how to setup a Desaturation Tween

Hey dude, sorry for the late reply.. I been hell busy lately.

Thanx for all your help, you really saved me a whole lot of time. MUCH APPRECIATED
I got it all to work just fine, even the loading of each image.
Only thing that is abit off is, while it's loading, it displays NaN% or stops on a loaded number if the mouse doesnt move.
But everyone moves their mouse all over the place, so i hope no one notices. =)

anyway, it works thats all that matters.
Thanx dude.

that looks ok.

there's thread starting about exactly this issue. it involves using an _alpha transition to fade out a previously loaded swf while the current loaded fades in.

the xml doesn't have anything to do with the preloader your going to make. you're just getting the data about the image names etc from the xml file.

in your released() function you're loading the large images. it's after you execute the loadMovie() in release that you'll start your preloader looping to check the load progress of the large images. when a large image has completed loading you can start your transition from the previously loaded large image (if there was one) to the current large image.

in order to have a smooth transition effect you'll need to alternate between two target movieclips. one that will contain the previously loaded large image and one that will contain the current one.

ohh ok, yeah thats something i should remember.

ok, i've removed the onEnterFrame from the for loop, and replaced your initial setInterval() in the onLoad function outside the for loop.

( if theres anything else that needs changing, tell me, this is my first time working with XML, and my first time working on a code this in-depth )

so how doi set up a preloader, when using XML to load pics?
do i need to get the pic info from the XML itself, or can Flash read all the info while the pics are getting loaded?

give me just an " idea " of how it should work...i wanna see if i can atleast do this by myself.. =)

hmm... oops..

to tell you the truth, i was kinda only guessing.. I figured that initialiseF() was the one starting everything by setting up the hit area.

I havent done the out() and release() functions yet... i just wanted to get all the loading done first, so i added it to the over() function.

i'll change the initialiseF() and spinF() functions around.
and paste the new code after.

where's your released() function? that's the one that's loading the larger images and needs to use a preloader.

and what's in initializeF() that you need to call repeatedly? did you rename the spinF() to initializeF()?

the spinF() you will call repeatedly, but you only need one loop to do that.

You proud of me?? =P

yeah the hit area is out of wack there...but when i load that page into the template, the hit area is just on the front thumbs.
Thats what i was saying before, about the results of the math changing when i load it into another .swf
also, when i load it into the template swf, only the bottom part of the hit area responds... but who cares..you cant see the area anyway..

umm. im using loadMovie();
is that bad?
i'll paste the code in a fresh post..

you'll need the preloader to know when to initiate the transition function.

yeah thats the only way i know of doing it. But i think this Topic im looking for had some sort of function that, no matter what comes into a movieClip ( the holder ) it will play some transition before displaying the image..

but it may be like you said and it has a preloader with listener to trigger the effects.

It might be a good idea to have a preloader for each pic anyway, cuz i hate waiting for loading if it takes a long time...other people might feel like me too =)

is making a preloader the same if im loading from XML file?
never thought about that.

anyway, it's just about 4:30...Soccer is about to start. =P
stupid Live games have to play so early in the morning..

neway... Thanx for all your help today, and im sorry if im a pain ( cuz im such a newbie ) =P
I really appreciate you helping me out so much =)