Mac Style PhotoFlip Gallery

August 26, 2007

If you like the intro featured on the AppleTV or enjoy the coverflow style galleries featured on Apple.com then you are going to like this next tutorial. This Photoshop + Flash tutorial will show you how to design a cool photo gallery as seen on AppleTV website and in many Mac application (ie. iTune, iPhone).

In fact, this tutorial is very easy to follow, all you need is some basic Photoshop and Flash skills. To complete this tutorial, you need Photoshop CS2+, Flash 8+, and a photoFlow component from Flashloaded.

The photoFlow Flash component displays multiple images with a stack effect, perspective and reflection. The images can be flipped by clicking on a specific image in the stack, using the supplied skinnable scrollbar, or scrolling the mousewheel. Images can be added or changed directly in the Component Inspector, through ActionScript or using an external XML file. The PhotoFlow plugin costs $59.95

Key Features

Easily update images using the Component Inspector, ActionScript or an XML file
Adjustable flip speed, spacing between stacked images and image size
Customizable perspective view and reflections
Option to flip images as a slideshow
Add links/hyperlinks to each image
ActionScript events to perform an action when an image has loaded, is selected, etc…
Images can be external or included in the library
Mouse wheel image flipping (Windows only)
Optionally display a name for each image
Option to set the number of images to preload
Option to automatically scale images to fit or to fill the defined size
Zoom in on selected image or on all images on mouse over
photoFlow can open on a pre-defined image
Customizable background color and opacity
Option to start flipping from left-to-right or right-to-left
Supports sound effects for image flipping
Built-in preloader
Light weight (weighs only 18kb with the scrollba