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[alienation]

Hi,

First of all let me thank Florian and all people involved in the development of this tool.
I have evaluated some alternatives, and this one is the best by far.

I've noted some minor things that could make this better for me, so I though I share, maybe some are already there and I can't find them, or maybe you can consider them for a new version


1. Next page /Prev page buttons. I've notice the url changes when flipping pages, so I guess this would be easy to do with Javascript??

2. Zoom (two pages). I can't really understand the zoom logic. I'm working with swf files (witch zooms great in flash) but the built-in flash zoom is disabled? Also I've read some posts about liquid rescaling, but I can't get any kind of rescaling to work. I wish the zoom mode would maximize at least the viewer screen area and preferably more. the rfxview.swf viewer form swftools does a great job at zooming. Also, it would be really nice to have two pages zoom.

3. book shadow/book depth. An option to cast a shadow on the book would give the impression of depth, instead of an image blended with the background. I know this can be done to images using image editing tools, but is not possible on swf files, so an option would be great. Maybe a bevel option could produce the same effect?

4. |_postfix option for <chapter ..>

how can I make this option to point to the same image? (swf file)? like in the documentation:

pages/page[0-10].jpg|_big

But I want the hires image to be the same.

Thanks!

[Florian Nücke]

Hi there,

1. I'll be adding those to the default navigation bar with the next release... I've been avoiding that for various reasons so far

2. The "zoom" might be a bit of a misnomer. It's actually more of a gallery function, but the original intent was for it to be used to provide enlarged versions of images on pages / complete pages. I hope this clears up your confusion? To actually enlarge images in zoom mode you'll have to wait until the next version is released, currently images in zoom mode cannot be enlarged (only made smaller), because I didn't really consider swfs in the beginning, and raster graphics don't like being enlarged that much...
Liquid scaling has to be enabled in the HTML using the FlashVars minScale and maxScale. The navigation still gets scaled, too, though, so it might not be very useful to you.

3. Not quite sure what you mean here. Do you mean for the covers of the book? You could just save the bevel effect (the shadow and highlight) and display that on top of your swf.

4. Good point, not possible yet. I'll need to define a reserved postfix for that. Will add it for the next version.

[alienation]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

About 3.: If you place a book in a normal desk, and if the book has more than a few pages, you will notice the book depth looking from above. I wish for some shadow or bevel effect that would give some "depth" impression. Right now, the book looks too flat. I was wandering if casting a small shadow would help.

Thanks.

[Florian Nücke]

Hi,

1 and 4 have been adressed with v1.34.

3: Ah, I see. I doubt a simple shadow won't cut it, but I'll give it some thought.

[alflashy]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

About 3.: If you place a book in a normal desk, and if the book has more than a few pages, you will notice the book depth looking from above. I wish for some shadow or bevel effect that would give some "depth" impression. Right now, the book looks too flat. I was wandering if casting a small shadow would help.

Thanks.

Looking for he same feature. I know it has been long time since this post was posted and I search for adding shadow to book that falls on background but this wish list came up. So just want to know if its possible to do and if yes how?

Thank you

[Florian Nücke]

Not with the 1.x version.
For 2.x have a look at book@pagethickness and book@maxthickness. In the newer versions, 2.x automatically generates a book edge, based on the page count of the book.
As for a drop shadow, if you really want it (will be quite performance-heavy, though), try adding a dropshadow filter to the pagecontainer in the megazine.asul file.