# Newbie: Help with Slideshow Tut. please

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help-with-slideshow-tut-please/186492>\
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**Created:** [April 21, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help-with-slideshow-tut-please/186492 "2006-04-21T17:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Glesga\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Glesga\_Boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Glesga_Boy)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help-with-slideshow-tut-please/186492/1 "2006-04-21T17:12:25Z")

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Dear All,  
I’m not sure if I’ve posted in the right place or if this question is elsewhere on the forum (couldn’t find any), but I am looking for some help with the Slideshow Tutorial. I like the self playing version.

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_slideshow.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_slideshow.htm)

It’s a great tutorial but I can’t seem to get the path right when adding my own images. Could someone please give me an example of a path where an image would be located say on the Desktop or in a folder.  
Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![jdesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jdesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jdesign)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help-with-slideshow-tut-please/186492/2 "2006-04-22T00:22:13Z")

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Hi you just edit the xml.

Example :

\<images\>  
\<pic\>  
\<image\>imagesfolder/example.jpg\</image\>  
\<caption\>example\</caption\>  
\</pic\>  
\</images\>

This means there is a folder named “imagesfolder” and inside it there is a jpg file called imagesfolder.  
The swf file is in the same level as the images folder.

so it’s like this

-Root  
-swf file  
-imagesfolder  
-\>example.jpg

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**Author:** ![Glesga\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Glesga\_Boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Glesga_Boy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help-with-slideshow-tut-please/186492/3 "2006-04-24T09:45:08Z")

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Thanks JDesign,  
It’s up and running now. I didn’t have the path right.  
Cheers.

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**Author:** ![Glesga\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Glesga\_Boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Glesga_Boy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help-with-slideshow-tut-please/186492/4 "2006-04-24T12:16:54Z")

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Ok,  
I’ve added my images and I’ve managed to change the Alpha on the images as they appear so that they appear slower with more time fading in. What I can’t do now is alter the alpha on the image going out.  
I am tying to get the images to fade in and then fade out slowly. Does anyone know how to manipulate the code so the image on the way out fades slower?  
Cheers.