Slow motion background

**tililim** · 11 November 2014, 09:40 AM

Hi.
Is it possible in Xara to create such an amazing effect when different background layers are moving with different speed while scrolling the page? It looks cool and like 3D effect.
thanks

**gwpriester** · 11 November 2014, 12:44 PM

This is called Parallax Scrolling and as far as I know, you cannot do this in Xara.

**Egg Bramhill** · 12 November 2014, 12:08 AM

It also helps forum members to assist if you can supply links to examples of what you're trying to achieve

**tililim** · 12 November 2014, 07:38 AM

this is cool example: http://ianlunn.co.uk/plugins/jquery-parallax/

**Rob-Xar** · 12 November 2014, 04:17 PM

Parallax is a really cool effect, but as Gary said this is not natively possible in Xara.

That being said, I do love a challenge. I'll see if I can make something (but no guarantees!)

**Rob-Xar** · 12 November 2014, 09:44 PM

Ok, have a look at this really basic example: http://robert74.magix.net/pe/

NOTE: it may take a while to load, this is because the images are VERY unoptimized, i basically got the images from here as an example: https://unsplash.com/ and they are huge so take a while to download. Should I have spent more time on it, I would of optimized them first.

File here: pe.xar

Taken from here: http://callmenick.com/2014/07/15/sim...olling-effect/

Simply insert the body code in placeholders, the CSS in the Web Properties HEAD section and make sure the photos are linked correctly.

As before this is a really basic example done over a pint and tiredness, I'm sure someone can do a much more polished example

Any questions let me know.

Thanks
Rob

**Rob-Xar** · 13 November 2014, 09:00 AM

Sorry, the images where way to large. I've optimized the example page much better, should load faster now:

http://robert74.magix.net/pe/

Thanks
Rob

**Boy** · 13 November 2014, 10:07 AM

That looks wonderful, Rob. Thanks a bunch!

**wizard509** · 13 November 2014, 04:40 PM

Thanks Rob. I agree with what Boy said, I thought it was great.

**nobbyy** · 21 February 2015, 07:51 AM

Hi Rob

Apologies for resurrecting this thread, but creating a parallax scrolling effect is turning into a bit of a obsession with me.

I have had a look at the file you provided, but I cannot work out how to change the background images - I did try ctr+shift+ alt+ A, but this did not work

Could you advise please?