Notable features

• Photos, videos or both

  SlideShowPro can load both photos and videos (FLV, or H.264 formats with latest Flash Player installed) in a slideshow. Inline media player provided with video.

• Resizable

  SlideShowPro fits into your existing site design. Large, small, tall or wide - you have total control over SlideShowPro's width and height.

• Pick a color, any color

  Need your slideshow to match your web site's color palette? No problem. Change the color of any interface item with the eyedropper.

• Attach hyperlinks

  Load a new web page, a larger version of a photo, a pop-up window, or any URL you want by attaching hyperlinks to your slideshow content.

• Unlimited content

  Whether you have one album or a hundred, SlideShowPro can handle thousands of assets and neatly organizes all your content in one place.

• Auto-playback

  Customizable transition pause and length for photos. Videos can automatically switch to next piece of content upon completion.

• Smart preloading

  Load images one at a time to conserve bandwidth, or load them all at once for a faster user experience. It's up to you.

• Add music or narration

  Tell a story or set the mood with streaming MP3 audio. Assign an MP3 file to your album and it'll playback alongside your photos.

• Full screen mode

  See that button at the far right? Click it! SlideShowPro can jump in and out of full screen mode without stopping playback.

• Customizable buttons

  Want to remove certain navigation buttons? Or replace them with your own? You can setup any MovieClip in your FLA to replace a button.

• Built-in image formatting

  Photos or video not the same size as SlideShowPro? No problem. They can be scaled proportionally or cropped to fit the component.

• Multiple transitions

  Choose from Cross Fade, Fade to Background, Photo Flash, Lens, or a variety of Wipe directions for smooth photo/video transitions.

How it works

What's in the box

SlideShowPro for Flash is distributed in two forms: an extension for Flash (see requirements top right) and as a standalone, customizable SWF for web developers without Flash. Both are included in the single purchase. The product comes with full documentation, customization tips, access to the members-only account center for product demos, and free support.

Using in Flash

ABOVE: SlideShowPro in Live Preview mode, ready for editing.

Adding SlideShowPro for Flash to an FLA is easy. Simply drag it to the Stage from the Components Panel, and an instance will be created displaying a live preview (shown left). The preview updates as you change the dimensions, color, and visibility of inline elements. And to aid those who are creating their own content (and not using SlideShowPro Director or one of our extras), the preview displays target dimensions as well. The extension also gives ActionScript developers access to the component's API for extra customization and control.

Countless formatting options

ABOVE: Component Inspector Panel

Over 100 customization options are available through Flash's Component Inspector Panel (shown right). The single interface allows you total control over which elements to include, what color / transparency elements should be, as well as how you'd like your slideshow to playback. When assigning colors, the panel provides a handy eyedropper palette to select any swatch.

XML driven

ABOVE: XML document being edited in TextMate

The "glue" between SlideShowPro for Flash and the photos, videos and textual data it loads is XML. When using either the extension or standalone version without SlideShowPro Director (or one of our free batch-export extras), you create the requisite XML file in any text or HTML editor. If you've never created an XML file before, it's very straightforward, and we provide full instructions for doing so.

If using the standalone version, all of SlideShowPro for Flash's properties are controlled through an external XML file that's already been created for you. Download comes with documentation detailing all available options for every parameter that can be modified.

Embed just about anywhere

When published, you simply upload the files Flash creates to your web site. You can also take the SWF Flash publishes and embed it inside of a separate HTML document, or load it into a Flash movie. SlideShowPro will work from any HTML document that allows you to embed Flash Player code.

See it in action!

Want to learn more? Watch this screencast video to see a simple slideshow built using the SlideShowPro for Flash extension.