What is it?

The Fireworks Album Creator allows you to create Flash galleries/slideshows without knowing how to use Flash simply by selecting a folder(s) with images, adding slideshow options, automatically batch images and generate a slideshow for use on the web. We also included the Flash Slideshow Template FLAs for those that know how to use Flash and prefer to modify the layout for more detailed customization techniques instead of adding hundreds of parameters to the XML output.

How did we come up with the FW Album Creator?

One day before the release of Studio 8, Alan Musselman and Hiroshi Miyazawa were eating lunch and discussed various concepts to enhance Fireworks using the Fireworks API and Flash.

One idea that came to mind was building an extension so designers and developers could easily modify the slideshow player source FLAs to further enhance the player's ability to display images.

There was definitely a few hurdles to overcome and in the end we almost decided not to include a player, but now we're glad we did!