Transition of images in Windows Forms Picture box

Question

I\'m new to Windows Forms, in my project, i need to change the image in the picture box at runtime. I\'m able to do that with the help of a timer. The picture just gets chan

Answer 1

There is no built-in support for such effects, but you can implement them. I'd suggest to write a custom control that renders the image and have a method for fade-swap, fade itself can be reached with alpha-blending drawing with .NET Graphics class.

However, Graphics class isn't very fast, I don't recommend to use this technique for big images. If you need some fancy UI with hw-accelerated effects, take a look at WPF.