A cover flow is a great way to display and browse through discrete content. It feels like flipping through a magazine: easy and fast, but informative. Its a natural addition to many user interfaces, but many existing implementations are like black boxes with strict display rules. You add in your elements, and you end up with iTunes 7. We needed something more generic and reusable; those were the priorities. We take a look at the built in transform property of a DisplayObject, and how that can be used to build an flexible flow