# Need help with a slide show project **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 3, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167 "2002-09-03T16:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CLoudStrife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@CLoudStrife](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CLoudStrife)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/1 "2002-09-03T16:22:29Z")
In my Slide Show i have the Clip appear and then fade. Is there a way to do that or is it better to be done as a graphic? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/2 "2002-09-03T18:48:22Z")
Put your images as a movie clip, use your next and previous buttons as movie clips. If your images are in a clip called main on your button you’d have: [COLOR=blue]on (release) { \_root.main.gotoAndStop(“image1”); }[/COLOR] or something along those lines above is very basic but a jist of what you could do. Or if you wanted the forwards and backwards impression use [COLOR=blue]\_root.main.gotoAndPlay(nextFrame());[/COLOR], etc. and have a [COLOR=blue]stop();[/COLOR] on each frame. Not clear? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/3 "2002-09-03T18:49:53Z")
ill try and see if i can do it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/4 "2002-09-03T20:39:31Z")
wait so i turn the Forward and backward button into movie clips? how do i move around ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/5 "2002-09-03T20:40:57Z")
I’m sorry, wasn’t thinking straight - you don’t need the buttons as movie clips. Just regular buttons. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/6 "2002-09-03T20:42:13Z")
Hey i can never get the root command to work. or any for that matter. Where do i go? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/7 "2002-09-03T20:45:50Z")
[COLOR=blue]\_root[/COLOR] just references the root level or main timeline. When issuing command to movie clips it’s easier to use the full path. It saves problems. I’ll try and post a simple fla. I’m busy working on a game that’s suddenly bugged out… Give me a couple of mins… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/8 "2002-09-03T20:49:00Z")
should image 1 be a graphic or a movie file? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/9 "2002-09-03T20:59:10Z")
Try this ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/10 "2002-09-03T21:03:01Z")
up there you said forward and backward button. I dont have any. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/11 "2002-09-03T21:06:06Z")
also for the slide show. i want the pictures to fade in and fade out ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/12 "2002-09-03T21:13:02Z")
If you check the fla file, you’ll see that there are 3 keyframes, one for each shape. You could do a tween from alpha 0 to 100% for each shape and make into a movie clip. Then place the movie clip in the keyframe instead of just the image. So you’d have the main image mc, with 3 mcs inside that, each with the tween. Does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/13 "2002-09-03T21:21:31Z")
i can move the circle around. but i cant get the other shapes. there is only one keyframe to begin with ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/14 "2002-09-03T21:24:28Z")
i got hte other shapes ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/15 "2002-09-03T22:49:12Z")
i think im close but after the tween then what? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/16 "2002-09-03T22:56:08Z")
I’ll need to see what you have so far… Can you post or email your fla? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/17 "2002-09-04T01:16:42Z")
no its too big ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/18 "2002-09-04T02:23:38Z")
Was it something like this you wanted. This is again just a quick simple version. It’s 3:21 am here. I’m an insomniac. Anyway here’s the fla View it with CTRL+12 not CTRL+ENTER else it’ll look strange. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-a-slide-show-project/5167/19 "2002-09-04T15:45:42Z")
yes this is what i wanted.