# Soft and shiny photographs **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534 "2004-07-19T11:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pacno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pacno](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pacno)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/1 "2004-07-19T11:16:43Z")
Hi, I wonder if anybody knows a tutorial to manipulate pics like this: [http://www.advgroup.it/simoncioni/home.htm](http://www.advgroup.it/simoncioni/home.htm) The background images are so shiny and soft - is it just blur…? Help needed! :pa: ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/2 "2004-07-20T00:23:45Z")
I still dont get what you don’t understand with the preloader. Here’s the deal. You load the external swf in a MC which is located under the ‘door’ MC… So that once the loading is finished, all you have to do is play your ‘door’ anim, until you see your section. Quite frankly i’ve never done external preloading before but I don’t think this should be a problem at all… ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/3 "2004-07-20T06:53:25Z")
I’m not really good in actionscripting…I always put the preloader in the same swf which must be loaded. I never used it before in different timelines/swf movies. Do you have an example fla or any actionscript resources for this? It would help a lot I found this but I still don’t get it, do I have to build a prelaoder mc…?:-/ [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader\_transition.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm) Cheers ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/4 "2004-07-20T08:37:58Z")
well, for the doors thing, you just need to create the doors with the preloader movieclip on the door… the animation for the doors will make the preloader move with them (as it’s on the door) and then the new .swf will be revealed. i’m not sure what you mean by your last line, “A loader, that loads external .swf’s” … because that’s what preloaders are for - waiting while you load external content. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/5 "2004-07-20T10:04:18Z")
> i’m not sure what you mean by your last line, “A loader, that loads external .swf’s” … because that’s what preloaders are for - waiting while you load external content. > Not necessarily; you can load contents from the same swf file… pacno im sorry to say this, but you should search the forums because preloading external files has been asked many times before. Once you find the code; Im willing to help with example animations =)… ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/6 "2004-07-20T15:58:34Z")
Thanks, I’ll go digging… :bandit: ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/7 "2004-07-20T16:02:52Z")
> [@iLikePie](#): > > well, for the doors thing, you just need to create the doors with the preloader movieclip on the door… the animation for the doors will make the preloader move with them (as it’s on the door) and then the new .swf will be revealed. > > i’m not sure what you mean by your last line, “A loader, that loads external .swf’s” … because that’s what preloaders are for - waiting while you load external content. me again…I put the preloader into the external swf, not in the “main” swf??? :q: ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/8 "2004-07-20T16:54:55Z")
nope, you’ll need to put the preloader inside the main swf. You’ll load the external swf, and the preloader will check the loading status. I’ve never done it myself; I’ll try to create a script tomorrow… Im off to parteh tonight… cheers mlk ---
**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:** [July 20, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/9 "2004-07-20T17:26:38Z")
I appreciate your help mlk 😊 ---
**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:** [July 21, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/10 "2004-07-21T12:59:15Z")
that tute you posted a few posts back is an easy way to build a preloading site… it’s what i used for my first one. Just try going through step by step, reading all the bits carefully and you should be alright. Make sure you’ve downloaded the .fla they give you of course, as it has the basic layout for you… ---
**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:** [July 21, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-and-shiny-photographs/116534/11 "2004-07-21T13:08:37Z")
> [@iLikePie](#): > > that tute you posted a few posts back is an easy way to build a preloading site… it’s what i used for my first one. Just try going through step by step, reading all the bits carefully and you should be alright. Make sure you’ve downloaded the .fla they give you of course, as it has the basic layout for you… I’ll work it thrue…maybe I need a rest :hangover: - more sleep and fresh air :crazy: If I still don’t understand it - may I ask again? 😊 Hey I saw you’re from melbourne - I have some friends there - greetings to the wonderful australia