Thmbnail gallery with ripple effect

programming flash
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Hello,

I’ve recently followed this tutorial to create a thumbnail gallery

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm

However I’d like to now create a ripple effect when each image loads/appears.

I’m managed to get the effect to partly work by loading the image into another movie clip and then masking like this.

 
 
function firstImage() {
 if (loaded == filesize) {
  picture._alpha = 0;
  picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
  _root.ripple.picture1.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
  desc_txt.text = description[0];
  picture_num();
 }
}

The problem is that I cant seem to control the size or alpha of the loaded image.

Could anyone explain how to do this or tell me if I’ve approched this in the wrong way?

Thanks
aow