Nick's Blog

I have been playing with a set of classes for flash this week called Flashr.

http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/

It allows you to connect to the photo sharing site Flickr and use the information in a flash project. I have been experimenting with bringing in a number of thumbnails based on a search term to create a montage of images that can then be rolled over to give a little bit of information about them.
It makes the process of collecting this data far simpler than it otherwise would be. I also found some handy tutorials that make the process even easier. One that is interesting is at the website:

http://petitpub.com/labs/media/flash/petikr/

It guides you through how to create a 4x4 grid of thumbnails that then link to the full size images on the Flickr site.
Its a really powerful addon for flash that I recommend you check out.