In actionscript 3, is there a "next best thing to 3D"?

Hello all,

I’ve got some objects that I’m trying to colorize, or more importantly, load colored images of. These objects have been shot at four angles - front, back, left and right.

Is there any technique in AS 3, if I created buttons that said “front”, “back”, “left” and “right”, that one could click on an object, customize it and then see how it looks at all four angles without having to worry about the 3D camera class? Let me elaborate on this - If I call up an photo on screen, then click on a button that says “red”, I have a photograph of that object run through a red color filter (in Photoshop, not Flash) that is loaded.

What I’d like to do would be to have the .swf files of the red object shot in the four angles load simultaneously, with only the front showing and the other three invisible. Then when one clicks the “left” button, the .swf file loads containing the left side photograph, etc.

Is there a name for this technique that I can research? I know there has to be a precedent.

TIA.