Simple gallery, need urgent help

Ok so I have this Image gallery which uses xml to load the images.

Its a really basic gallery, but I need to add a few things but have no idea where to start.

First off, I need the first image to be displayed when the movie is loaded.

Second, I would like the images to fade in when they load.

And thirdly I would like to have a loading bar for each image.

If anyone has any idea how to modify the script i am using to do these things

please let me know, or if anyone knows a source for a different thumbnail type gallery that would be awesome.

Thank you in advance.

(i have attached my fla file.)