You may not know this, but Internet Explorer 4.x and above hasimage manipulation capabilities similar to those normally found only inimage editing programs like Adobe Photoshop. This article takes a look atIE5's image filters, and demonstrates how they can help you add specialeffects to your images and text on the fly.
Next on the list is the reveal transition, which allows you to add any one of 23 pre-defined page effects to your page. Usage is almost identical to the example above; however, note the addition of a new attribute named "transitions", which must be provided with a numeric value corresponding to the transition to be applied.
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
// function to perform transition
function playTransition()
{
// apply transition
document.all.object.filters.revealTrans.Apply();
// change image source
document.all.object.src = "face.gif";
// play transition
document.all.object.filters.revealTrans.Play();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad="playTransition()">
<img id=object style="filter:revealTrans(duration=3, transition=2)"
src="square.gif" border="0">
</body>
</html>
This would create a "circle in" effect on the specified
image.
Available transitions, with their numeric codes, are as follows:
Numeric Code Effect
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0 Box in
1 Box out
2 Circle in
3 Circle out
4 Wipe up
5 Wipe down
6 Wipe right
7 Wipe left
8 Vertical blinds
9 Horizontal blinds
10 Checkerboard across
11 Checkerboard down
12 Random dissolve
13 Split vertical in
14 Split vertical out
15 Split horizontal in
16 Split horizontal out
17 Strips left down
18 Strips left up
19 Strips right down
20 Strips right up
21 Random bars horizontal
22 Random bars vertical
23 Random filter from list above
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