By using a Flash Gallery you can create slide shows efficiently. All you need is, access to a computer system and related software to customize. Below is a very nice and attractive collection of flash xml galleries . Review the list of Free Flash Galleries. Most of them are dynamic and use a XML file to load the pictures and an action script file to customize the effects if needed.

Flash Gallery 0.2

Flash Gallery is a Free, simple photo gallery built in Macromedia Flash 2004, that uses XML files to store the information about which images to display. The gallery is easy to configure and update since you need to change only the XML file.

It may be used in any kinds of personal and/or commercial projects. Flash Gallery may not be redistributed or resold to other companies or third parties.

Website: http://www.flashgallery.org

Demo: http://www.flashgallery.org/demo.html

Download: http://www.flashgallery.org/download.php

Airtight Interactive

Some great Flash work from Airtight Interactive.

1- Simple Viewer

SimpleViewer is a free, customizable Flash image viewing application.

Features:

Intelligent image pre-loading.
Intuitive image navigation
Lightweight (17k).
Customizable interface – Set text color, frame color and width, navigation position.
Resizable interface – Interface scales to fit browser window.
Cross platform – Windows/Macintosh/Linux (requires Flash 8 or higher).
Flash 8 detection. Users without Flash 8 are messaged to upgrade Flash.
International font support.
Keyboard Navigation (Cursor keys, Home, End, Page Up/Down)
Mousewheel navigation
Optionally right-click to open image in a new window.
Free!

Website: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/

Demo:

• Hi-Res Demo - Full-browser, no captions.
• Lo-Res Demo – Full-browser, captions, background image.
• Small Format Demo - Embedded in HTML page.

Download: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/simpleviewer.zip

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SmartMarkUP is a flexible & lightweight JavaScript library that turns any textarea into a markup editor.

It can be configured to edit HTML, CSS, XML, Wiki syntax & BBCode.

The library is unobtrusive & degrades gracefully if JavaScript is disabled.

SmartMarkUP has a simple and powerful API. Styles can be changed, new markups can be implemented, extra buttons and submenus can be created & more.

It also supports keyboard shortcuts for easier usage & has add-on support like color picker, search-replace, special character picker (and new ones can be created).

Compatibility: All Major Browsers Except IE6
Website: http://www.phpcow.com/smartmarkup/
Demo: http://www.phpcow.com/smartmarkup/examples
Download: http://www.phpcow.com/smartmarkup/downloads/

How you showcase your portfolio is very important for any freelancer or design company. It reflects the way you do business, your attention to details and gives an overall feel of professional work. It can mean the difference from getting or losing clients.

To enrich your portfolio showcase you can use Javascripts based on the Prototype or Moo.Fx libraries, scripts such as Litebox, LightBox 2, Highslide JS, ThickBox & many others. These all work just fine, but are a bit too common these days. If you want something special, you have to go the extra distance, XML Flash based gallery scripts.

Here are some resources you can try. They all use XML and ActionScript and are fully customizable.

3D XML Flash Thumbnail Box

3D XML Flash Curve Wall

Spiral Carousel XML Flash script

3D XML Flash Cylinder Box