I have a subclass of JLabel that forms a component of my GUI. I have implemented the ability to drag and drop the component from one container to another, but without any v
Since I had been following Romain Guy's blogs on Swing for a long time. I have a link that you might be interested in. He released the source - which used a GlassPane for DnD effects.
http://jroller.com/gfx/entry/drag_and_drop_effects_the
I myself never did use a fizzy animation/effect on DnD, so can't comment any further :-|