huge slideshow based on xml

[gondwana]

Hi

I am quite new to flash but I managed to create a nice slide show using an external xml file. The Show is designed to be projected by a multimedia projector only at a resolution of 1600 x 1200 px. On top of this some images are "hupe" panorama that need to scroll horizontally (some up to 12000 px wide).

The presentation goes from one slide to another with caption text underneath and a big title to introduce each section, all in 1 frame controlled by actionscrips (including the trans effect).

Of course Flash does not like the big files!

I am only using flash for this job because of the xml import and actionscripts.

Is there any work around that limit? BTW, I am working on Mac.

Or is there another application -- such as DVD software -- that does the same kind of job based on an external xml file to load each images and replace the text on screen and fully scriptable?

Thanks for any help in that matter...

[NTD]

Hi,

Have you looked into modifying the built in slideshow template that comes with Flash? I did this for the version that was shipped with MX so that it could use external images. Maybe this demo will give you some ideas....

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=636289

[gondwana]

Hi

Thanks for your reply, but that's already what I am doing.

As explained previously, the limitations I found frusdtrating are the non-smooth fading-in and out of large images (1024x752px) and the impossibility to load very large images (panorama of 1024x10000px) to pan throught.

Is there any work around these limitations or another application that can read le list of images to show from an external xml file as flash?