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Hi,

My client does not like the effect of either the horizontal preloader, or the round one.

Is there a way to change the preloader graphics, or for me to display none:
Im sure the answer will be that I need the FLA file to customize this?

If there are alternative options I would like to know please.

Thank you,

Sorry, that would require editing the FLA source file ...

Not that it is any of my business, but the preloaders are relatively subtle. Only the first circular one hangs around the screen for some time, and lets the visitor know that something is loading. The other loaders hardly display unless you are on a slow connection or have very big files ... I mean, this has not really been brought up before ...

thanks again for your reply,

I see nothing wrong with the preloaders, and their functionality.

Our connection is fast, and the preloaders appear only for a few mil seconds.
Just my client believes this takes away the attention of his photography.

Once again, would this be something that is relatively simple to block out the pre loader?

I have made many preloaders in AS3, so if its just a mc, im sure I can just fade the graphics with the alpha levels, Is this possible?

Well, if you know your way through some actionscript code you should be able to make the preloaders invisible. They are not static animations on the screen though, but created with actionscript so you would have to location the exact code and set movieClip._visible = false; or something.

Just before you edit the FLA source files, be aware of this:
viewtopic.php?t=4233

The preloaders only display on the SIDE of the image if the visitor has clicked to go to another menu or another image. If not, the preloaders are not visible. Honestly, I have not heard a complaint of this before ... On the contrary - Some visitors will get very agitated if they click "NEXT" and nothing happens ... Maybe they think there is something wrong with gallery, or it is the last image. Thats the whole point of a preloader, to assure the visitor "please hang on while we are loading what you just clicked". On top of that, Imagevue has some of the most subtle preloaders you can find ... I personally dont think your client is seeing the bigger picture here by denying industry-standard methology.