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Accordion V1


How to: Resize the swf file and use different sized images


I'll asume:
  • You already have Flash CS3 or Flash 8 installed. If you use Flash 8, note there's a different FLA file in the source folder. Open that instead of the one from the video below.


  • You have a text editor for XML files. I use Coda, and I'm on the MAC. It doesn't matter what you use and if you are on Windows or not.

  • You are at least familiar with Flash. I navigate pretty fast through the files. Hope I can keep that speed in all my future videos. :)

  • You know how to resize and crop your images. In this video I've done that previously, and also wrote the new image width and height in the html, before I record the video, here:



    It's mandatory for all images to be the same width. The height can be anything you want, but you might want to use the same height as the swf file height. It looks better. :)
    Why don't you do that resizing now, and also make sure you change the XML file parameters (imageWidth and imageHeight) to your new image width and height.

  • You already modified the accordion.xml file with your text and images. This video is about resizing only.




    • Resize

    In the video below, I will resize the swf file you receive when you buy Accordion V1 from FlashDen, to 375 x 192. For this you need to follow my steps exactly.
    Note: the images can have a different width, and height. It's recommended to use the same height though.






    Contact

    Thank you for your time. Please contact me at flashden@andreipotorac.com for any questions.