FotoTILE CS Quick Start

Author: Digicrafts
Last Update: 09/04/2008
FotoTILE CS Quick Start

1. Import a photoFLIP component.

Open the "Components Panel", menu "Windows > Components".
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Drag the FotoTile CS on the stage from the Components Panel and resize it when needed.
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Select the FotoTile CS on the stage and name it with instance name, said "fototilecs_mc".
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2. Fill in the necessary parameter.

Open the Component Inspector, menu "Windows > Component Inspector".
source
In the source page, fill in the source URL in the XML created.
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!!Important!! Due to crossdomain security issue in Flash Player 9+. You must fill in the proxy script here in order to make FotoTILE CS function correctly for cross domain access. You can download the proxy script and get more information here, Server-side proxy method. If your PhotoFLIP and photo are under the same domain, it is no need to fill in the proxy field.


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Loading option
Use the thumnail in the xml - Use the thumbnail image to build the FotoTILE.
Auto start after loaded - start automatically after source changed.
Preloading image before start - Preloading all images before start.
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Dimension
You can define the dimension of the FotoTILE here.
Column Count - Number of tile in horizontal.
Column Width - Width of each cell.
Row Count - Number of tile in vertical.
Row Height - Height of each cell.
Cell Spacing - Gap between each cell.

 

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3D Position
In the 3D page, you can define the position of the FotoTILE in 3D space.

 

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Camera - Set the 3D camera position.
Position - Set the 3D position of the FotoTile.
Rotation - Set the 3D rotation of the FotoTile.

 

Interactive
In the interactive page, you can define the motion and interaction of the FotoTILE CS.
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Scrolling - Set option for scrolling
Item Action - Set the behaviour of items.
External Control - Set the UI use to control the FotoTile

 

3. Test the movie.

Press Ctrl+Enter or menu "Control > Test Movie" to start testing the menu.

 

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