I've been asked to write a tut on this one by a few people so here we go for Shell's tut #4.

First of all I'd like to thank Indra for providing me with these beautiful graphics.

She does some wonderful things with images.

Thanks Indra.

I'd also like to add that this stationary is best viewed on full screen.

Now on to the tutorial.

1. Insert a background colour to match your colour scheme.

2. Insert background #1 and set it to scroll a direction of your choice, smooth scroll.

3. Insert positioned container make sure it's pulled all the way to the left. All edges set to 3.

4. Insert background #2 preferably a plain coloured background with a light texture, no scrolling.

5. Insert positioned container and let it nest under the background, DONT pull it over. Position and width are left 20 size 100. Set top and bottom edges to 20. (Now this is for a stat with very little writing ok lol)

6. Insert background #1 and set to scroll the same direction you had before, smooth scroll.

7. Insert positioned container and let it nest DONT pull it over. All edges set to 3.

8. Insert background #2 the plain background no scroll.

9. Insert Positioned container and let it nest DONT pull it over. Settings for this one are position and width centre 0 size 100, top and bottom 0 (this container holds all the containers for the kalied effect)

10. Insert positioned container let it nest DONT pull it over, settings are position and width left 0 size the same as largest contained image, position and height, top 0 size the same as largest contained image.

11. Insert background #3 (this MUST be 100x100 for these figures) scroll direction up smooth scroll, leave all other settings as they are.

12. Now for a bit of copy and paste lol. click on the last container and copy, then click on the last background and paste in the container. PULL it over so it is level with the one above it. Change the settings to top 100, and change the background scroll to down.

Have a quick preview to check it's working.

13. Click on the last background, and paste the container in again, PULL it over so it is level with the one above it, Change the settings to top 200, and check the background scroll is going up.

14. Make sure the last background is highlighted and paste the container in again, PULL it over so it's level with the one above it, change the settings to top 300, and change the background scroll to down.

15. highlight the last background and paste in the container again, PULL it over so it's level with the one above it, change the settings to top 400, and make sure the background is scrolling up.

16. highlight the last background and paste in the container (last time lol) PULL it over so it's level with the one above it, change the settings to top 500, and change the background scroll to down.

Now preview and you should have one side done.

17. Now for the easy bit. Look at your button list and highlight the 2nd container down from the top. Copy this container and note it's position. Now highlight the very last background and paste in the container. PULL it over so it's level with the 2nd container from the top. Change the settings from left to right.

Preview to make sure you have both side containers with the kaliedoscope effect.

18. Now make sure the last background is highlighted and insert a new positioned container and PULL it all the way over to the left. Settings are position and width centre 0, size needs to be 4 bigger than your main image. Position and height top 20 size needs to be 4 bigger than your main image.

19. Insert background #1 and set to scroll the same direction as your previous background. Smooth scroll.

20. Insert your positioned image and leave it nested and make sure it is centred.

21. Insert your message area, and make sure you PULL it over to the left. The top setting needs to be the height of your graphic + 20 (distance from the top) + another 20 (distance under the graphic to the first line of text). The left and right settings I have set at 130.

At this point I also added another positioned image and set it 10 from the bottom but this optional.

22. Insert loading message, ticker and sound and you are all done.

Not that difficult really is it lol.

Have fun

Hugs Shell

x

PS. In case you are wondering how I managed to get a lot of writing and still have my side containers all the way from top to bottom, I changed the settings in the position and height in the side containers, and added more containers for the kalied strip. As I was writing this I just kept previewing and adding more containers in the strip as I went along. It's also important to check what your stat will look like in different sized screens, as it was very kindly pointed out to me by a good friend that I my settings were out for a different sized screen. (thank you Lin, you are a true friend) lol.