2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
---
title: 'Awesome parallax optical illusion: Make a horse move'
2013-12-09 23:29:19 +01:00
author: Matthias Kretschmann
date: 2008-05-21 13:02:00+00:00
2018-07-19 02:22:01 +02:00
2016-05-02 01:40:32 +02:00
tags:
2019-05-12 16:37:44 +02:00
- design
- css
2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
---
Gatsby → Astro (#829)
* basic astro setup, kick out all gatsby configs
* move content folder
* src/pages setup
* more file reorg
* more config updates
* more reorgs
* refactor
* refactor
* bump astro
* refactor
* svg icon build system, theme switch
* remark plugin for lead paragraph, more refactor
* make images work
* post meta
* custom Picture component
* Pagination, More component, 404 fixes
* linking fixes
* add table of contents
* post actions fixes
* tag fixes
* content changes
* content changes: move media files to their posts
* more content moving, remove media folder
* refactor remark-lead-paragraph
* link css file when defined in post frontmatter
* move content up again
* kbd post update
* allow js
* downloads solution
* add astro check
* redirect_from solution
* githubLink solution
* reorg
* exif solution as prebuild step
* exif solution on each post during build
* isolate lead paragraph extraction to articles
* restore Exif components
* deploy script update
* fix redirects
* xml & json feeds
* build fix
* fix exif readout in production
* head and seo tweaks, add feeds
* tweak image display
* archive pages with single layout
* restore tags archive
* sitemap setup
* restore thanks page functionality
* reorg
* cleanup
* parallel scripts during prebuild
* restore jest setup
* remove jest, switch to vitest as test runner
* adapt CI
* test refactor
* typescript tweaks
* avatar fixes
* typings
* restore search functionality
* theme switch with nanostores
* fixes
* test fixes
* restore changelog functionality
* umami script
* border color tweak
* related posts with fuse.js
* plawright e2e testing setup
* search tweaks
* simplify typekit loading
* photo fix
* e2e tests
* related posts fix
* fix tags archive
* tweaks
* tweaks
* linux snapshots
* fix header test
* new symlink tactic
* fix dev server in codespaces
* fix yaml
* ci fixes
* changelog loading tweaks
* e2e against dev server on ci
* changelog tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* docs updates
* ci tweaks
* refactor photo creation script
* package updates
* refactor search
* ci tweak
* ci tweaks
* test tweaks, more unit tests
* more unit tests
* post creation script tweaks
* refactor new scripts, test them for real life
* more tests
* refactor
* codeclimate-action update
* uses update
* limit ci runs
* fix theme toggle, test it
* more tests
* favicon files cleanup
* icon components location change
* type checking through ci
* command fixes
* ci fix
* search tweaks
* ci tweaks
* revised favicons, write post draft about it
* drafts filtering fix
* lint fix, favicon fixes
* copy changes
* fix related search images
* content updates
* new codeblock styles, copy tweaks, fixes
* package updates
* typing fixes
* lint fix
* content updates
* restore link posts
* faster theme switching
* split up astro utils
* related posts fixes
* fix
* refactor
* fixes
* copy tweaks
* fixes
* picture tweaks
* image fixes
* feed fixes, adapt for json feed v1.1
* e2e test updates
* layout tweaks
* update snaphots
* migrate to createMarkdownProcessor
* ci cache tweaks
* activate more browsers for e2e testing
* switch to macos-13 images
* build caching tweaks
* markdown fix
* set image quality
* remove avif generation
* picture tweaks
* head fixes
* add og:image:alt
* create-icons test
* new post: Favicon Generation with Astro
2023-09-18 03:16:53 +02:00
As you may know there's a nice parallax effect implemented on this website. Just resize your browser window and you can see the black polaroids in my header flying on different layers.
