I would like to create an image viewer that looks pretty much like my image pop-up box does now:

http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/2006saga2/

(click on any image link to see the pop-up box)

What I would like to do is have the image open in the same box (minus the IE borders). In the outside graphic frame, I'd like to add some nice features:zoom in/out, pan, and the title in smaller letters, as well as the option to add more links if there happen to be multiple guides of the same item.

When you zoom in, i'd like the image to fill the complete white space and to be able to 'grab' the image to pan around.

The images I would be using are higher res than what I have now, but i'd like them to downsize to what they are and when you zoom you get to see the full resolution and details.

The problem, i'm not sure where to start. I've never programed in flash, although I do have macromedia flash. I just don't know how to get started. Any tips or templates out there to get me started?