Need help with CAMERA CONTROL / PARALLAX / SLOW MO

Hi there guys!

First and foremost, great engine! I used to work with gamesalad before but now after having this it seems that GS just lost a customer, and I'm sure the same's with a lot of us there.

I need help to come up with a few possible codes for a few things which I plan to implement in my game. I just checked the forum out - seems like this forum helps people immensely however couldnt find anything related to what I was looking for.

Now these are the functions which I plan to implement

strong Camera control strong

Is there any way to ease the camera in and out depending on the SPEED of the character?

strong Slow-MOTION strong
One of the powerups of the game would be slow-mo. I know there's a timer class .. is that it ? or do we need to use some thing else as well?

strongMOST IMPORTANT - AN ACTUAL PARALLAX LAYERED BACKGROUND!!!! 'strong
is it possible? A lot of the forum question is kinda about that - and I've tried it myself. But the only problem is if the character has DIFFERENT movement (FRONT AND BACK) then the code kinda backfires in the sense if the character suppose is moving right then the background slowly moves left BUT if the character gets stuck or blocked by an object while still trying to move the background will KEEP ON moving. and of course thats not truly a parallax effect regardless! Did anyone come up with a really good parallax effect ?

Thanks guys. Any help is greatly appreciated