Flash Book Advice?

I want to make Flash audio slideshows. I’ve got the Mindy McAdams book “Flash Journalism”, which was a great starter to get me going with Flash, but it didn’t get me all the way to a slide show that a) has smooth faded transitions which b) synchronize to an audio file, c) loads seamlessly for the user, and d) is easy to update with new material (her book covered each of those aspects, but never in a way that they were all put together in one project). Does anyone have recommendations for a follow-up book (or website) on Flash and Actionscripting?

Thanks,

Rob

by Rob Strong at Thu May 25 00:03:19 UTC 2006 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Key West, Florida, United States | Bookmark this | Digg this |

Rob,

Here is a link to software that will put the slideshow together for you.

http://www.soundslides.com/

Take it easy,
Patrick

by Patrick Cummings | 25 May 2006 00:05 | Austin, TX, United States |

www.theflashblog.com
www.gotoandlearn.com
www.slideshowpro.net – a great component
www.interactivenarratives.com
www.actionscript.com
www.actionscript.org
www.kirupa.com
www.flashloaded.com
www.flashkit.com
www.flashguru.co.uk/

these are my votes. for an easy component (that requires flash), slideshowpro is great. for incorporating audio, soundslides.com is where it’s really at.
hope this helps.

by C.S. Stanley | 25 May 2006 10:05 | Chiang Mai, Thailand |

Holy crap, I could have saved the $50 I spent on that book and the weekend I spent reading it if I had known about Soundslides.com! That’s precisely what I was trying to make from scratch.

Rob

by Rob Strong | 25 May 2006 12:05 | Key West, Florida, United States |

You might want to look into showitweb as well. Great piece of software, runs fast and clean and creates shows that look like you spent a ton of time on them.

http://www.showitfast.com/

Good luck

by Michael J. Mc Crystal | 02 Jun 2006 16:06 | Tampa, Florida, United States |