# Still image "movie" flipbook - how would YOU do it?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/still-image-movie-flipbook-how-would-you-do-it/135907
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**Created:** [January 31, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/still-image-movie-flipbook-how-would-you-do-it/135907 "2005-01-31T21:01:59Z")
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### Author: ![xMetal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xMetal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xMetal)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/still-image-movie-flipbook-how-would-you-do-it/135907/1 "2005-01-31T21:01:59Z")

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Hello all,

I’m just curious to see how you guys might do something along the following lines. I’ve got something that mostly works, but fear it’s a bit hack-ish and also processor intensive.

Assume the following:

- you have a directory of sequantially named JPEGS (file1.jpg, file2.jpg … file50.jpg)
- assume you have an XML file that can define the sequence name and number of images
- you need to load these into flash, and provide Movie-like viewing features, including Play, Pause, and a slider bar that dynamically lets the user “scrub” through the image sequence

The key here is that these images “play back” like a movie with no flashing/refreshes/etc between images.

If there is something out there like that I can look at, cool, but I’m mainly looking for structural ideas that I can explore.

thanks kirupa-ites. 😃