Zoto Flash Albums

While at Zoto I developed a flash-based framework for custom photo album. This was a project that really could have benefited from Flex since the flash timeline was barely used (and could have been avoided completely). Instead I wrote a package of classes emulating java swing layouts (yah, Flex would have definitely been easier!) and effects to handle pagination and image transitions. The layouts were liquid so as the browser was resized the layouts would resize in kind.

Some of the features included support for custom fonts (dynamically loaded at runtime to keep the swf size down) a progressive image downloader so thumbnails were always available, a slideshow control, and the layout engine itself.

There were five different versions of the flash albums, each one had a slightly different layout, some centered, some left or right aligned, etc. You can see one of them below.

[Show as slideshow]