parallax
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- /ˈpærəˌlæks/
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- The designer implemented a parallax scrolling effect on the homepage to enhance the visual experience for users.
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You get a weird parallax effect where the background shifts relative to the foreground and, and, and it doesn't work, right.
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Parallax is a visual effect observed when close-by objects are seen in relation to faraway objects.
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Some guy does a parallax scrolling site, and now your boss wants you to add that to your corporate PR website for some reason.
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This is a jQuery content slider using the famous parallax effect!
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Recently, sliders have been equipped with awesome layered parallax effects, making elements fly in from all sides.
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Training in visual perceptual skills, including part-to-whole relationships, visual closure, visual perspective, and motion parallax.
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However, since the scale of this room was to be a large open dance hall, camera moves would look 10 times sexier with subtle indications of parallax, and the best and easiest way to achieve this effect is by building in the third dimension!
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Recently, the more advanced slideshow solutions have introduced multiple layers, parallax effects, and unique caption effects (e.g., Ken Burns effects), and these in combination really make your slideshows surface and stand out!
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With the introduction of jQuery, jQuery-UI, Parallax, and other jQuery plugins in conjunction with HTML5 and CSS3, you would be able to expand your target audience.
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Paradigm Slider jQuery Touchable Plugin uses a combination of Parallax Effect, state-of-the-art Slider, and Text Animations.
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Compounds
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A small shift in a star's or planet's position when seen from different places on Earth because Earth turns
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A small change in a star's position when Earth moves around the Sun that shows how far away it is
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A small change in where an object in the sky looks when seen from different places on Earth
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A small shift in a star's position seen when Earth is at different places around the sun to measure distance
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The biggest apparent shift of the Moon or a planet seen from Earth at the horizon
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The angle of Earth's size seen from the distance between Earth and the Sun used to measure solar system distances
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The small change in a star's position when Earth moves that shows how far it is
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parallax comes from Greek parts para- meaning 'beside' (as in parallel) and -allax meaning 'change'. In web and game design this idea is used so background and foreground move at different speeds and look shifted, which is why parallax creates a sense of depth on a page or screen.