# Flash help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 10, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100 "2006-04-10T23:05:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![scaz182](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@scaz182](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scaz182)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/1 "2006-04-10T23:05:27Z")

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Hey,  
I have been trying for quite some time to create an effect similar to that of the polaroids in this website.

[http://www.frickina.com/home.aspx](http://www.frickina.com/home.aspx)

i am fairly new to flash and only hold basic knoledge. it would be great if anybody knew of atutorial to help me create this effect or had any tipson how to go about it. also would it bepossible to format the images into links.

Rich

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**Author:** ![windnai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc79bd/32.png) [@windnai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/windnai)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/2 "2006-04-10T23:54:26Z")

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What effect?

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**Author:** ![windnai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc79bd/32.png) [@windnai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/windnai)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/3 "2006-04-10T23:54:57Z")

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oh, the polaroids!

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**Author:** ![windnai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc79bd/32.png) [@windnai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/windnai)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/4 "2006-04-10T23:55:55Z")

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dunno. i cant think on how.

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**Author:** ![dave4lo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dave4lo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dave4lo)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/5 "2006-04-11T00:09:58Z")

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just 5 keyframes where a different picture is on top in each frame. on rollover it jumps to the particular frame.

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**Author:** ![devonair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@devonair](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/devonair)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/6 "2006-04-11T03:13:30Z")

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look up “MovieClip.swapDepths()”

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**Author:** ![suranija](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@suranija](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/suranija)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/7 "2006-04-11T10:25:36Z")

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yeah!!

Try using swapdepth on rollover…  
This must work.

Good Luck  
Sam

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**Author:** ![suranija](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@suranija](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/suranija)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/8 "2006-04-11T10:58:16Z")

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Hey !!! theres no need of any swap depths… just use frames and on rollover redirect them to the frame on which u have the current object placed on top…

Very Simple…

:flower:

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**Author:** ![scaz182](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@scaz182](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scaz182)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-help/185100/9 "2006-04-11T18:57:26Z")

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thanks verymuch suranija i think ive got it all sorted. was easier than i first thought!