scripts, plus better error handling when an instance of SlideShowPro for Flash can’t be found on the FLA Stage.

While I was playing around with JSFL, I went ahead and threw a third command into the install package that does one simple (but time saving) thing — grabs SlideShowPro for Flash from the Components Panel, places it on the Stage, aligns it to the top left (0,0), assigns an instance name of “my_ssp”, and renames the timeline layer it sits on to “ssp”. Pretty handy if you find yourself creating as many FLAs as I do.

Update can be downloaded from the SlideShowPro for Flash download page.

02.15.08  |  SlideShowPro for Lightroom 1.1.2 Released

This update patches an issue from the previous update where link previews weren’t using the correct size (as assigned through Thumb Width/Height). Recommended for anyone who’s using 1.1.1 and non-default values for link previews.

02.15.08  |  Lazarides Design + Construction

Home builder Lazarides Design + Construction is using SlideShowPro on their web site to showcase their portfolio of architectural work, which includes a wide variety of luxury home styles. LD+C uses the Album Preview “Fill” style to show a large example of each style, plus titling inside the image. They also swapped out the default navigation of SlideShowPro with their own custom buttons that match the color / style of their web site. Great looking site overall as well.

02.14.08  |  Twitter user? Follow SSP.

Perhaps you’ve heard of Twitter. If so, chances are you have an account and use it to keep up with friends, news and whatever else you fancy. So to keep Twitter users in touch with all things SSP, today we added a Twitter profile that automatically receives published news from here on the site, and will be updated from time to time with random links and things that don’t necessarily warrant a news post here.

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