I mean where the object appears to be reflecting something offscreen in
front of it.

This needs an image of something to show blended.

I'll try to animate a mockup.


On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Isabel Santos <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Wesley,
>
> I'm not sure what you want, it really depends on the kind of reflection,
> and the movement of the elements, but if you want a simple reflection
> simulation (like reflecting 2d images, not 3d, on an horizontal plane, for
> instance) you have the negative scale transform to invert the image (or for
> some browsers the reflect), opacity variation or even masks.
> Of course the reflection needs to follow the elements transforms, and be
> aware that it may turn the animations jumpy on some browsers or platforms
> due to css rendering times.
> You can check this example:
>
> http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/htmlcss-tutorials/cross-browser-css-reflections-glows-and-blurs/
>
> If you use svg you also have svg filters to simulate reflections without
> repeating the code.
> (With svg it may be safer to use js then css inside the svg)
>
> And also, there are some awesome javascript libraries like raphael (
> http://raphaeljs.com/) that integrate html5, css and js that can help you
> do just about anything you think of...
>
> hope it helps,
> isabel
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Wesley Acheson 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi I have a page with elements moving via css transitions.
>>
>> I would like to have a reflection map effect where by as the elements
>> move they are either overlaid with an element that has a partially
>> transparent image as a background. Or alternatively the elements are
>> partially transparent themselves and they clip a background image on an
>> ancestor element. This would give the illusion that they are reflective.
>>
>> What's not possible though is to manipulate the reflection via JS as the
>> movement is in css and thus I don't know the exact position.
>>
>> Is this possible in css 3? I don't mind using proprietary extensions.
>>
>> Even a background image that was fixed to the page would work.
>>
>> Wes
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