2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
Gatsby → Astro (#829)
* basic astro setup, kick out all gatsby configs
* move content folder
* src/pages setup
* more file reorg
* more config updates
* more reorgs
* refactor
* refactor
* bump astro
* refactor
* svg icon build system, theme switch
* remark plugin for lead paragraph, more refactor
* make images work
* post meta
* custom Picture component
* Pagination, More component, 404 fixes
* linking fixes
* add table of contents
* post actions fixes
* tag fixes
* content changes
* content changes: move media files to their posts
* more content moving, remove media folder
* refactor remark-lead-paragraph
* link css file when defined in post frontmatter
* move content up again
* kbd post update
* allow js
* downloads solution
* add astro check
* redirect_from solution
* githubLink solution
* reorg
* exif solution as prebuild step
* exif solution on each post during build
* isolate lead paragraph extraction to articles
* restore Exif components
* deploy script update
* fix redirects
* xml & json feeds
* build fix
* fix exif readout in production
* head and seo tweaks, add feeds
* tweak image display
* archive pages with single layout
* restore tags archive
* sitemap setup
* restore thanks page functionality
* reorg
* cleanup
* parallel scripts during prebuild
* restore jest setup
* remove jest, switch to vitest as test runner
* adapt CI
* test refactor
* typescript tweaks
* avatar fixes
* typings
* restore search functionality
* theme switch with nanostores
* fixes
* test fixes
* restore changelog functionality
* umami script
* border color tweak
* related posts with fuse.js
* plawright e2e testing setup
* search tweaks
* simplify typekit loading
* photo fix
* e2e tests
* related posts fix
* fix tags archive
* tweaks
* tweaks
* linux snapshots
* fix header test
* new symlink tactic
* fix dev server in codespaces
* fix yaml
* ci fixes
* changelog loading tweaks
* e2e against dev server on ci
* changelog tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* docs updates
* ci tweaks
* refactor photo creation script
* package updates
* refactor search
* ci tweak
* ci tweaks
* test tweaks, more unit tests
* more unit tests
* post creation script tweaks
* refactor new scripts, test them for real life
* more tests
* refactor
* codeclimate-action update
* uses update
* limit ci runs
* fix theme toggle, test it
* more tests
* favicon files cleanup
* icon components location change
* type checking through ci
* command fixes
* ci fix
* search tweaks
* ci tweaks
* revised favicons, write post draft about it
* drafts filtering fix
* lint fix, favicon fixes
* copy changes
* fix related search images
* content updates
* new codeblock styles, copy tweaks, fixes
* package updates
* typing fixes
* lint fix
* content updates
* restore link posts
* faster theme switching
* split up astro utils
* related posts fixes
* fix
* refactor
* fixes
* copy tweaks
* fixes
* picture tweaks
* image fixes
* feed fixes, adapt for json feed v1.1
* e2e test updates
* layout tweaks
* update snaphots
* migrate to createMarkdownProcessor
* ci cache tweaks
* activate more browsers for e2e testing
* switch to macos-13 images
* build caching tweaks
* markdown fix
* set image quality
* remove avif generation
* picture tweaks
* head fixes
* add og:image:alt
* create-icons test
* new post: Favicon Generation with Astro
2023-09-18 03:16:53 +02:00
As I stated in an [earlier post ](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/03/love-the-parallax/ ) there is already some usage for it around the web while this effect seems to be first used by the guys from [Silverback ](http://www.silverbackapp.com/ ). If you don't know what this effect is about head over to [thinkvitamin ](http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/how-to-recreate-silverbacks-parallax/trackback/ ) to get to know what it is and how you can achieve it.
2018-08-08 22:26:42 +02:00
2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
But now Marco Kuiper from [marcofolio.net ](http://www.marcofolio.net ) adds another usage for it. He created a cool optical illusion with just plain css/html and some pictures. You can see a [demo of this effect ](http://demo.marcofolio.net/a_parallax_illusion_with_css/ ) in action on Marco's website. Head over to the demo and resize your browser window. You should articulate something like "whoooot!" now. Marco has written [some words about it ](http://www.marcofolio.net/css/a_parallax_illusion_with_css_the_horse_in_motion.html ) too and you can download the demo. He has also [done a nice tutorial ](http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/your_own_css_parallax_illusion_3d_image.html ) how to achieve this optical illusion. Very cool!
(Via [CSS-Tricks ](http://css-tricks.com/links-of-interest-31/ ))
