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[Expand] In the previous example I animated the poster designs at the end with:

I achieved this with Actionscript, and I loaded the graphics dynamically. The script I used was:

if (seq == 0) {
loadMovie ("pics_research_poster03.swf", "clip02");
loadMovie ("pics_research_poster04.swf", "clip03");
clip01._xscale = 10;
clip01._yscale = 10;
clip02._xscale = 10;
clip02._yscale = 10;
clip03._xscale = 10;
clip03._yscale = 10;
seq=1;
}
if (seq==1)
{
i++;
clip01._xscale=i;
clip01._yscale=i;

if (i==100) seq=2;

}

if (seq==2)
{
i--;
clip01._xscale=i;
clip01._yscale=i;

if (i==10) seq=3;

}


if (seq==3)
{
trace("i=" + i);
i++;
clip02._xscale=i;
clip02._yscale=i;

if (i==100) seq=4;

}

if (seq==4)
{
i--;
clip02._xscale=i;
clip02._yscale=i;

if (i==10) seq=5;

}

if (seq==5)
{
i++;
clip03._xscale=i;
clip03._yscale=i;

if (i==100) seq=6;

}

if (seq==6)
{
i--;
clip03._xscale=i;
clip03._yscale=i;

if (i==10) seq=1;

}

The initial frame has the following code:

var i = 0, seq=0;
loadMovie ("pics_research_poster02.swf", "clip01");

Isn't Flash and ActionScipt amazing!