HyperCard: Types of Visual Effects

Here's a list of HyperCard's varied visual effects which may be used in HyperTalk scripts:
-- barn doors open/close
-- checkerboard
-- iris open/close
-- dissolve
-- scroll right/left/up/down
-- shrink to top/center/bottom
-- stretch from top/center/bottom
-- venetian blinds
-- wipe right/left/up/down
-- zoom open/close/in/out

For example, the following script zooms opens the Help stack when you click the Help icon in the Home stack.

on mouseUp
visual effect zoom open
go to stack "Help"
end mouseUp

You can also control a visual's speed: very fast, fast, slow, or very slow.

For example:

on mouseUp
visual effect zoom open very fast
go to stack "Help"
end mouseUp
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012