Lightbox

 

I’ve just updated the site I put together as a tribute to some of my dad’s work as a photographer over at JohnDawesPictures.com.

Well when I say update what I really mean is I’ve spent a bit more time on the photo viewing application I’ve built to display his photos. The “Lightbox” engine is now a small Flash file combined with a php file that auto creates the thumbnails. I’ve also tidied up the interface and added a nice little sorting function that uses a treemap algorithm to display all the negatives on the lightbox - no matter how many there are. They always fit. The whole thing is completely dynamic meaning I can point the Lightbox at any directory containing photos and it will just work.

Here’s a direct link to the Lightbox.

hey love the website, i like those old vid clips :)

im looking for information on a live bitmap feed in flash

Quintos Henderson / 27/07/2007

Hey, you’ve an awesome website. I just like to sit and watch the old clips. Incredible, fresh, creative and unique design. Well done.

David / 07/10/2007

Hey there,

Nice lightbox app, but noticed the thumbs stack over the top of each other - which you may or may not want. On sites like my small company portfolio (http://www.werkhaus.co.nz) I generate a semi random grid of points (rows and cols with nested for next loop, with random() offsets added/subtracted to each point). This means that clips only overlap infrequently or slightly (depending on random offset values). Email me if you’re interested in the source - you’re doing some pretty intense things with bitmap data, so this might be enough of a tip to go by….

Luke / 01/11/2007
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