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help with photos in flash

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  • 28-10-2009 9:51am
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    kgpixels
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭


    I'm planning to revamp my site at the moment and considering using flash in the banners to get an effect like on this site . . .

    http://www.concrawood.ie/
    http://www.concrawood.ie/Fishing

    I have little knownledge of flash so would be starting from scratch.
    Whats that effect actually called? So I could maybe google for the code. .


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    It's called "panning", and you can actually achieve it without Flash if you load an image as the background to a div and then animate the background position.


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    kgpixels
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭kgpixels


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    It's called "panning", and you can actually achieve it without Flash if you load an image as the background to a div and then animate the background position.

    Thanks Liam.

    I can animate the position using CSS?


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    [Deleted User]
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    jQuery (a javascript library) can do this for you. Look at
    http://www.gruppo4.com/~tobia/cross-slide.shtml

    It is easy to do in flash too, but javascript is built into browsers - you don't have to rely on your end user having downloaded the flash browser plugin.


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    kgpixels wrote: »
    Thanks Liam.

    I can animate the position using CSS?

    You can set the initial position using CSS, and then use JavaScript to animate it.

    It's easy to do ( have done it on a few sites, including http://www.textileprint.ie/gallery.php?section=class%20hoodies ); the core jQuery library makes it simple to do.

    The "CrossSlide" jQuery add-on/plugin linked above is overkill if the "pan" is all you want to do.....that said, it's got a few other cool options and would make it easier to do if you're a complete newbie.


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