CVI-Projects
Christian Effenberger has made a collection of quite awesome effect libraries which can be found on his CVI-Projects page, CVI being an acronym for Canvas, Vml and Image effects.
I’ll get back to how cool I think his effect libraries are in a moment but first off, I have to derail this articles focus and ponder a bit about his websites front page. In the moment of writing I think it’s rubbish. It currently states:
“This page is temporarily closed in protest against software patents. Websites may soon be closed down regularly due to software patents. Software patents can get you prosecuted for publishing texts you wrote yourself!”
Apparently Christian is frustrated about software patents, and links to a page where you can read more about how to support the cause – his front page no doubt beign a copy/paste template from that “get-more-information-page”.
As I understand his quarrels he is opposed to software patents and supports this by closing down access to his site. Well, his effect libraries are still there freely available and quite public, and they are very, very cool – I promise to get back to it right away – so to me his digital demonstration seems a bit half-hearted and indifferent. Furthermore, I find it troublesome that the site promoting this war against software patents is violating its own advice. Close down your sites, don’t write texts, you’ll get prosecuted – Danger Will Robinson, Danger!
Oh well I got no beef with software patents, as long as I’m not getting sued I guess. Back to the nice effects!
The CVI-Projects page has a number of unobtrusive javascript effects you can use for your website – free of charge if private or non-commercial, licensed if not:
- Curl
- Reflex
- Edge
- Corner
- Glossy
- Instant
- Slided
- Filmed
- Louped
Especially I like the loupe effect. It illustrates the raw power of scripted effects I think.
The scripted effects are accomplished by utilizing the browsers graphical capabilities to the maximum. The effects libraries nicely degrades according to the supported graphic functions provided by the users browser. If none are present an unaltered image with no effects are shown.
Take a look at the various effects for yourself. Enjoy.