# Photo Slideshow Help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-help/179137
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 16, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-help/179137 "2006-02-16T22:47:57Z")
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### Author: ![chanse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chanse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chanse)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-help/179137/1 "2006-02-16T22:47:57Z")

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I have been working with Kirupa’s “Photo Gallery Using XML and Flash” and have walked through the tutorial to get it to work with the exception of one thing. I am curious if the photos can **fade out** before the next photo **fades in**.

The action script is below… Any and all help is greatly appreciated. I’m new to actionscript. Thanks!

delay = 6000;  
//-----------------------  
function loadXML(loaded) {

if (loaded) {

xmlNode = this.firstChild;  
image = [];  
caption = [];  
description = [];  
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;  
for (i=0; i\<total; i++) {

image\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;  
caption\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;  
description\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;

}  
firstImage();

} else {

content = “”;

}

}  
xmlData = new XML();  
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;  
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;  
xmlData.load(“images.xml”);  
/////////////////////////////////////  
listen = new Object();  
listen.onKeyDown = function() {

if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {

prevImage();

} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {

nextImage();

}

};  
p = 0;  
this.onEnterFrame = function() {

filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();  
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();  
preloader.\_visible = true;  
if (loaded != filesize) {

preloader.preload\_bar.\_xscale = 100\*loaded/filesize;

} else {

preloader.\_visible = false;

if (picture.\_alpha\<100) {  
picture.\_alpha += 5;  
}  
}

};  
function nextImage() {

if (p\<(total-1)) {  
p++;  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
cap\_txt.text = caption[p];  
desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
slideshow();

}

}

}  
function prevImage() {

if (p\>0) {

p–;  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
cap\_txt.text = caption[p];  
desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();

}

}  
function firstImage() {

if (loaded == filesize) {

picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);  
cap\_txt.text = caption[p];  
desc\_txt.text = description[0];  
picture\_num();  
slideshow();

}

}  
function picture\_num() {

current\_pos = p+1;  
pos\_txt.text = current\_pos+" / "+total;

}  
function slideshow() {

myInterval = setInterval(pause\_slideshow, delay);  
function pause\_slideshow() {

clearInterval(myInterval);  
if (p == (total-1)) {

p = 0;  
firstImage();

} else {  
nextImage();  
}  
}  
}

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