Merge photo slideshow with photo gallery

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I am currently working on a website to display photos and have found kirupa’s tutorial using the slideshow method very helpful. But I want the added user flexibility to stop the slideshow or skip to another image in the slide-show sequence at any time. So, if you can envision entering the site, a portfolio of images starts to cycle while the user can see what image number he/she is on and skip to or pause the slideshow. I’m not very code savvy and would love some help/ideas where to find help!