flShow Carousel is a little Flash movie that you can use to enhance your web pages presenting your images with a nice and stylish carousel effect. It can be used as:

• a nice photo slideshow
• an effective product showcase
• a cool menu for your site

and much more. It is light and easy to configure by means of an external xml file.

It is free; if you use it for commercial purposes a donation to support the project is strongly encouraged (see Disclaimer).

Download flshow Carousel now

If you want to see it in action, visit the examples page.

Documentation is available on the flShow dokuwiki.

New features:

• Improved performancies
• Titles on photos
• Blur effect on far images

Main features:

• Full customization via XML file
• Load external images (jpg, png, gif, and swf)
• Links on images to any URL, anchor, JS function, and FSCommand. Customizable link target and CGI parameters allowed.
• Mouse/Keyboard/Auto rotation control
• Mouse/Keyboard viewpoint control
• Customizable speed, direction, background, reflection, and far image attributes
• Configurable default speed and viewpoint angle
• Transparent background
• Full control over empty space and inner borders
• Fullscreen mode
• Friction effect (smooth movement changes)

• It is possible to integrate Carousel with other web tools via JavaScript. I made two examples:
  1. one with LightBox 2.0: see the Carousel and LightBox example;
  2. and another one with HighSlide 4.0: see the Carousel and HighSlide example.
• It is available as:
  1. a WordPress template (many thanks to Adam Freetly);
  2. a Joomla component: check the Carousel skin of the Ozio Gallery (many thanks to AlexRed & Ste);
  3. a Picasa template (many thanks to Paul van Roekel).
• You can use the Carousel in blog and forum posts (refer to the Blogs and Forums section in the documentation page).
• It is also possible to include it into a PowerPoint presentation (see the More than web pages section in the download page).
• It can be used in desktop applications to create impressive user interfaces (see the More than web pages section in the download page).
• You can use the Carousel anywhere you can put a Flash movie (and let it load external files).

• Customizable title box
• Swf movies instead of photos
• Other interaction styles (click and come to front, prev and next buttons)
• Vertical Carousel
• Photo albums
• Click and zoom interaction to see the big images right inside the Carousel. It is better to use Carousel in conjunction with LightBox or HighSlide.

I'm also planning to make the Carousel available as SWC compiled components for Flash and Flex developers.