Free Flash CS3 Tutorial Galeri Foto

In this tutorial, we will create a photo gallery using the Flash CS3 Photo Slideshow template.

If you are a beginner you please ensure that you have gone through the Flash CS3 Tutorial before attempting this.

You might also be interested in professionally designed Flash photo galleries (create and manage your flash photo galleries without having to learn Flash), FlashLoaded Photo Components and Wondershare Flash Album Studio.

You can download a 30 day trial version of Flash from the Adobe.com website.

1. Create a new Flash document choosing the existing Photo slideshow template.
   
   File > New > Templates tab > 'Photo Slideshows' Category > 'Modern Photo Slideshow' Template
   
   
   
   
2. A fully functional photo album with some default photos will open.
   
   
   
   
3. Test the file to see how it works
   
   Control > Test Movie
   
   
4. Save the Flash document, giving it a name.
   
   File > Save
   
   
5. Open the Library
   
   Window > Library
   
   
   
6. Open the the 'photos' folder.
   
   
7. Double click a photo to get the'Bitmap Properties' window.
   
   
   
   
   
8. Click the 'Import' button and import your photo. It will replace the default image. The photo album is designed to show photos of the dimension 640x480 pixels so ensure your photos are of those dimensions.
   
   
9. Repeat the proceedure for the the other photos.
   
   
10. Select the first frame in the captions layer of the timeline. The default caption for the first photo will get selected. You can see it at the bottom of the stage area.
    
    
    
    
11. Double click on the caption and edit the text to the caption of your photo. Repeat for all captions.
    
    

Congratulations! Your Photo Gallery is ready!

To Add an Extra Photo

The template comes with a default of 4 photos. If you have more than 4 photos follow these steps:

1. Insert a new set of frames after the last frame on each layer
   
   Click on the frame title of the last frame > Insert > Timeline > Frame
   
   
2. Insert keyframes in the new frames on the layers entitled 'Captions' and 'picture layer'.
   
   Click on the frame > Insert > Timeline > Keyframe
   
   
3. Import the extra photo into the library and then put it into the 'photos' folder.
   
   - File > Import > Import to Library
   - Open the Library Window > Drag the new photo into the 'photos' folder
   
   
   
4. In the timeline, click on the last keyframe of the 'picture layer'. Then click on the photo in the stage. The photo will get selected and it will be a duplicate of the photo in the previous frame.
   
   
5. Swap it with the new photo in the Properties window.
   
   In the 'Properties' window, click the 'Swap' button > Select the new photo in the 'Swap Bitmap' window that opens up > Click OK
   
   
   
   
6. Change the caption for the photo.
   
   
7. Test the photo album and repeat the process for all the extra photos you want to add.

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