[OpenLayers-Users] Smooth transition between two Image layers

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:37:05AM -0700, realjax wrote:
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> Jesper-5 wrote:
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> > Is the solution to this to use Tween to create a smooth transition
> > between to Layers? I tried it but I haven't been able to understand
> > how to do it. I hope someone can help me out. What I tried is simply:
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> OpenLayers.Tween is not likely going to suit your needs.
> I think you need to search for an external solution that has one layer fade
> out while the other fades in. You could (with a bit of hacking)  prolly get
> this working in combination with a lightweight framework like Mootools for
> example.

I don't think this will do what he wants. The proble is that OpenLayers
intentionally hides images before they're loaded -- look at delayDisplay
in OpenLayers.Util.createImage.

In general, we have put no effort into changing this behavior.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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